Brain Fart, please check my math!

You are correct, sir!

Looks right 

There is a scale conversion site for modellers and when on my PC will post a link.

In this case, your number usage is correct and whatever is wound very tightly in your brain didn't snap under the strain of thinking.

I don't mind if someone laughs at me because then they are not laughing at some other poor soul Who probably can't take it, or doesn't deserve it.

However, if someone laughs at my builds then they have a big problem.... And that is me!

Agreed.

You should return the model, complaining that the scale is .6486/72 off.

Thank you all. Normally I can do these simple calculations without issue. I'm a behind-the-wheel driver education instructor at the local high school, and the youngsters fried my brains yesterday. I got home and was looking at a possible future build and everytime I started thinking the room filled with smoke .  .  . 

So, again, to all, I appreciate the assistance.

Well, spill the beans, Brian.

Revell Snowberry?

No, actually, The build I’m thinking about is converting (during the initial build) a 220’ tuna seiner (Campbell Industries “Superseiner”) into a SEAL / SDV support vessel. Think about it; fairly deep draft, stable open ocean vessel with good speed potential. Add a center hull wet well for SDV launch and recovery and the angled stern for small boat / IBS launch and recovery. Lots of space for support shops and you throw in a decent electronics suite and a couple of Gau-19 miniguns for defense. I actually came up with this concept back in 1991, while stationed with the Teams in San Diego.

Heck, the Canoe Club is not having a lot of luck with the new (comparativily) Littoral Combat Ships; maybe they should have started with a proven platform.

Nice project. It's always good to scratch/ kitbash in a generic scale.

That is one big boat!

Should be fun. Unfortunately, nobody produces a plastic model of the Campbell Ind. ships, and I think that they are no longer in business. So, also unfortunately, I don't think I can get the frame shapes, deck plans, etc. to start clean, so I'll have to alter the Dumas boat.

The one good thing about it is that it is in a common scale; Yeah !!! (plus, with a scratch / kitbash, there's lots of fudge-factor room; Yeah + + !!!)

tempestjohnny

Here's a quick equation for determining scale. Take the size in feet of the real ship,plane,tank etc. And divide by 12 for 144th, 6 for 72nd, 4 for 48th, 2 for 24th. This will give you the rough size in inches for the model. Example. The Mustang has a 37ft wingspan. So in 144th it's a hair over 3 inches. 72nd 6+, 48th 9+, 24th 18+. You can figure out other scales also but the dividing number has a fraction

 

No wonder the room filled with smoke as brain cells overheated and just gave up!

first thing to do is to go out onto the school field and scream loudly, with force and vent the frustration.

On reaching home, open a COLD beer and have a quiet 10 minutes to cool off and calm down.... THEN start thinking about your project.

This will mean that the fire department make less visits and your wife doesn't need to follow you around with a fire extinguisher to put you out!

Well, good thought, but since I have five acres here, I can just step out the door for my bellowing. Then it's back in to a nice Irish whisky, on the rocks. 

And I only call out the fire brigade when I cook.

But thank you for the comments.

So long as it raised a smile.

should be Scottish single malt.