Posted by Scott R. Andrews on August 30, 1998 at 21:55:53 in spider-we071.proxy.aol.com:
In Reply to: Some Scale Considerations posted by Bob Read on August 30, 1998 at 18:34:25:
Bob:
Your points are very good. While there is no
denying 1/96 would produce the ideal R/C
model and also provide a good platform for a
museum quality model of either type, 1/192
or 1:200 scale would certainly fit more people's
living rooms and bank accounts. Lee Upshaw
is naturally interested in the R/C angle, but as
wrote to Mark and Jason in a reply today (8/30/
98) Lee is not the only person on earth making
fiberglass hulls. However, as I said to Mark and
Jason, if we don't address these desires to the
to the folks who make these hulls, who will
know anyone wants such a thing. Please read
the reply I sent out to Mark and Jason so I don't
have to repeat myself in this reply. If you agree
with anything I said in that reply and have any
interest in any sort of good quality large scale
kit, direct some of your efforts outside this site as
I am doing, and let as many suppliers of hulls,
semi-kits or kits know that there is an interest. If
you find anyone that shows even moderate
interest, pass the word around so that the rest of
us with an interest in such a product can pull
for it as well. The only thing I'm sure of is that
we'll never get anywhere by just bouncing the
idea off each other!
Regards, Scott
PS - The equipment fits a little tight and the ship
wouldn't be quite as seaworthy, but you could
still make a decent R/C Titanic at 1:200 scale.
I've seen it done to a Yamato and an Iowa at
that scale, both of which would be close in
length to a Titanic that scale (Iowa is 887' lg).