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Old 01-28-2014, 04:25 PM   #370 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech View Post
Have you seen James May's bit about the life sized Airfix model? He also did a glider that flew the same distance as the English Channel (it went from the northern coast to a small island instead--the French were afraid to allow a British toy glider into their airspace)

James May's toy Stories
Yep - the Hornby model trains ones are good - they made the model trains do a full sized rail route, and then did it again with German (yeah really!) models on the same track as competitors.

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