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Ratio for Scale building trailers
Someone once post in an old thread the ratio on how to figure the length of trucks and trailers to scale. Does anyone know who that was? Or the equation?
Thank you, John Corbett
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
Your length in inch's divided by the scale you want. ex 1:14 you would divide by 14 that would give you the length in in to build your trailer.
40ft trailer X 12 in per foot = 480 in 480in divided by 14in = 34.29in So in 1:14 scale a 40ft trailer would be 34.29in long. Travis
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
Thank you Travis.
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
Not to squash your thinking but our trucks tend not be a perfect scale.... So double check things relative to your ride .... For example width versus plate height versus ground clearance......
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
I needed a starting point and got it. Thank you.
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
I found this on google search "jimbob" scale calculator
http://jbwid.com/scalcalc.htm hope it helps |
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
Nice find mack kid that calculator could help a lot of members on the forum.
Travis
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
Perfect Mack Kid. . . . . .Thanks!!!
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
bookmarked that handy link.
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
Yeah I have seen a lot of scales next to Tamiya and I like larger scale than smaller but am not so much a rivet counter. I have modeled some stuff in 1/13.5 that I like, but I haven't taken the plunge on a serious project in in yet.
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Re: Ratio for Scale building trailers
that is an awsome tool on that site i like the scale set up it is an east way to figure it
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