acres to scale

[neilw]

Im sure i have seen a topic on this ages ago, but cant find it!!

How big is an acre, to 1/32 scale?? preferably in centimeters....

Thanks in advance!!

[Jdeere6910]

If my maths is correct then an acre in 1:32 should be 126,464.375 cm^2

Which makes a 1:32 hectare 312,493.471cm^2

[Tractorman810]

if i have got this right 1 acre is 4 046m2 there abouts, so in 32nd it is 126m2 give or take ,so roughly 11.2 x 11.2 m ,sure even you can get the cm's out of that :laugh: got a big loft or room i hope :laugh:

[Jdeere6910]

Beat you to is Sean

[Tractorman810]

ah the question is whos right?? :laugh: bet we wouldnt be good at a quiz show

[neilw]

Thanks chaps, just moved to a 'proper' house, so negotiating either a tractor room or buying a big shed. Loft to inaccessible for any bulky stuff to go up.

[Jdeere6910]

Both the right I would say, mine is in cm's and yours meters, and mine is to more d.p. Both are the same area, just different units, I got the same for an acre in meters as well

[Barry]

1 acre = 4046.86 square metres

The square root of 4046.86 = 63.6149353533

So each side of the 1 Acre square is 63.61 metres long

63.61 metres in 1/32 scale is 198.78cm

So, a 1/32 acre would be 198.78cm x198.78cm (2 metres x 2 metres)

[TM190]

1 acre = 4046.86 square metres

The square root of 4046.86 = 63.6149353533

So each side of the 1 Acre square is 63.61 metres long

63.61 metres in 1/32 scale is 198.78cm

So, a 1/32 acre would be 198.78cm x198.78cm (2 metres x 2 metres)

Correct!

Wonder what them other two are smoking?

[Valley Axe Man]

And you lot are glad your working in 1/32nd.......... I'm going to need a football pitch to get the acreage for the 1/16th :laugh:

[robbo]

Use the entire valley Paul, no-one will mind.....................honest :

[david_scrivener]

Which all just shows how it is impossible to be completely accurate to scale in some aspects of toys/models, something recognised a century ago by wargamers and manufacturers of toy castles. In the case of castles, they compromised by making the places where toy soldiers/knights would actually be placed, such as gates and battlements, at least big enough to stand the figures, and settled for a pastiche of castleyness (not a real word, but I'm sure you all get the idea) for the rest.

I'm guessing that for a field to display some of the bigger 1/32 machinery, say a combine + tractors, trailers & balers etc for a harvest scene a size of say 2 x 1 metres is as big as even those with a big display room will be able to provide.