Daily archives: March 31, 2006


Small Scale Customs

Spinneyhead’s newest project launched today. It’s a spin off from Scale and all the little cars I’ve been making. Small Scale Customs is, effectively, the new Scale shop. The first product are number plate transfers for OO gauge vehicles. Pre 1963 for now. Later licence plates will follow and there will also be lots of other detailing transfers for cars and light commercial vehicles soon.

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Small Scale Customs

Spinneyhead’s newest project launched today. It’s a spin off from Scale and all the little cars I’ve been making. Small Scale Customs is, effectively, the new Scale shop. The first product are number plate transfers for OO gauge vehicles. Pre 1963 for now. Later licence plates will follow and there will also be lots of other detailing transfers for cars and light commercial vehicles soon.

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Shoe print of guilt

Researchers are working on a system to identify shoe prints left at crime scenes.

This classification should be straightforward, said Professor Allinson, because criminals favour shoes that have many distinct features on their soles.

“Luckily criminals wear trainers,” he said. “If they all wore Oxford brogues we would be in a very difficult position.”

The identification system works by subjecting shoeprints to several different image processing techniques to reveal the features on the sole.

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Scottish Executive thinks big

The Scottish Executive has set itself a target of cutting 2.7million tons of CO2 emissions by 2010. It’s a laudable aim, but recent admissions by the Government show that you have to back those promises up with actual actions or you’re going to be making embarassing apologies a few years down the line.

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