Re: Way too much time on your hands
From: kschmidt@l... (karl schmidt)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 08:21:50 -0400
Subject: Re: Way too much time on your hands
>
> Karl wrote:
> >I weighed every model I had that didn't have an obvious cockpit. I
then
> >chose the Enterprise C as the basis. I divided every mass by its
mass
> >(6.5g) to get a normalized mass. I decided it would be a heavy
cruiser (FT
> >mass 32) and multiplied all my normalized masses by 32 to get every
> >ship's FT mass. I tried several different bases and the Ent C seemed
to
> >give the most even distribution of Cruisers vs Capitals (although
very
> >few escorts). Here is a list with ship, real mass in grams, FT mass,
> >ship class (somewhat arbitrary).
> >snip...snip...snip...
>
> I am afraid pal you have got waaaay too much time on your hands. <g>
>
Actually the time I save because I don't have to paint the micromachines
allows me to do goofy little projects like this. I guess I could use
that freed up time for something non-FT related but it probably wouldn't
be as much fun.
Karl