scale calculations

Anonymous

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November 2005

scale calculations

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 4:57 AM

im new to scatch building things but im not shoure how do you calculate scale dose any one have any idears Smile [:)]

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djmodels1999

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December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, December 22, 2003 5:08 AM

There, try this..

http://www.wwi-models.org/misc/scalecon.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 5:56 AM

man i new i should have studie maths at school lol next step is to find me some good photos of what i whant to build that the fun part Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 6:32 AM

Length: 13.5 Feet
Width: 6.0 Feet
Height: 5.5 Feet
Volume: 445.5 Cubic Feet
Capacity: 21 Combat Equipped Troops
ok can some one calculate this for me there realy size and im doing a 1/35 model

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 1:24 PM

how 2 do scale calculations:
first, convert feet into inches (multiply the # of feet by 12)
then, divide that number by the denominator of ur chosen scale
(in ur case , that would b 35)
13.5 feet times twelve =162 ( prototype dimension in inches)
take that # & divide it by 35....
162 inches divided by 35 = 4.62 inches in 1/35 !
c'mon, u can do it !
frosty Smile [:)]

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Monday, December 22, 2003 1:24 PM

convert each of your measurements to inches then divide by 35.
i.e. length 13.5 feet X 12 = 162 / 35 = 4.6 inches or about 4 5/8 inches.

Bill

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 1:29 PM

hiya bill!
i guess we both love fun with numbers, eh ?
frosty Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 1:49 PM

Bill rounded though! I can rarely do that unless there's more tham 3 digits right of the decimal!

Actuall, dead on 4 5/8"

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Monday, December 22, 2003 4:25 PM

Good luck on your project Pantherart. I am also not great in math.
mark956

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animal

Member since
July 2003
From: USA

Posted by animal on Monday, December 22, 2003 4:49 PM

Pick up a 1/35 scale rooler from your hobby shop. I have one and it makes figuring out the sizes very easy.

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, December 22, 2003 6:41 PM

Well, it seems that Frosty and wipw and the rest of the guys have you covered on that one. So I will just say good luck.

Oh btw if you like, I can send you my Excel spreadsheet I made for such calculations.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 8:56 PM

ive got the Tamiya Scale ruler, the one for 1.35th also covers 1.48th ive got the other one they do its 1.72 and i think 1.12th but thats not to hand so it might be something else Captain [4:-)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 9:24 PM

thanks guys ill let ya know how it gose im just trying to find good photos now then to by the things ill need after xmass so its going to be a slow build

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