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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

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