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1/96 Atlantis 727-200 Review/Preview

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  • Member since
    March 2022
  • From: Twin cities, MN
Posted by missileman2000 on Saturday, April 1, 2023 7:50 AM

keavdog

Curious scale - maybe from the days of box scale.  Love those three engine birds but wow - the landing gear!!!  I'll have to pass on that one.  I did the Minicraft 727 in 1:144 USPS livery.  

 

 

 

1:96 is  a long established scale, part of a series sometimes known as architure scales.  They are mutiples of 12, so they are easily worked as so many inches, or fractions of, an inch, 1:12 is one inch  per foot, 1:24 is a hakf inch per foot. 1:96 is 1/8 inches per foot.  Very popular among ship modelers.  !:144 is, of course, also im the series, 1/12 inch per foot.

 

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Friday, March 31, 2023 9:28 PM

Ha - like English measurements make sense..... lol.  And here in the US we still don't do metric.  

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    July 2011
  • From: Armpit of NY
Posted by MJames70 on Friday, March 31, 2023 8:27 PM

Well, 1/96 makes some sense in English measurements - 1 inch equals 8 feet. 1/192, 1 inch equals 16 feet, is still a common 'museum' scale for ships. 

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Friday, March 31, 2023 8:03 PM

Curious scale - maybe from the days of box scale.  Love those three engine birds but wow - the landing gear!!!  I'll have to pass on that one.  I did the Minicraft 727 in 1:144 USPS livery.  

 

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    November 2015
  • From: San Diego, CA
1/96 Atlantis 727-200 Review/Preview
Posted by Ranger_Chris61 on Friday, March 31, 2023 7:04 PM

Doing another airliner this week with Atlantis' reboxing of the old Aurora 727 kit in 1/96th scale

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