Mass of UN SDN(X)

If any of you who have the new minis and access to a good scale: What is the
weight of the minis (in grams)? Comparing this to the weight of a mini who's
mass is known should give a good estimate of Mass for the ships stats, no? the
UN SDN may be longer than a Jeanne D'Arc but it looks a lot thinner over all.

Yes. This is something I played around with a while back, but never finished
it. You will need a precise scale to determine the weight as most minis are
negligible and hope that all are created with the same material. It is my
understanding that Jon T uses a different metal than what
Geo-Hex
uses in the states. This might present a small discrepancy if you have minis
from both sources. This might also cause some discrepancy when you compare to
other manufacturers minis as metal content can vary.

IMHO the best solution is get a volume measurement by displacing the mini in a
liquid if you have an accurate way to measure this.

Mike

Michael Miserendino Senior Software Engineer Lincoln Re mtmiserendino@lnc.com

> owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU at internet 10/25 9:21 PM >>>
If any of you who have the new minis and access to a good scale: What is the
weight of the minis (in grams)? Comparing this to the weight of a mini who's
mass is known should give a good estimate of Mass for the ships stats, no? the
UN SDN may be longer than a Jeanne D'Arc but it looks a lot thinner over all.

> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 9:45:00 -0500

> minis from both sources. This might also cause some discrepancy when

I picked up a relatively cheap digital kitchen scale that registers tenths of
an ounce, which I've found to be sufficiently accurate for this sort of thing.

For small minis or a more accurate reading on the larger ones, weigh several
at the same time and average them.

If the minis are already based, weigh them and then weigh an appropriate
number of bases and subtract the diffence.

By doing these things, you can get a range of mass factors within a few points
of ideal and fudge it from there.

As for the ratio of lead to tin, then difference should be neglible; I've
weighed otherwise identical castings, one of solid lead and the other of
mostly tin pewter and there is practically no difference on that scale.

The minis I collect are a smaller scale (or is that larger?) than the
official FT line, so a one-ounce mini is about mass 100.  At that scale,
accuracy to within a tenth of an ounce gives an estimate to within +/-10
Mass; averaging improves it further. For the official FT minis, it should be
even easier since they are generally larger.