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Re: Scale (was Re: Dragonstar!)
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 14 Feb 2003 05:30:29 GMT
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> Of course the door is also 6 bricks high, and using a standard door height
> of 2100mm (7') you get a scale of about 1:37. This exagerated scale of 1:32
> horizontally and 1:37 vertically fits with the rather squat appearance of a
> minifig, but could possibly get confusing to work with, especially once SNOT
> building enters the equation, so for my own purposes I just use the 4 studs
> to the metre in both directions and accept a few anomalies. Of course by
> this scale, Dan's ship is even smaller.
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> Thoughts? Reactions?
Well if you assume minifigs are average human height you would get 3 studs to 1
meter. I think that is what most people go by.
-Mike Petrucelli
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 | | Re: Scale (was Re: Dragonstar!)
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| (...) But the gist of my previous post is that if you translate that vertical measurement into the horizontal it's not quite right. For best accuracy, one must use and exxagerated scale (ie. vertical scale is different to horizontal scale) Besides, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Scale (was Re: Dragonstar!)
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| (...) Then again, LEGO has a long tradition in compressing designs to keep piece counts down. Consider this to be the cap ship version of the 4 wide car, if you catch my meaning. The fact that Dan's managed to get a ship this size to convey the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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