Jack Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I maybe stupid.... But how the does the scale of models work - what is 1:35 all about? :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 It's 35 times smaller than the real thing. Action man, G.I. Joe etc is 1/6th scale for example or 2 inch = 1 foot in old money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 so, if it was 1:35, every one inch is 35" on the real thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Got it in one I've just measured the length of the front bumper on my 1/35 model deuce & it is 1 3/4" so multiply by 35 = 61 1/4". So go & measure your bumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Got it in one I've just measured the length of the front bumper on my 1/35 model deuce & it is 1 3/4" so multiply by 35 = 61 1/4". So go & measure your bumper Ok I will, I drove it to the office this morning. ..........be right back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 ok, 63.4"................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Ok just re-measured mine more acurately with a micrometer & it works out to 63 1/2", so pretty close. You must have put too many coats of paint on yours :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Sorry, got that wrong, you haven't put enough coats of paint on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Ok just re-measured mine more acurately with a micrometer & it works out to 63 1/2", so pretty close. You must have put too many coats of paint on yours :shock: ........didn't use one of those, so I expect you are right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick garner Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 It's because he rollered it! Not sprayed it excessively. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilitantGraham Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 When I was a kid I could never understand why a 1/72nd scale model of a railway locomotive that weighed 72 tons didn't weigh 1 ton. It all became clear when I experimented with my Lego and found that if I built a 2x2x2 block it was twice the size of a single block but contained 8 blocks. Therefore a 1/72 model is 1/72x72x72 the volume of the original. There are all sorts of scales when it comes to models. As well as the simple fractions, 1/35, 1/72 etc. there are something to the foot scales like 4mm and 7mm where 4mm or 7mm on the model represents 1 foot on the original. Model railways use letters, Guage 1 = 10mm to the foot, Guage O = 7mm to the foot, HO (Half O) = 3.5mm to the foot etc. Model soldiers use the height of the figures from ground to eye level. 25mm and 54mm are common ones. So a single model could be described as 25mm, 4mm, 1/72nd or OO. They are all very nearly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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