Re: Scales again (froth, gibber!)

----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>

> Rob, do you have any kind of reference for this? I've seen only
anecdotal
> evidence of this. I've tried to hunt down a source for the scale
size thing,
> but I haven't been able to find it.
>
> The reason I ask is that I'm pretty certain I heard the "foot to
eyes" thing
> in the early 80s, and quite possibly in the late 70s. But I can't
find
> anything definitive.

Napoleon's Campaign in Miniatures, copyright 1977 by Bruce Quarrie,
page 15, last paragraph:
"There is a lot of argument as to precisely what these scales
mean......interpretation depends on whether the scale relates to the
'man' or the figure; in other words, should a 25mm figure measure 25mm
in height from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head; or 25mm