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spongie

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not too good at maths me... 5/16" to 1ft scale?
« on: August 05, 2012, 03:21:31 pm »
Hi not very good at working in imperial.


what does 5/16" to 1ft work out at?


I'm interested in this plan, as i used to own a boat of this class, but don't really understand how big it will work out at being.




Thanks for your help.
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Re: not too good at maths me... 5/16" to 1ft scale?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2012, 03:57:21 pm »
!/38th, approximately. 12x16=192, divide by 5 = 38.4, simples ( I hope ) :-)) :-)) :-))
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Re: not too good at maths me... 5/16" to 1ft scale?
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2012, 03:58:42 pm »
Snap. :-))

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Re: not too good at maths me... 5/16" to 1ft scale?
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2012, 04:02:05 pm »
hi ya there

try to think of it this way - a boat in lifesize is 45 ft long so therefore if 1 inch were to equal 1 foot the model would be 45 inches long but since 5/16 = 1 foot - it will be 45 x 5/16

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approx 14 inches long at that scale :-)

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Re: not too good at maths me... 5/16" to 1ft scale?
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2012, 06:59:02 pm »
Cheers!!!


14" does sound really quite small.









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Re: not too good at maths me... 5/16" to 1ft scale?
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2012, 07:05:22 pm »
You could double or even treble the size to either 28" or 42", its easy enough to have the drawing re sized at a decent copy shop :-)) :-)) :-))
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