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Need scale reference
Posted by Squadron61 on Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:02 AM

I want to build one of my 1/18 scale cars in 1/12 scale. My question is if a piece of styrene 1 3/4" X 1" is 1/18 scale what would the size be in 1/12 scale?

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:16 AM

Multply the dimensions by 18 and divide by 12, or just multiply each dimension by 1.5

 

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:44 AM

OK, it's an easy question, here we go. Say you have an object A in 1:X scale and you want to do it in 1:Y scale. You take a measurement from the model, multiply it X times and you get the real (1:1) measurement. Then you divide it by Y, to get 1:Y scale measurement. You could make it all easier for you if you first calculated X:Y ratio. Then if you take the 1:X scale measurement and multiply this by X:Y, you get straight the 1:Y scale measurement. To take your case as an example - you have 1:18 scale object and want to know it's measurement in 1:12. 18:12=1.5  so you multiply your measurements by 1.5. 3/4'' X 1'' in 1/18 would thus be 1 1/2'' X 1 1/8'' in 1/12. It's a lot easier when you go metric - 1 inch is 25,4mm. Hope it helps, have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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Posted by Squadron61 on Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:28 AM

Thanks alot Pawel & Phil. I knew I could count on FSM.

 

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