Re: [DSII] Building Scale in DS2

"Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
> 
> But on to my real questions.
>
> I am having trouble finding/making buildings that look right next to
DS2
> tanks (1/285th - 1/300th). Perhaps I could impose on the group to
help.

Scaling models for 1/300th scale is pretty easy - the conversion is
almost exactly 1 foot (real) = 1 mm (model).

Much of the trouble is that most, if not all, SF '1/300th' vehicles are
much larger than their current-day equivalents and therefore buildings
seem to be too small (similarly, most infantry are taller than their
nominal 6mm height, so doors / windows seem too small).

Bearing this in mind ...

> DS2 tanks seem to be 7-15mm tall.
> How tall would a 1 story house (peaked roof) be?

12-15 feet-ish ? So 15mm model height.

> 1 story flat roof building?

10 feet ? (eight feet internal plus an extra foot or so for foundations
and roof space).

> 2 story house with a peaked roof?

25mm

> 3 story flat roofed office building?

30mm

> Tool Shed?

7mm

> Freeway overpass

Guessing at 30 to 40mm. Better ask a civil engineer (if you can find
one, otherwise an uncivil one will have to do :-) )
 
> In the same way, DS2 vehicles seem to be 20-45mm long and 10-25mm
wide.

Which bears out my statement above - a Challenger tank is 28 feet long
by 12 feet wide by 8 feet tall (to the nearest foot), so one of the
largest current day tanks is right at the bottom of your size ranges.

> What would be the dimensions for:
> A small house
> A large house

My house is somewhere in the middle (3-bedroomed, two storey with ground
floor extension) and is roughly 30 feet deep (including extension) by 18
feet wide.

> Corner store
> Supermarket
> Office tower
> Mall
> Width of road (2 lane undivided)

20-25 feet ? Most cars are 6 feet wide, and a gap of 2-3 feet either
side looks about right for the road outside my office (although this is
hardly a main road).

Tony

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Tony Francis
Senior Software Engineer
Kuju Entertainment