How do you convert from one scale to another?
example 1:76 to 1:35 scale
could someone put it in simple english for me?
thanks.
Scott
You divide what you have (76) by what you want (35), which comes out to about 2.17. Any measurements made on a 1/76 scale are multiplied by 2.17 to get the size in 1/35. For enlarging scale plans, mulitply the 1/76 by 2.17 (or 217%). Hope this helps !
Ok…I’m drawing a blank too. I know the dimension of a wingspan and I want to know what that would be in 1/48. Do I divide the real wingspan by 48? For some reason that doesn’t sound right and, as I said, I’m drawing a blank here.
Dana
Dana, that’s just what you do. Nothing more to it!
Dana,
You will find a very easy to use scale converter here;
www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/TNT.htm
I have it on my desktop, would be lost without it.
P.
Dana,
sometimes it helps to convert to inches first.
if the 1:1 plane has a 103 foot, 9 inch span (like a B-17, say)
the wingspan is (103*12 +9 = 1236 + 9 = ) 1245 inches
if you divide 1245 by 48 you get 25.93 inches,
which would be the wingspan of a 1/48 B-17
if you divide 1245 by 72 you get 17.29 inches for 1/72 scale.
1245 / 144 ~= 8.65 inches for 1/144 scale, etc
Scott,
i find it easier to work from the ‘real’ dimensions,
so to go from 1/76 to 1/35 i would multiply by 76 then divide by 35.
(the end result of which is identical to multiplying by 2.17, as Pix said)
[:D] [:)]
but breaking it up into 2 steps may make it clearer.
once you ‘understand’ it, you can do it which ever way you like better.
ed.
Heres a couple of scale calculators
http://www.printmini.com/calc.shtml
http://www.modelcars.iwarp.com/tips/scalebot.htm