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madrob

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what scale
« on: July 21, 2025, 01:02:06 am »
If i have a model that's 57 inch long and the real thing is 178 1/2ft long...how do i work out what scale it is, the scale calculators I've found don't work that way round, I am sure i knew how to do this  once but my old ish brain is on strike


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Re: what scale
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2025, 02:48:10 am »
Rob,

Based on your measurements I would say it’s 1/38
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Re: what scale
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2025, 06:02:32 am »
How to work it out?first convert both measurements to inches.  178 1/2 times 12 =2142 inches.
divide the full size length by the model length  2142 / 57 = 37.58
round off to the nearest whole number = 38
so scale is 1 : 38 = 1/38 as per T888
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Re: what scale
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2025, 06:39:28 am »
Oops, :embarrassed:


Sorry I should have told you how I got to 1/38, thanks JimG
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Re: what scale
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2025, 08:40:09 pm »
Thanks guys, converting to inches, i remember now............. brilliant


no doubt ill forget something else soon............where am i?   lol
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