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granwood

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ship scale
« on: March 15, 2008, 10:30:32 am »
hi built a couple of kits have a 55in.L.6.1/2in.w.container ship hull.real ship  length is o/a 276m, b/p length 262m,breadth 40m,depth.24.30m. never built scrach before so bit lost can anyone help with scale .thanks
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malcolmfrary

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Re: ship scale
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2008, 10:48:03 am »
Convert the length of the original into inches. (262*39.25=10284).  Divide this by the length of the model in inches (10284/55=187).  Nearest "normal" scale is 1:196, could be 1:200.
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granwood

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Re: ship scale
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2008, 12:01:21 am »
thanks will try work out.
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Re: ship scale
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2008, 10:55:48 am »
276M = 10,866 inches divided by 55 inches = 197.56 I agree, 1:200 sounds about right. O0

Just wanted to work it out ;)
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