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Posted: Tue Apr 30th, 2013 12:58 am

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Hey all, I have built a copy of the rabbit hutch that was in my old Revell barn group set that is now long gone. So I made a new one from card stock. But I remember there were 2 rabbits that came with the set that went into the hutch. But I am not sure how big they should be? I tried making one but it seems a bit larger to me. it's about 1/4 inch long, and a 1/4 inch high. should it be 1/16?

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Posted: Tue Apr 30th, 2013 01:55 am

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Chris--

An HO Rabbit is slightly smaller than an HO Jetta or Passat.

(I live for days like this!!!!)

Real rabbits that are raised for meat seldom get longer than 12" nose to tail so about an eighth of an inch would be right, with one sixteenth inch long ears. Wild rabbits are smaller.

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Posted: Tue Apr 30th, 2013 02:19 am

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Chris,

You need to be raising "Rhosgobel Rabbits" (The link opens slow on some computers)

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/01/03/67872-radagasts-racing-rhosgobel-rabbits-a-recreational-musher-looks-at-the-realities-of-bunny-sledding/

http://www.google.com/search?q=rhosgobel+rabbits&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=yxt_UeTyOufi2QWUh4DgBg&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1710&bih=1077

The price for them has sky-rocketed in the last few months.

Posted: Tue Apr 30th, 2013 02:37 am

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Wabbit... 12" in HO is 3.5MM. I beieve I would tell everyone that they escaped and are loose in the woods..Who is gonna know! There's a limit to detailing.

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Posted: Tue Apr 30th, 2013 02:49 pm

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Just call it a Flemish Giant and you're right on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Giant

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Posted: Tue Apr 30th, 2013 07:59 pm

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I'm sorry guys...

...I disagree !

No one has considered the rabbits diet...

...how many carrots it's eaten...

...or age group ( could be a wee bunny ).

" Now where'e dat pesky wabbit ? "

Cheers

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Chris, love the 'Barn Set' box-pic...
...a blast from the past, for sure !

We love 1:32 'Britains' stuff, from the 'swinging-sixties' here !

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Herb Kephart wrote: An HO Rabbit is slightly smaller than an HO Jetta or Passat.
Herb really cracks me up! Probably not as much as he cracks himself up ... still ... :bg:

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Thanks for the support, Dallas!

And just the other day Wifey Dear told me I was useless---

Herb

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Posted: Wed May 1st, 2013 09:47 pm

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What at Herb ?

EVERYTHING...

...or just SOMETHING ?

( sorry, don't mean to be nosey )

Support is FREE...

...Wifey Dear's COST !

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Posted: Thu May 2nd, 2013 02:23 am

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Chris,

An HO scale Rabbit is between an HO scale mouse, and an HO scale Dog. :moose:

To be serious though, if the rabbit is 1/4" in height, that means that the rabbit (.25 x 87.1) is 21" in height in 1:1 scale. Just my opinion, but that seems too big.

Wait till I post about my new addition to the railroad, an N scale ant colony.

I don't think I can top Herb for comedy, but I gave it a shot.

--James :java:

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