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  2. Sheperd Paine - Wikipedia

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    Most modelers and miniaturists first became aware of Paine's work through the series of "How to Build a Diorama" tip sheets included with Monogram models of tanks, military vehicles, and airplanes in the 1970s and '80s. He later did dioramas that were included in the catalogs published by Tamiya models, as well as a few projects for Dragon Models.

  3. 1:285 scale - Wikipedia

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    1:285 scale vehicles and 1:300 infantry from Heroics & Ros. 1:285 scale or 6 mm figure size is a US Army scale introduced in the late 1960s, and used for wargames and some scale model dioramas. It is used in miniature wargaming to depict large battles in a relatively small gaming area. [1] 1:300 scale (5 mm scale) is an almost identical NATO ...

  4. Diorama - Wikipedia

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    Miniature dioramas are typically much smaller, and use scale models and landscaping to create historical or fictional scenes. Such a scale model-based diorama is used, for example, in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry to display railroading. This diorama employs a common model railroading scale of 1:87 . Hobbyist dioramas often use ...

  5. The Great Train Story - Wikipedia

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    The Great Train Story is a 3,500-square-foot (330 m 2) HO scale model railroad display located in the Transportation Zone of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. It explains the story of modern-day rail transportation in a 2,206-mile (3,550 km) journey from Seattle, Washington, through several plains states en route to Chicago, Illinois.

  6. Scale model - Wikipedia

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    Lego builders use miniland scale (1:20), minifig scale (1:48), and micro scale (1:192) [note 1] Generally, the larger the building, the smaller the scale. Model buildings are commonly made from plastic, foam, balsa wood or paper. Card models are published in the form of a book, and some models are manufactured like 3-D puzzles. Professionally ...

  7. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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    Schabak/Schuco also produces airliner models in this scale. [5] 1:570: 0.535 mm: Ship models: This scale was used by Revell for some ship models because it was one-half the size of the standard scale for wargaming models used by the U.S. Army. 1:535: 0.022: 0.570 mm: Ship models: Scale used by Revell for USS Missouri ship. Sometimes called "box ...

  8. List of model car brands - Wikipedia

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    Recently LCD Model has been building their own line of scale models including 1:26, 1:72, and 1:18 scales. Lectricar Racing – early era electric radio-controlled cars [55] Legend – 1:43 scale diecast, name used first with JouefEvolution, then by Universal Hobbies. Lego – Matchbox sized cars in the late 1950s through the 1960s [56]

  9. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - Wikipedia

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    The old museum attracted many visitors with its naturalistic dioramas of area ecological settings. [5] After outgrowing the Laflin Building, a new home for the academy was constructed nearby, on the southeastern banks of the North Pond. Its old building is currently used for Lincoln Park Zoo administration. The new building, named the Peggy ...

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