NEW EDITION OF TOTS (The One True Scale)

**Ragnar200** · 06-22-2015 08:20

Members still in Fathers Day recovery may enjoy reading the latest edition of the online 1:200 newsletter The One True Scale. TOTS gives you illustrated coverage of all the latest news in our scale, including contributions from Chris Sayer, Derek Barratt, Carsten Breiting, Wojtek Benzinski, Paul Howard, and yr hmbl & obed svt. Quoting directly from our esteemed publisher, Chris Sayer, "At long last the new TOTS is ready. Sorry about the delay. Please go to www.the-one-true-scale.co.uk and open the newsletter section. The newsletter is in two parts because it was too big to upload in one go. Probably because of the 64 photos in the newsletter. It is far too big to send directly or even post as a pdf as many inboxes are too small or too full."

You can also get TOTS by email, or at least notice of new editions that have been posted. Just contact Chris Sayer via the web site. I don't know a better way of tracking developments in our scale.

I believe there is a parallel newsletter for folks who game or simulate or simply collect models of AFV's and figures for ground combat. I recall something about "Skirmish Scale" in the title or subtitle. Can any readers help me find that?

Ron

**csadn** · 06-22-2015 16:18

Would this be a bad time to mention my efforts to convert _WG2_ to 1/700-scale? ;)

**Ragnar200** · 06-22-2015 17:39

Originally Posted by csadn

Would this be a bad time to mention my efforts to convert _WG2_ to 1/700-scale?

Hmmmmmmmmm. As long as the motto is something like "It's True Enough"!

**Diamondback** · 06-22-2015 17:53

Ron, I think it's largely because 1/700 is the "OTS" of model-ship sorts.

That and you can fit bigger-number and longer-distance battles into the same tablespace... problem is you need tweezers on the ends of croupier sticks to move your planes.

**Guntruck** · 06-23-2015 01:27

Thanks for the heads-up Ron

Steve (programming GPS for Coventry Airport....)

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 06-23-2015 08:22

Thanks for the news Ron.
I will check out the updates.
Rob.

**Ragnar200** · 06-23-2015 15:13

1/700 scale is well stocked with available goodies, and there are all sorts of PE and other detail parts out there. It splits the difference between the classic 1200 and 1250 ID scales that dominate collecting and the 1/500 and 1/625 Teacher and War College scales. A good compromise between realism and gaming space. Very effective when you are trying to force perspective - eg, task force viewed from the air. My problem with 1/700 was terminal difficulty rigging the biplanes.

Ron

**csadn** · 06-23-2015 15:24

Originally Posted by Diamondback

Ron, I think it's largely because 1/700 is the "OTS" of model-ship sorts.

That and you can fit bigger-number and longer-distance battles into the same tablespace... problem is you need tweezers on the ends of croupier sticks to move your planes.

I use squares of cardboard, myself -- one picks up the cardboard, and the mini comes with it....

**Naharaht** · 06-23-2015 20:38

Thank you for the information about this newsletter, Ron. The publisher lives about 30 minutes from my home and I had never heard of him.

**Boney10** · 06-24-2015 00:56

It is Chris Sayer who makes the Shed decals which he sells via Helmet Models and his own mail order

**Ragnar200** · 06-24-2015 04:49

Indeed, Chris Sayer is the Chris Sayer of Norfolk Group, Shed Models, and TOTS fame. Contrary to rumour Chris does not live in Soothe. You can find him in Little Ellingham if you can locate that. Easier to describe as a suburb of Attleborough. A true gentleman and a pillar of the 1/200 community. I am certain he would welcome visits from fellow devotees of The One True Scale, and they would be awed by his incredible knowledge and beautifully finished models. Not far away you will also find Derek Barratt (Metal Models) and Nick Hawkins (Fen Edge Wargaming) and enough 8th Air Force history to decorate much of East Anglia.

Ron

**ReducedAirFact** · 06-24-2015 15:08

Originally Posted by csadn

Would this be a bad time to mention my efforts to convert _WG2_ to 1/700-scale?

I did a couple models for Shapeways in 1/600 scale (just as an experiment), and IMHO they came out very well. 1/700 would be just as easy. But yes -- they're very small! I'm not sure how you'd mount them to anything but flat surfaces.

**Flying Helmut** · 06-24-2015 16:03

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1/700 Pacific war game played 2 years ago.
The planes are mounted on a perspex rod/base combination.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 06-24-2015 23:44

Not done anything that large in WW2 Naval, but they do look very good indeed Tim.

Rob.

**Flying Helmut** · 06-25-2015 11:08

Thanks, WingCo!

They are all models I built around 25 years ago, with the perspex bases made by my brother.
The airfield buildings I recently repainted.
I've made more ships 'n' buildings in the last couple of years, and played a few games with them, but didn't take any photos!

Maybe I'll try again later this year.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 06-25-2015 11:53

Still got to be worth some rep Tim now that I know they are AYOW.
Rob.

**Flying Helmut** · 06-25-2015 15:17

Thanks very much!

**csadn** · 06-25-2015 16:50

Originally Posted by Flying Helmut

1/700 Pacific war game played 2 years ago.
The planes are mounted on a perspex rod/base combination.

Mine aren't quite that fancy -- basically: I have a square of cardboard big enough to accommodate the mini; the mini is attached directly to the cardboard. When one needs to move the piece, one picks up the cardboard. Altitude is marked with a counter or die. (This dates from before acrylic became quite so common.)