Top scientists today announced that the exact formula for 'finescale' has been discovered. For years man* has sought the meaning of 'finescale', with some of the more spirited debates on the subject now being re-enacted on a semi-regular basis by the Sealed Knot Society. Some believe 'finescale' centres on producing models that look that little bit more like the real thing, whilst others think it's exclusively about track gauge, producing a re-wheeled Lamer 37 as if to back up their claim. A considerable body of opinion says that 'finescale' is purely a matter of scratch-building the right steam locomotives, at the same time quietly sniggering at the alternative notion that it's largely about nodding sagely when the latest MRJ is discussed. Another faction, with some conviction, insists that a 'finescale' is a small tweed posing pouch.
Now, after much painstaking research and observation, experts have once and for all defined 'finescale' as per the above formula, where M represents members of your immediate family (excluding pets) currently claiming to have built Mostyn and C is the total number of compensation or springing systems you've given your name to.
Isn't science wonderful?
* Curiously, it has never seemed to interest women in the same way that shoes do.
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