Model Scale Charts - Scale use Chart
| Contributed by: wirewolf on 03-22-2004 |
Scale use Chart US | 1/48 is 1"=48", or 1'=48', or 1yd=48yd | | Metric | 1mm=48mm, or 1cm=48cm, or 1m=48m, etc | | Formula: | 1/48: 1" = 48" = 48/12' = 4' or 1/4" = 1' | | Rope Conversion: | C/3.1416 x scale multiplier; For 1:48: Diameter. (scale) = c/3.1416 x (1/48) = c x .00663 (.00663 is the scale multiplier factor) |
Direct ratio | Equals : Inch | Equals : Foot | Rope
Circumference
to Diameter
Factor | Typical Application | 1:2400 | 1"=200' |
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| ship - war games | 1:1200 | 1"=100' |
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| ship - war games and Navy ID models | 1:768 |
| 1/64"=1' | 0.00041 |
| 1:720 | 1"=1"=60' |
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| ship - plastic | 1:700 | 1"=58'-4" |
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| ship - plastic and resin kits | 1:600 | 1"=50' |
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| ship - plastic | 1:500 |
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| WWII ID models | 1:400 | 1"=33'-4" |
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| ship - plastic | 1:384 | 1"=32' | 1/32"=1' | 0.00083 |
| 1:350 | 1"=29'-2" |
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| ship - plastic and resin kits | 1:300 | 1"=25' |
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| 1:240 | 1"=20' |
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| 1:200 | 1"=16'-8" |
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| ship - plastic | 1:192 | 1"=16' | 1/16"=1' | 0.00166 | large ships | 1:128 | 1"=10'-8" | 3/32"=1' | 0.00249 |
| 1:100 | 1"=8'-4" |
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| 1:96 | 1"=8' | 1/8"=1' | 0.00332 | medium ships | 1:76.8 | 1"=6'-4.8" | 5/32"=1' | .00414 | larger ship models | 1:60 | 1"=5' |
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| 1:54 | 1"=4'-6" |
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| 1:50 | 1"=4'-2" |
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| 1:48 | 1"=4' | 1/4"=1' | 0.00663 | museum standard for ships within size constraints | 1:38.4 | 1"=3'-2.4" | 5/16"=1' | 0.00838 |
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