Looks suspiciously like the Taco model. If your wallet is about 4 inches (100 mm) wide then I'd guess that the ship model is about 50 inches (1250 mm) long. I pulled out a copy of the Taco kit and it says it is 53 inches (1350 mm) long. The clincher though is that the hull seams fall exactly where the Taco kit's do.
I wonder if it is discoloring that makes it look old,. If the model has been under a fluorescent light for a while that would knock the colour from it. The tab and slot impression may well come from the way the ventilators are made - on the Taco kit they are just profile cut-outs - no 3d shaping. But the Taco kit is still an impressive model - the 'wow' factor from the length alone. With care, making your own ventilators and a couple of other things, you'd have a quite impressive model. I seem to recall that someone (was it on this list?) pointed out a couple of errors in the design) Even so, one day ..... Bob Pounds Canberra > I happened to be disporting myself in a leisurely manner in Brisbane on > the weekend and decided to avail myself of the opportunties available at > the Queensland Maritime Museum > http://www.maritimemuseum.com.au/ > When I espied this little gem, you can see my wallet lying in front to > give you some perspective on the size of this model....no data but it > appeared quite old and is a tab+slot model. > My wallet is small like my bank account. > I apologise for the lack of detail in the pic....I had to pull it down > a heap to get it to 150Kb. > > Bones > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
