51. They already had blueprints and a scale model made of tongue depressors. 52. Typically, each car measures about a foot long and six inches high, more than twice the size of indoor scale models. 53. Using satellite-plotted topographical maps and other state-of-the-art information, Lamphere was able to fashion a perfect scale model. 54. But the Israelis brought only a scale model for the exhibit. 55. The team plans to use scale models to perform tests in a big, bathtub-like basin and conduct wind tunnel and wave-making tests. 56. Their theoretical predictions have been justified by full scale laboratory models, he says. 57. With the one-sixth scale model, Chapman and the other researchers could hold the bones in their hands and see how the joints fit together. 58. Alflex is a one-third scale model of the unmanned Japanese space shuttle Hope which NASDA hopes to launch around the turn of the century. 59. Christo himself is financing the multi-million dollar project with the sale of his preliminary sketches and scale models. 60. Christo is financing the multi-million dollar project with the sale of his preliminary sketches and scale models. |