OldManModeler
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It's not hard to do.
Take your typical smart phone and find the calculator and unit converter. Put in the height of a normal 6 foot man, 6, and multiply by 12, you'll get inches. 72. Divide that by the scale that you think it is, in this case maybe 1/144. So 72 /divided by 144 = .5. In this case a 1/144th scale figure should be 1/2 inch tall. Use the unit converter to turn it into mm.
If you know the real dimensions of the real article, you can find the scale.
If a 'real' AT AT is 40 feet tall and your model is 8 inches tall, That is 40 x 12 to get to inches. Divided that by 8 (the height of your model AT AT) and that will give you the scale. In this mentioned case it would be 1/60th scale.
The formula is: (Actual or real vehicle height in inches or mm) divided by the model's actual measured height in inches or mm. That will give you the scale.
If your model AT AT is 1/144 scale and a 'real' X Wing fighter is 30 feet long, Take 30 and multiply it by 12 to convert it into inches. Then divide by 144 and you will know how long your scaled X Wing fighter needs to be in inches. Which in this case is 2.5 inches long. Or convert it all to metric if that's your thing.
If you don't know the scale at all of the model, look into the cockpit and estimate the size of man in your model. Say for example that it looks like a man would be 1/4" or ,25 inches tall sitting in that little cockpit. Take the inches of an average 6 foot tall man, which is 72, and divide it by your 1/4 inch or .25 man. It comes out to 1/288th scale.
By the way, 1/285th scale is a common size for war gamers. Check out GHQ Micro Armor website if you need figures that small.
Be well. Model on.
Eric
Take your typical smart phone and find the calculator and unit converter. Put in the height of a normal 6 foot man, 6, and multiply by 12, you'll get inches. 72. Divide that by the scale that you think it is, in this case maybe 1/144. So 72 /divided by 144 = .5. In this case a 1/144th scale figure should be 1/2 inch tall. Use the unit converter to turn it into mm.
If you know the real dimensions of the real article, you can find the scale.
If a 'real' AT AT is 40 feet tall and your model is 8 inches tall, That is 40 x 12 to get to inches. Divided that by 8 (the height of your model AT AT) and that will give you the scale. In this mentioned case it would be 1/60th scale.
The formula is: (Actual or real vehicle height in inches or mm) divided by the model's actual measured height in inches or mm. That will give you the scale.
If your model AT AT is 1/144 scale and a 'real' X Wing fighter is 30 feet long, Take 30 and multiply it by 12 to convert it into inches. Then divide by 144 and you will know how long your scaled X Wing fighter needs to be in inches. Which in this case is 2.5 inches long. Or convert it all to metric if that's your thing.
If you don't know the scale at all of the model, look into the cockpit and estimate the size of man in your model. Say for example that it looks like a man would be 1/4" or ,25 inches tall sitting in that little cockpit. Take the inches of an average 6 foot tall man, which is 72, and divide it by your 1/4 inch or .25 man. It comes out to 1/288th scale.
By the way, 1/285th scale is a common size for war gamers. Check out GHQ Micro Armor website if you need figures that small.
Be well. Model on.
Eric
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16.9 m ÷ 17.5 cm = 16.9 m ÷ 0.175 m = 16900 cm ÷ 17.5 cm = 169000 mm ÷ 175 mm ≈ 96.5, meaning ca. 1:97 scale.
