Althouse: "Imagine playing with your toy soldiers in this: a 1/84th scale miniature model of Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad, Pakistan..."

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"Imagine playing with your toy soldiers in this: a 1/84th scale miniature model of Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad, Pakistan..."

"It features a wealth of tiny details, including a Hot Wheels–sized red moving van parked out front and true-to-life foliage in the compound’s inner courtyard."

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ndspinelli म्हणाले...: When I worked @ a large loop law firm the in-house engineer had made a model of a large warehouse that had burned. It was made for our reference and also for a jury. The case settled and a partners kid had a warehouse model. Poor fucking kid w/ a cheapskate old man.

This model would be fun.; २४/७/१२, १०:५० AM
KJE म्हणाले...: No joke; I have a Roarke's Drift toy soldier set.

I enjoy deploying them in the horns of the buffalo formation.; २४/७/१२, १०:५१ AM
Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...: Imagine playing.

No.

It's interesting. A model. Six weeks. A long time. A full scale one too. And then, after telling us all that, it is just one of several models. And now I am curious what several means. They made three? eighteen models? Why so many? How many different groups of analysts does a thing like that take? Sometimes I worry about security being insufficient and then this. I'm imagining eighteen models out there and teams of experts pouring over them and that's kind of scary too. I hope several means three. But even that seems like overkill when I visualize teams pouring over models, and making models, but no, not playing.; २४/७/१२, १०:५३ AM
Michelle Dulak Thomson म्हणाले...: This seems as good a time as any to re-link, again, Saki's The Toys of Peace.; २४/७/१२, ११:०१ AM
Wince म्हणाले...: "Imagine playing with your toy soldiers in this: a 1/84th scale miniature model of Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad, Pakistan..."

"Battle Boy."; २४/७/१२, ११:०२ AM
Beach Brutus म्हणाले...: 1/84th - one inch equals seven feet -- that's HO Scale -- I could add a train!; २४/७/१२, ११:११ AM
Rusty म्हणाले...: Chip. I think what they do, once they have the proportions right, they scale it up to several different versions for more detail until they can build an actual full size mockup.
I be there is a 1/4 scale version where every bush and branch and pothole is represented.
You're going to send your guys out in harms way you want them to have every advantage.; २४/७/१२, ११:१६ AM
अनामित म्हणाले...: What would be closer to scale-- Lego jihadists or Playmobil jihadists?; २४/७/१२, ११:३३ AM
chickelit म्हणाले...: Adolf Hitler had a fascination with scale models and he adored Albert Speers for creating them:

Hitler was particularly excited over a large model of the grand boulevard on a scale of 1:1000. He loved to ‘enter his avenue’ at various points and take measure of the future effect. For example, he assumed the point of view of a traveler emerging from the south station or admired the great hall as it looked from the heart of the avenue. To do so, he bent down, almost kneeling, his eye an inch or so above the level of the model, in order to have the right perspective, and while looking he spoke with unusual vivacity. These were the rare times when he relinquished his usual stiffness. In no other situation did I see him so lively, so spontaneous, so relaxed, whereas I myself, often tired and even after years never free of a trace of respectful constraint, usually remained taciturn. One of my close associates summed up the character of this remarkable relationship: ‘Do you know what you are? You are Hitler’s unrequited love!’ link; २४/७/१२, ११:३६ AM
chickelit म्हणाले...: And here is a "fascinating" scale model of ancient Rome, commissioned by Mussolini: link; २४/७/१२, ११:४२ AM
Carnifex म्हणाले...: The Pentagon didn't build that.; २४/७/१२, १२:२० PM
edutcher म्हणाले...: I wonder if they have a website for all the military miniatures guys who want to make their dioramas look more professional.

KJE said...

No joke; I have a Roarke's Drift toy soldier set.

I enjoy deploying them in the horns of the buffalo formation.

The Zulus or the Welshmen?; २४/७/१२, १२:५० PM
ndspinelli म्हणाले...: interesting stuff there, chickelit.; २४/७/१२, १:३५ PM
Joe म्हणाले...: I once built models for a living. One interesting one was a model of a curve of road where a car crashed to be used in court. I also built a model of a red Porsche 928 in the same scale (1/24).

I have no idea which side commissioned it, what the circumstances were, what argument was being made or the outcome. My job was to make an accurate representation of a stretch of road and I did.; २४/७/१२, २:०६ PM
BarryD म्हणाले...: "The compound was destroyed by Pakistani authorities after the raid."

To help cover up high-level Pakistani involvement with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda.; २४/७/१२, २:४६ PM
BarryD म्हणाले...: "that's HO Scale"

HO is 1:87

Too bad, really. I think the place could use a train.

Also, Hot Wheels are available in 1:87 (standard Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars are 1:64). Standard small slot cars are also 1:87.

But of course, using a standard scale like 1:87 for which countless architectural parts, measuring equipment and other modeling supplies are readily available would be far too economical for the military.

Or did they choose 1:84 because it's common for model ships, and this was the Navy?; २४/७/१२, २:५४ PM
Old RPM Daddy म्हणाले...: "Or did they choose 1:84 because it's common for model ships, and this was the Navy?"

The USS Missouri in 1:84 would be a really big model -- More than ten feet long!; २४/७/१२, ३:३९ PM
अनामित म्हणाले...: 1:84 is close enough to 1:87 for government work. The Brits use HO scale track to run their 1:76 scale trains.; २४/७/१२, ४:०५ PM