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Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:58:43 GMT
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jsproat@ioNOSPAM.com
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Jim Rorstrom wrote:
> > I'd be curious to see what other commonly-used modelling scales there are, and
> > what model genres are commonly used with them.
> Lego (minifig) scale is much closer to O scale (1:48) which makes a 1x4 brick
> 5 feet long and a minifig a sizable 6ft 6in. If it is agreed that 5ft 8in is a
> more reasonable height for the average human than the scale is closer to 1:42
> which makes the 1x4 brick 4ft 4 1/2in long. For a model railroad primer on
> scale go to (http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1502/intro.htm).
Ooh, good link. Thanks!
So far, that's:
G scale = 1:22.5
- 1x4 brick = 2' 4" long
Minifig scale = 1:42
- 1x4 brick = 4' 4.5" long
O scale = 1:48
- 1x4 brick = 5' long
S scale = 1:64
- 1x4 brick = 6' 8" long
HO scale = 1:87.1
- 1x4 brick = 9' 1" long
N scale = 1:160
- 1x4 brick = 16' 8" long
Z scale = 1:220
- 1x4 brick = 22' 11" long
Jeremy's microfig scale #1 = 1:115
- 1x4 brick = 12' long
Jeremy's microfig scale #2 = 1:384
- 1x4 brick = 40' long
(Measurements assume a 1x4 brick is 1.25" long. Fractions of an inch are
rounded to nearest inch, with one exception. No apologies for not using
metric measurements. :-P )
It'd be neat to find out what scale other folks play with. And what Technic
figs are typically at, also for the microfig sets TLG puts out (e.g. vehicles
in the Advent Calendar set). And maybe for other modelling systems...
I'll do some intel recon tonight at Wal-Mart, to see what Revel & co. put on
the boxes for airplane and automobile models.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) Other model railroading scales: TT 1:120 OO 1:72 Outside of model railroading: Car models: 1:24 Military Models: 1:35 Military microminiatures: 1:285 Wargaming: 15mm (about 1:120) 28mm (about 1:64) 54mm (about 1:33) Naval miniatures: 1:2400, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
| | | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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| I checked out the low-end modelling market (Wal-Mart) and saw these scales: automobile -- 1:24 and 1:25 sci-fi -- 1:48 (O scale) military aircraft -- 1:72 1:48 naval (special on RMS Titanic :-P) -- 1:570 So, taking that and some great stuff from (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Lego (minifig) scale is much closer to O scale (1:48) which makes a 1x4 brick 5 feet long and a minifig a sizable 6ft 6in. If it is agreed that 5ft 8in is a more reasonable height for the average human than the scale is closer to 1:42 which (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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