Scale Model Cars Uk

1:72 scale is a scale used for scale models, most commonly model aircraft, corresponding to one sixth of an inch representing one foot (or 1 inch to 6 feet). In other words, 72 of a given model placed end to end would represent the length of the real thing. In this scale, a man who is six feet tall would be exactly one inch in height. The scale was popular for aircraft because small fighters and large bombers were represented, and was practically the only choice of scale if a modeler wanted to have all aircraft types represented in the same scale.
This scale originated with the Skybirds and Frog Penguin aircraft model ranges produced in the United Kingdom during the 1930s and was subsequently used for aircraft recognition models by the Allies of World War II. More subjects and...

[03/10/16, via ABC Online]
Can an algorithm predict crime more accurately than a human can? That's the scale that we, as individuals, live the city,' Brantingham says. 'That's the scale at which offenders live the city.' Once your city is neatly divided—Brantingham's team did this with police districts in both Los Angeles and Kent, in the UK ... [...]

[03/09/16, via Paultan | Paul Tan]
Thai car sales dip 50% in January 2016 vs December However, the Thai publication claims that this is normal, reporting that sales in Thailand for the month of January are usually never as high as they are in December, when car makers offer various promotions to end the year on a high — a similar scale ... [...]

[03/10/16, via choicequote.co.uk]
Lookers predicts record UK car sales this year One of the UK’s biggest car dealership chains has predicted that sales of new ... which provides further evidence that our business model is both resilient and expansive through the cycle. "Our motor division and our parts divisions also produced ... [...]

[03/09/16, via Bromley Times]
Two St Olave’s Grammar School teams enter UK final in technology challenge A team of student’s from St Olave’s Grammar School have progressed through to the UK final of a technology challenge. The team, named dRMM Kanga, developed a scale-model remote-controlled ... but we’ll develop the car more, particularly with the ... [...]

[03/09/16, via evfleetworld.co.uk]
Hybrid and electric vehicle sales to exceed 17 million by 2020 The new research, ‘Hybrid and Electric Vehicles: Consumer and Commercial Markets’, also found that electric car manufacturers are prioritising range as the key issue. Tesla and Chevrolet have focused their efforts towards ensuring that their models ... [...]