Re: [OT] Honor Harrington miniatures

In a message dated 09/24/1999 1:44:41 PM Central European Daylight T, 
Tim.Jones@Smallworld.co.uk writes:

> Thomas thanks
>  
>  The other great mystery is why the kilt is narrower than the
>  throat on a wedge, when a kilt (clothing) is wider at its
>  aft end (the leg end) than its fore end (waistband). Has anyone
>  ever asked Weber about this?
>  
>  tim jones

The reason the back, or "kilt", end of the wedge is narrower is that the
ship 
is riding the bow-wave of the pressure generated by the two grav bands. 

Described (by David Weber himself I believe) like squeezing a watermelon
seed 
between your fingers.  As far as clothing analogies goes, it's more a
case 
that the shot is going into her/his ass-end then it is a comparison to 
relative end-widths of Scottish fashion.

Christopher Ruhl
Staff Sergeant, US Army Reserve
Team Chief, Tactical PSYOP Team 31 (Airborne)
Camp McGovern Bosnia