Really I need to know
please I really need to know i’m about to start to go in to 1/48th scale I started out in 1/72nd scale and I found that really small so I want to go to a bigger scale
It is different with each plane. To give you a quick example…my Tamiya 1/48 BF 109E is supposed to build up to about 7 inches long, with about an 8" wingspan. Hope that gives you some idea of how big 1/48 is…I really don’t know any other way to explain it better.
Well, 1/48 scale will be noticibly larger and easier to detail. Models in 1/48 scale are one and a half times the size of their 1/72 equivalents.
Take care,
Mark
well lets say you built a 1/72nd scale B-29 thats a pretty big plane in that scale now build it in 1/48 scale and you will notice that it is several feet long by several feet wide now thats a BIG aircraft and if they ever do a 1/32 scale B-29 I would need a garage to hold it
Hmmm… why don’t you just go out a buy one and see? Much depends on what type aircraft you get… a 1/48 Beechcraft T-34 will be small sitting beside a 1/48 SU-27. Basically, if you line up 48, 1/48 kits end to end, that will equal the length of the real aircraft… or 12" equals 48 scale feet.
Good luck,
Frank
do they make a B29 that scale!??[?][:D]
nevermind that was a reallystupid question a 1/32nd scale B-29 superfortress
would have a wingspan of over 50ft
for a B-25 it would be 8 inches with a wingspan of 13 inches
Any 1/48th scale model is 150% the size of the same model in 1/72nd scale ( 1,5 times bigger ) in Length, 150% bigger in Width, and 150% bigger in Height. As you know 1/72, deduction is easy : the same model in 1/48 th scale is 1,51,51,5 = 3,375 huger than the 1/72nd item : there are of course a lot of other considerations to chose a scale change ( for me, it was due to the fact that I’m so old that I don’t see details as I did and that my hands quiver , I am 48 tout de même )
Spitfiresrock,
If you are interested in a particular aircraft, do a little research on the internet and find out the length and wingspan of the full scale plane. Divide that figure by 72 to get the size of a 1/72 scale model or by 48 to get the size of a 1/48 scale model of the same plane.
A B-29, four engine bomber from WW-II has a wing span of 141 feet 3 inches. Convert that to all inches, 141 X 12 = 1692 + 3 = 1695 inches. 1695 divided by 72 gives you 23.54 inch wing span. 1695 divided by 48 gives you 35.3 inch wing span. If the B-29 was made in 1/32 scale, which I don’t think it is, that would be 53 inch wing span.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
I build exclusively in 1/48 for aircraft and really like the amount of detail I can get. I haven’t built anything in 1/72 since I was a kid (when I wasn’t really aware of the difference) and really don’t want to go there now. In fact, I’m considerinig building 1/32 (especially Trumpeter’s Avenger) just to get even more detail. !/48 aircraft, especially fighters and smaller attack/bomber aircraft fit nicely on a shelf. Bigger planes like the B-17 and B-29 will require a larger shelf or area to display. If you’re lookiing for greater detail, don’t hesitate, go to 1/48. You won’t regret it.
1/72nd: 1 inch equals 72 inches (6 feet)
1/48th : 1 inch equals 48 inches (4 feet)
1/32nd: 1 inch equals 32 inches (2 feet 8 inches)
Jim
So according to duckman, 53 inches = 50 feet? [:-,][#oops][:-^]
Keeping it simple, 1/48th scale is 1/4 inch to the foot. Or, 1 inch = 4 feet.
Ray
I only have 2 feet![:o)]
Go metric!!![}:)]
At 1/48 scale:
A B-36 bomber would be 3’-4 1/2" long, and a 4’-9 1/2" wingspan.
A Gee Bee racer would be 0’- 4 7/16"long, and have a wingspan of 0’-6 1/4".
The MK 3 “Fat Boy” atomic bomb would be 0’-2 11/16" long, 0’-1 1/4" dia.
Tom [C):-)]
Only if you were talking about something close to 1/12th scale.[:p][:p]
53 inches (20.866cm) in 48th scale would actually be 212 feet (64.617 m)
Just about right for a B-52
6.35mm = 25.4cm
Went metric…
Ray
oops sorry for the little mistake im kinda tierd when i wrote that and i am canadian and apparently we are onthe “metric system”