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In lugnet.build, Timothy P. Smith wrote:
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In lugnet.build, Steve Lane wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jumpei Mitsui wrote:
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This is my biggest challenge and still under construction.
1/40 Battleship YAMATO
Its minifig scale, and it will come to 6.5m (21ft).
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Is 1:40 minifig scale?
Id like to ellicit a wide number of opnions because Im just about to start
building a (much smaller) minifig scale model.
I assumed a minifig to be 6ft tall, giving me a ratio of 1 to 46 (rounded).
The japanese are a lot smaller, so to them perhaps minifig scale is 40:1.
Has their ever been an agreed standard for Minifig scale? or is their just
an acceptable range?
LMKWYT
Steve
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If you use 1 inch = 1 meter, a minifig is about 4 1/2 feet tall, a good size
to relate to kids, I think. Then use four studs = one inch, or one meter.
Its not really accurate, but it sure is easy!
Tim (Smith)
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I agree with previous posts that the variability of minifigs, not to mention
their dispropotion nature means that a number of scales are possible. However,
for me personally Minifig scale is not really 40:1. I have been doing a lot of
work with Minifig scaling including an automatic spreadsheet to convert
real-world to minfig scale in studs, meters and feet. My conclusion is that
the closest practical scale is 1:45, making Yamato 6.06m or 19.8 ft.
This having been said, the most important thing about large minifig projects in
my experience is scaling the items to the actual bricks available an so that
they work for the model in question. To this end Jumpei Mitsuis work is
superb! Each of the items is cleverly crafted to actual work in minifig scale
and just like the real thing. As an avid fan of Naval history I can only admire
his work and ask myself: if only I had a spare 20ft space to create such a
monster!
Ed (Diment)
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In lugnet.build, Ed Diment wrote:
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I have been doing a lot of work with Minifig scaling including an automatic
spreadsheet to convert real-world to minfig scale in studs, meters and feet.
My conclusion is that the closest practical scale is 1:45, making Yamato 6.06m
or 19.8 ft.
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Huh, I dont think Ive heard of minifig scale being more than 1:44 (making
standard minifigs just over 6 feet tall). Except maybe for specific projects?
1:45 would make them about 62.4 (1.89m) tall, 23.5 (72cm) wide, and 12.2
(36cm) front-to-back. Of course, *lower* seems to be popular, like 1 stud = 1
minifig foot (about 1:38), and if you gauge by minifig width or depth, youll
get even lower still (although I cant think of anything offhand thats used
less than 1:38 for MF scale, but Ill bet there are some out there). Im
curious, though-- how did you come up with 1:45?
(I think the most popular measures Ive seen are 1 stud = 1 minifig foot (1:38)
and 3 studs = 1 minifig meter (1:42))
DaveE
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