THEBRITFARMER Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Courtesy of Q 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...
FB Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 just remember to convert you mm to inches etc. (Sean ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 just remember to convert you mm to inches etc. (Sean ) i need a metric one, although i trust my nice cheap garage calculator more for metric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I've taken to drawing up buildings in 1:32 on ArchiCAD and printing on A1 - While the software thinks it's done a 1/32nd scale set of plans what you get is a 1:1 template. If anyone has any buildings they want 1:1 templates for to save on the faff of converting the scale then PM me and I'll take a look at them for you. Particularly suitable for specialist buildings - dealerships etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 http://jimbobwan.com/scalcalc.htm Also try this one, will do the conversion in metric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Just a wee tip I found useful - when taking pics of a full size machine take an old fashioned 12" ruler and lay it so that it appears in each pic. The total length is roughly 320mm which scales to 10mm. Unless your camera lens is really wide or narrow this gives pretty good accuracy and saves some conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Surely dividing a dimension by 32 on a bog standard steam powered calculator is still the easiest way of converting something from 1:1 into 1:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Surely dividing a dimension by 32 on a bog standard steam powered calculator is still the easiest way of converting something from 1:1 into 1:32 Yes, but.....if you pick up the ruler length with dividers on the pic, you can then measure all the bits you forgot to measure when you were at the machine. e.g. 3.5 steps of dividers = 35mm to cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Bloody hell John, shhhhhhhhhhh!! If Colin reads this he'll get really cross with me sending him out to keep measuring his Renault.... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM190 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Just a wee tip I found useful - when taking pics of a full size machine take an old fashioned 12" ruler and lay it so that it appears in each pic. The total length is roughly 320mm which scales to 10mm. Unless your camera lens is really wide or narrow this gives pretty good accuracy and saves some conversion. Hard to do when using pics of the net :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Whenever I buy brass it seems to be in imperial sizes and all my drill etc are metric so I made this converter up. Hope it helps. 133395_.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 cheers John, thats off to the printer then the shed wall!! :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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useful online calculator for working out scales
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6611/scale_calc.html
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