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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 20:57:42 GMT
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Sproaticus wrote:
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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).
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> Ooh, good link. Thanks!
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> So far, that's:
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> 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
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> Jeremy's microfig scale #1 = 1:115
> - 1x4 brick = 12' long
> Jeremy's microfig scale #2 = 1:384
> - 1x4 brick = 40' long
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, 1:1200, or 1:600
When you start wandering off into modeling, there are just tons of
scales.
> (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 )
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> It's not the same log. It's not the same log. It's not the same log.
> It's not the same log. It's not the same log. It's not the same log.
> It's the same log. It's the same log. It's the same log.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) 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 - (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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