I've been trying to figure out what gauge of wire to use to replicate scale wiring runs and hand holds on 1/35 armor models.
I found a nice Wikipedia page that shows wire gauge and its equivalent size in inches. From that I was able to convert to 1/35 scale by dividing the actual diameter in inches by 35.
For 2", 1", .5" and .25" scale wire/conduit there are exact matches with standard wire gauges (15, 21, 27 and 33 gauge). These are the only 4 gauges that align exactly with 1/35 scale. Everything else is close.
| 1/35 scale inches |
1/35 scale mm |
Wire gauge |
Actual Wire Diameter (inches) |
Actual Wire Diameter (mm) |
| 2.00 |
50.76 |
15 |
0.0571 |
1.45 |
| 1.78 |
45.16 |
16 |
0.0508 |
1.291 |
| 1.59 |
40.27 |
17 |
0.0453 |
1.15 |
| 1.41 |
35.83 |
18 |
0.0403 |
1.024 |
| 1.26 |
31.92 |
19 |
0.0359 |
0.912 |
| 1.12 |
28.45 |
20 |
0.0320 |
0.812 |
| 1.00 |
25.34 |
21 |
0.0285 |
0.723 |
| 0.89 |
22.49 |
22 |
0.0253 |
0.644 |
| 0.79 |
20.09 |
23 |
0.0226 |
0.573 |
| 0.70 |
17.87 |
24 |
0.0201 |
0.511 |
| 0.63 |
15.91 |
25 |
0.0179 |
0.455 |
| 0.56 |
14.14 |
26 |
0.0159 |
0.405 |
| 0.50 |
12.62 |
27 |
0.0142 |
0.361 |
| 0.44 |
11.20 |
28 |
0.0126 |
0.321 |
| 0.40 |
10.05 |
29 |
0.0113 |
0.286 |
| 0.35 |
8.89 |
30 |
0.0100 |
0.255 |
| 0.31 |
7.94 |
31 |
0.0089 |
0.227 |
| 0.28 |
7.07 |
32 |
0.0080 |
0.202 |
| 0.25 |
6.29 |
33 |
0.0071 |
0.18 |
| 0.22 |
5.60 |
34 |
0.0063 |
0.16 |
| 0.20 |
4.99 |
35 |
0.0056 |
0.143 |
| 0.18 |
4.45 |
36 |
0.0050 |
0.127 |
| 0.16 |
3.96 |
37 |
0.0045 |
0.113 |
| 0.14 |
3.53 |
38 |
0.0040 |
0.101 |
| 0.12 |
3.14 |
39 |
0.0035 |
0.0897 |
| 0.11 |
2.79 |
40 |
0.0031 |
0.0799 |