Re: Scales again (froth, gibber!)

> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:51:32 -0800, "Laserlight"
<laserlight@quixnet.net>
> wrote:
>
> >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
> >from the soles of his boots to the crown of his hat."

Allah Goodall said:
> Thank you! I'm hoping that at some point I'll be able to research
this and get
> a "definitive" historical answer for how scales were actually
measured. There
> is enough question in the hobby that it would be cool if someone
could answer
> this once and for all.

Be better if we got a definitive *current* agreement of how to measure
it.  Hey, if I can dream about FTL drive, I can dream about other