1/32 farmer Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 bill can you help me how do you scale down to 1/32 from full size to make a model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 bill can you help me how do you scale down to 1/32 from full size? to make a model Divide it by 32! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 bugger beat me to it...knew i shouldnt have used the spell check :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 Divide it by 32! dont work to big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 example; 40' into 1/32 scale 40' = 480" divided by 32 = 15" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Roughly 9.6mm to the foot or 3/8 of an inch to the foot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 all my measure ments are in MM and all ways come out .something do you round up or down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 all my measure ments are in MM and all ways come out .something do you round up or down I'd say the usual rules apply ie. 0.1-.049 round down 0.51- 0.99 round up - 0.5mm I would work too if you can most things are available in .25mm increments - (From my limited knowledge though it has to be said) - Nearest as you can is the rule I suppose. I bought myself a digital vernier gauge recently (?20 I think) - best investment I've made in a long while for model work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 so if its 1000 mm divide dy 32 =31.25 you would round down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 so if its 1000 mm divide dy 32 =31.25 you would round down - Me personally...yes .25mm is not a lot really - hardly noticable to the naked eye - or even an eye with clothes on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 thanks marky look like i will be busy over the hols making a model ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 thanks marky look like i will be busy over the hols making a model ;) Would prefer it if one of the experts gave you their opinion really 1/32 - That's the way I would work - It works for spud boxes and barns but I'm not sure the same rules apply for conversions - Any takers chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 its for a low loader so it will do and the eye is better than a rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Godd luck then... and post some piccys of your progress please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 My best kept secret this: http://www.modelcars.iwarp.com/tips/scalebot.htm Does all the hard work for you ;) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 This may help a little for measurement of the materials http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/plastruct.html but if you want to do an exact replica measure in mm then devide by 32 eg 2400mm / 32 =75mm then you will still have to take the nearest material size to suit hope this helps a little SMURF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 My best kept secret this: http://www.modelcars.iwarp.com/tips/scalebot.htm Does all the hard work for you ;) ;) Thanks NCC - I've bookmarked that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Thanks NCC....I would be 2.24 inches high in 1/32 scale :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bill can you help me
how do you scale down to 1/32 from full size to make a model
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