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Re: Lego Scaling
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 5 Nov 2001 21:53:34 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Joseph H. Cardana writes:
> I know I'm behind the power curve here. If I wanted to build a ship, to
> scale of the minifigs, How do I determine appropriate lengths and heights?
> My friend Jennifer stated, to build an aircraft carrier to scale, it would
> have to be 15 feet long. I want to model my '67 Impala into legos, to scale
> of the minifig, what are the formulas?
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> Thank you for your time and energy,
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> Joe
For my own scaling, I use 1 stud = 1 foot or 3 studs = 1 meter. You will
have to do some selective compression and such, but it's simple. The height
is tricky. The lego brick is 6/5 taller than it is wide, so 5 bricks = 6
feet or roughly 2 meters.
HTH
-Duane
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