And it would need the whole design redrawn to ensure it all fitted together - - unless you wanted to work some parts to a lot of decimals. For example 17.64" = 6.746875mm. These metric buffs ! Give 'em an inch and they'll take 1.609344km Andy -----Original Message----- From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Strauss Sent: 10 January 2013 19:11 To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [modeleng] Re: Gossip Not quite true. It is almost impossible to buy metric in NA. > -----Original Message----- > From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of stepney > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:43 PM > To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Gossip > > Reprinting an LBSC article might be informative and useful to newcomers. > > However, we all know that his articles contained errors, so any > reprint should be checked to make sure those errors are removed. > It would also help todays modellers if it was converted to metric. > After all, it is almost impossible to buy Imperial materials now. > > In addition, I am sure that people only want one such article at a time. > > Alan > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng- > request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.