discussion 1/72 Millennium Falcon

[boatman]

A parsec is 3.26 light years - the distance light travels in a year.

In miles, that's roughly 3.26 x 6 000 000 000 000 = 19 560 000 000 000 miles

You don't want to be going that far to pick up that paint colour you forgot!

THANKS DAVE NOW i know how far i want Tiger to sail lol :rolling: :smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:
chrisb

 

[boatman]

3.086 × 1016 metres

Formula

for an approximate result, multiply the length value by 3.086e+16

Apparently .

????????????????????? WELL Mark i think i'll go with gern's answer lol
chrisb

 

[Mark1]

????????????????????? WELL Mark i think i'll go with gern's answer lol
chrisb

Yep, means nothing to me either chris lol

 

[Mickc1440]

Great work so far on this icon. I've seen a build blog on one of these and the detail is outstanding

 

[Guest]

3.086 × 1016 metres

You probably meant to say 3.086 × 10¹⁶ metres, which is in a rather different league than 3.086 × 1016 metres The latter is 3.135 km, the former is 30,860,000,000,000,000 km …

 

[Mark1]

Yeah thats what it said when i copied it but it pasted differently lol

 

[boatman]

You probably meant to say 3.086 × 10¹⁶ metres, which is in a rather different league than 3.086 × 1016 metres :smiling3: The latter is 3.135 km, the former is 30,860,000,000,000,000 km …

WHATS THAT IN MILES THEN Jakko ? lol
chrisb

 

[Bri62]

Done for the day .....progress so far

 

[Bri62]

Hi guys, daily progress for you. I'm finding this is a very satisfying build :smiling3:

 

[Tim Marlow]

You probably meant to say 3.086 × 10¹⁶ metres, which is in a rather different league than 3.086 × 1016 metres :smiling3: The latter is 3.135 km, the former is 30,860,000,000,000,000 km …

That’s exactly what 3.086e+16 means…….

 

[Tim Marlow]

Fabulous detail on this kit Brian. It’s looking rather fine.

 

[boatman]

Fabulous detail on this kit Brian. It’s looking rather fine.

DITTO on that Tim but a shame not more lightin like nav lights or strobes but fine work Bri an im enjoyin the build
chrisb

 

[Bri62]

shame not more lightin like nav lights or strobes

Once I built it I won't be using the lights it got unless I display it in the living room

 

[boatman]

Once I built it I won't be using the lights it got unless I display it in the living room :smiling3:

wont SWMBO let you display it in the livin room then ? as a model like this desevered to be seen
chrisb

 

[Guest]

WHATS THAT IN MILES THEN Jakko ? lol

A useless measurement :tongue-out:

That’s exactly what 3.086e+16 means…….

True, but I suspect the vast majority of people doesn’t know what the e means there at all … And pasting text that had the exponent marked up as superscript instead of using actual superscript numerals loses that information too, resulting in things like 1016 and probably causing more confusion

 

[tr1ckey66]

Great progress Brian, on what looks to be a really nice kit. With the lighting this promises to be a stunning looking model
Cheers
Paul

 

[Tim Marlow]

WHATS THAT IN MILES THEN Jakko ? lol
chrisb

19175514923399980 miles Chris……..

 

[boatman]

19175514923399980 miles Chris……..

not FAR then Tim lol
chrisb

 

[Tim Marlow]

not FAR then Tim lol
chrisb

Not as the Falcon flies, no Chris

 

[Gern]

not FAR then Tim lol
chrisb

Not really Chris. At warp factor ten you'd be there before you got your seat belt fastened!