Re: Figure scales (was Re: PA carried DFFGs?)

Yes, thanks.

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>From: Aaron Teske <mithramuse@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: Figure scales (was Re: PA carried DFFGs?)
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:42:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Chris DeBoe wrote:
> > > > Help me clear up what exactly 15mm SHOULD be.  eg 6mm is
> > > > roughly 1/285th or 1/300th.  is 15 mm 1/144th? 1/100th?
> > > > 1/72nd?
> > >
> > >1/112 ?  1/118 ?  Something like that.
> >
> > Then the old HG stuff is too big.  Being HO, it's probably
> > closer to 25mm.  I always thought 25mm was in the 1/35th
> > range.  Shows you what I know.
>
>Given the (theoretical) idea that a man-sized figure should be
>around 1.6 to 1.8 meters tall (or to the eyes, or whatever, I
>don't really care that much), if you divide the mm scale by the
>fractional scale you should end up with a constant, or
>thereabouts.  So:
>
>6mm / 1/285 = 1710
>6mm / 1/300 = 1800
>25mm / 1/72 = 1800
>etc., etc.
>
>So 15mm should be roughly (1800/15 =) 1/120 scale, and 1/35
>scale should be roughly 52mm.
>
>Easy, neh?
>			    Aaron
>
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