Douglas Skyknight in 1:60 scale, 22 versions - Page 3

**NOBI** · #21 03-23-2012, 07:38 PM

Look real good as alway but just one question...why 1/60 scale? Anything special in that scale?

**Swampfox** · #22 03-23-2012, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NOBI

Look real good as alway but just one question...why 1/60 scale? Anything special in that scale?

If you look at some of his earlier models he has a scale of "1:60 scale/WSAM=100%"

WSAM is the scale that Fiddlers Green models are/were released by Chip Fyn. WSAM stands for "Worlds Smallest Airplane Museum", and to make the scale consistent, Chip picked 1/60 scale.....why? Ask him.

I think that at one time, Stahlhart did designs for FG and decided for his own reasons to continue the 1/60 scale for his later designs.

Now, I'm not positive about this but to those that have done a couple of FG models will possibly agree with my explanation.

Confused? Maybe someone else can 'splain' it better than I did.

SFX

**3Turner** · #23 03-23-2012, 09:24 PM

Thanks Chris for your generosity!

**Sidewinder81777** · #24 03-23-2012, 10:09 PM

Thank you Chris, Your models are always a treat and the variety of liveries you always offer makes it even more special :D

**whulsey** · #25 03-23-2012, 11:35 PM

Thanks for sharing!

**chrisstahl** · #26 03-24-2012, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SMWulph

Uhmm the instruction zip link is dead.
File not found

The instructions can now be downloaded, simple mistake with big effect, that happens sometimes with self-build HTML.

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Originally Posted by Blue Angel

If i go back to the homepage i come in a German website with Chinese arts.????

That "german website with Chinese arts" is my personal website

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Originally Posted by NOBI

Look real good as alway but just one question...why 1/60 scale? Anything special in that scale?

As Swampfox already mentioned, that Scale was inspired by the FG WSAM-standard, because when I started to design models it was inspired by their work. I have never designed for FG besides repaints. While 1:60 may not be a common scale like 1:33 or 1:48, I think it's a good compromise, because it won't let bigger models become too gargantuan and small models too tiny. It's a good scale to scale up or down from. I also like it, because its slightly bigger than the plastic modelling world's 1:72, which I always found just slightly too small.