Akey Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 As many of you might know, i'm brand new to the 1/32 scene, and hadn't even heard of "plastruct"!......before joining this forum At the moment i'm waiting on delivery of my first tractor, but would like to get in on the "scratchbuild" scene My question is, what size box/whatever section would I need to order for the chassis of , say a 10/12 ton trailer? I read the lists of various sizes of plastruct, but I find it hard to visualise the actual size, as have nothing in 1/32 to compare it with! Any help with what size's and what sections for different builds.........basically so i can go ahead and order my first batch Thankee kindly......Will (Active farmer........on account of me 'lotment ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbrush Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 take the size from a full size machine, scale down by 1/32 to give the model size and buy the nearest size plastrut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 useful online calculator for working out scales www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6611/scale_calc.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Q you are a genius, where did you find that? I would suggest you start an individual topic with that in it. It would be a great help to all!!! ;D 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akey Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Very handy Q,.........its now on my desktop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I used to buy from www.ema-models.com but for the reason you said about visualising what you are buying I prefer to buy in one or two of the model shops around me that stock it. (Bath and Salisbury). EMA do offer free postage on orders over ?12 though and it is damn easy to rack up up ?30 orders!! (minimum) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 i tend to work the same as tris, and look in the local shop,find it far easier to see it than guess/look at measurements, once i have got a size then ema usally works out cheaper for bulk orders of the same stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I sometimes buy mine in the local shop but they never tend to keep much in stock so once I know roughly what the sizes are I put in an order from EMA, tends to work out cheaper as well if you are going to use a quantity of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 As above, go to a shop to get a feel for the sizes, buy a fwe pieces then bulk buy online, usually EMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Akey
As many of you might know, i'm brand new to the 1/32 scene, and hadn't even heard of "plastruct"!......before joining this forum
At the moment i'm waiting on delivery of my first tractor, but would like to get in on the "scratchbuild" scene
My question is, what size box/whatever section would I need to order for the chassis of , say a 10/12 ton trailer?
I read the lists of various sizes of plastruct, but I find it hard to visualise the actual size, as have nothing in 1/32 to compare it with!
Any help with what size's and what sections for different builds.........basically so i can go ahead and order my first batch
Thankee kindly......Will
(Active farmer........on account of me 'lotment
)
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