Am planning on doing a garage scene,my first attempt at dioramas. I’m building my walls from scratch and would like to know if there’s a formula for determining the height of walls,doors,windows,etc… My scale is based on 1/24 cars.
TIA for your help !
Well, I’m no expert but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night. Try this.
http://www.printmini.com/calc.shtml
Whatever your actual dimensions are in inches, just divide by 24 to get your model size measurements. So if you want 8 foot high walls, multiply 8 by 12 to get 96 inches, divide it by 24 equals 4 inches high for your model.
At least here in Finland there are standard heights for doors, windows etc. The height of a normal room is about three metres.
You might find it useful to look for building regulations in your country. The proper dimensions for a garage should be listed. If you have a Technical University nearby you could visit their library and see if they have information on building codes etc.
If you get tired of figuring out the numbers you can always fall back
onto the Fujimi Garage & Tool sets.
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The garage Set will hold 1 1/24 Sports car & tools & figures.
The trick I use for scratch building in 1/24th &/or 1/25th is 1millimeter is equal to 1 inch (the actual ratio is 1:25.4) Just measure the actual item is inches, then build the replica in millimeters. It save a bunch of head scratching.
Carl
Guys, thanks a lot for your help. I think I got the idea.
Thanks !
Sorry to buzz in late, 2cam16.
I think the guys covered everything already. Anyway, I do CAD and when I do buildings I usually do the drawings in CAD and rescale them to say 1/35 when printing. So I get a pattern in scale ready to be cut. If you have any sketches of the building you are planning to build I could do it in CAD and rescale it for you.
Thanks Dwight. I have nothing set in stone,yet. But I think I can just figure it out by using the website that converts,thanks to sisco. Thanks for the offer.Man,CAD for modeling ?That’s hardcore ! [:D]
Not really. I really use it in doing 3-D modelling for buildings and structures. Part of the job, actually. Anyway, if you need any help on CAD, I could be of some help. LOL.
I had not though about that Dwight. I am planning on trying out some scratch building in the future. Have to see if the cheap cad program I have can do that. Boy I miss being in high school and always having the latest version of autocad at my disposal.
Chris, there are a lot of CAD software now in the market. Much much cheaper than AutoCAD. I think TurboCAD is OK because it is compatible with AutoCAD. It is about 90% cheaper too.
I’ve been calculating my current project using this website:
http://www.printmini.com/calc.shtml
It not only converts real life to any scale, it also converts English units to metric, which is good for me because I hate fractions and love metric measurements, a little something that 8 years construction work in Japan will get you!! Hope you can use this site for a diabolical diorama!!