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[Archibald]

You have to see Borat, mister boeing-san!    

[B777LR]

You have to see Borat, mister boeing-san!  

Is it fun? If it is, why has the russian goverment banned it?  

[Archibald]

Fun in the sense of south Park or Jackass (very trash). nothing surprising to that, productor is actually Jay Roach, "father" of Austin Powers if I remember well...

Hmmm the russian governement has a very classical, stupid reaction toward this film.

I don't know for Russia, but Borat come from Kazahkstan and this country is not  depicted as atractive or sympathic (to say the least! ) in the movie.

But well, the USAs are not well depicted, too, and the film was not banned there. Go watch the movie, and you'll understand what I mean...    

[Mossie]

I haven't seen Borat yet either, hope to on Saturday.

Depending on which source you read, it hasn't been 'officially' banned.  The Russian film licensing authorities have told the distributors that they probably wouldn't grant it a licence after seeing a pre production copy, because it "could be offensive to various nationalities & religions".  The distributors haven't applied since the statement was made, so it's not 'banned' as such, although it probably would be if an application was made.  Splitting hairs really.

See: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13...2445659,00.html

Everyone I know that has seen it say's it's hilarious, even if it they didn't think it would be the kind of film they would like.  I'm sure it could be offensive to many, but the intention is to make the targets & their prejudices look ridiculous rather than the Khazakstani's.

[Aircav]

Can I mix 1/87 (HO) railway rolling stock with 1/72 (00) figures and vehicles and it not stand out to much as two different scales?

[Shasper]

No.


Why does some spray paints dry faster than others?

Shas B)

[NARSES2]

Can I mix 1/87 (HO) railway rolling stock with 1/72 (00) figures and vehicles and it not stand out to much as two different scales?

Providing you keep the rolling stock to one scale and the figures/vehicles to another you might get away with HO rolling stock and OO figures and vehicles Steve - if you try and mix HO/OO figures or vehicles then you'll have the proverbial "sore thumb". 1/72 scale might just be pushing it ? Figures might be ok but vehicles ?

When the origional "Airfix" figures came out they were marked up as HO/OO range and figure heights were about 15/18mm (I still remember painting the Guards set as Confederate Infantry   ) The origional figures were nearer to 1/87 then 1/76 and when latter sets came out they looked a bit small

Figure scale is a pain in the proverbial - 25mm figures range from 23mm to 30mm   Depends on if you include the base, measure to the eye line or what !

[B777LR]

In military modeling, what does HO/OO mean?

[B777LR]

-does Mikoyan Gurevich build their aircraft themselfs? Or do they do like Sukhoi and get a factory to build them?

[Hobbes]

-does Mikoyan Gurevich build their aircraft themselfs? Or do they do like Sukhoi and get a factory to build them?

MiG is a design bureau just like Sukhoi.

[B777LR]

-does Mikoyan Gurevich build their aircraft themselfs? Or do they do like Sukhoi and get a factory to build them?

MiG is a design bureau just like Sukhoi.

Thanks!

Now for next question: why is it that russia has so many design bureaus, when the west has practically none? (for aircraft that is)

[Archibald]

Simply because they didn't give a damn about having a SANE economy (for example by limiting weapon budget) until this led them to collapse...  

[Aircav]

In military modeling, what does HO/OO mean?

HO or 1/87 works out at 3.5mm to 1 scale foot and OO or 1/76 is 4.01mm to 1 scale foot, HO and OO is what the railway lot call it.
Hope this helps
Steve

[Aircav]

Thanks Chris
I was thinking about it lastnight and I may do the whole diorama in 1/87 if I can get some Roco vehicles      

[Leigh]

In case anyone was wondering the Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Vc is the old Vb with a newly tooled wing included aswell, kinda like the 1/48 version, went out and bought one in order to get that question answered.