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Model Scale Charts - Actual Sizes in Fractional Inches
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Actual Sizes in Fractional Inches

Actual
Size

Actual
Decimal
Size
(in.)
Scale
1/12"=1'
(1:144)
(in.)
Scale
1/10"=1'
(1:120)
(in.)
Scale
1/8"=1"
(1:96)
(in.)
Scale
1/6"=1'
(1:72)
(in.)
Scale
1/4"=1'
(1:48)
(in.)
Scale
3/8"=1'
(1:32)
(in.)
Scale
1/2"=1'
(1:24)
(in.)
Scale
3/4"=1'
(1:16)
(in.)
Scale
1"=1'
(1:12)
(in.)
Scale
2"=1'
(1:6)
(in.)
1/64
0.0156
2.25
1.875
1.5
1.125
0.75
0.5
0.375
0.25
0.188
0.094
1/32
0.0313
4.5
3.75
3
2.25
1.5
1
0.75
0.5
0.375
0.188
3/64
0.0469
6.75
5.625
4.5
3.375
2.25
1.5
1.125
0.75
0.563
0.281
1/16
0.0625
9
7.5
6
4.5
3
2
1.5
1
0.75
0.375
5/64
0.0781
11.25
9.375
7.5
5.625
3.75
2.5
1.875
1.25
0.938
0.469
3/32
0.0938
13.5
11.25
9
6.75
4.5
3
2.25
1.5
1.125
0.563
7/64
0.1094
15.75
13.125
10.5
7.875
5.25
3.5
2.625
1.75
1.313
0.656
1/8
0.1250
18
15
12
9
6
4
3
2
1.5
0.75
9/64
0.1406
20.25
16.875
13.5
10.125
6.75
4.5
3.375
2.25
1.688
0.844
5/32
0.1563
22.5
18.75
15
11.25
7.5
5
3.75
2.5
1.875
0.938
11/64
0.1719
24.75
20.625
16.5
12.375
8.25
5.5
4.125
2.75
2.063
1.031
3/16
0.1875
27
22.5
18
13.5
9
6
4.5
3
2.25
1.125
13/64
0.2031
29.25
24.375
19.5
14.625
9.75
6.5
4.875
3.25
2.438
1.219
7/32
0.2188
31.5
26.25
21
15.75
10.5
7
5.25
3.5
2.625
1.313
15/64
0.2344
33.75
28.125
22.5
16.875
11.25
7.5
5.625
3.75
2.813
1.406
1/4
0.2500
36
30
24
18
12
8
6
4
3
1.5
17/64
0.2656
38.25
31.875
25.5
19.125
12.75
8.5
6.375
4.25
3.188
1.594
9/32
0.2813
40.5
33.75
27
20.25
13.5
9
6.75
4.5
3.375
1.688
19/64
0.2969
42.75
35.625
28.5
21.375
14.25
9.5
7.125
4.75
3.563
1.781
5/16
0.3125
45
37.5
30
22.5
15
10
7.5
5
3.75
1.875
21/64
0.3281
47.25
39.375
31.5
23.625
15.75
10.5
7.875
5.25
3.938
1.969
11/32
0.3438
49.5
41.25
33
24.75
16.5
11
8.25
5.5
4.125
2.063
23/64
0.3594
51.75
43.125
34.5
25.875
17.25
11.5
8.625
5.75
4.313
2.156
3/8
0.3750
54
45
36
27
18
12
9
6
4.5
2.25
25/64
0.3906
56.25
46.875
37.5
28.125
18.75
12.5
9.375
6.25
4.688
2.344
13/32
0.4063
58.5
48.75
39
29.25
19.5
13
9.75
6.5
4.875
2.438
27/64
0.4219
60.75
50.625
40.5
30.375
20.25
13.5
10.125
6.75
5.063
2.531
7/16
0.4375
63
52.5
42
31.5
21
14
10.5
7
5.25
2.625
29/64
0.4531
65.25
54.375
43.5
32.625
21.75
14.5
10.875
7.25
5.438
2.719
15/32
0.4688
67.5
56.25
45
33.75
22.5
15
11.25
7.5
5.625
2.813
31/64
0.4844
69.75
58.125
46.5
34.875
23.25
15.5
11.625
7.75
5.813
2.906
1/2
0.5000
72
60
48
36
24
16
12
8
6
3
33/64
0.5156
74.25
61.875
49.5
37.125
24.75
16.5
12.375
8.25
6.188
3.094
17/32
0.5313
76.5
63.75
51
38.25
25.5
17
12.75
8.5
6.375
3.188
35/64
0.5469
78.75
65.625
52.5
39.375
26.25
17.5
13.125
8.75
6.563
3.281
9/16
0.5625
81
67.5
54
40.5
27
18
13.5
9
6.75
3.375
37/64
0.5781
83.25
69.375
55.5
41.625
27.75
18.5
13.875
9.25
6.938
3.469
19/32
0.5938
85.5
71.25
57
42.75
28.5
19
14.25
9.5
7.125
3.563
39/64
0.6094
87.75
73.125
58.5
43.875
29.25
19.5
14.625
9.75
7.313
3.656
5/8
0.6250
90
75
60
45
30
20
15
10
7.5
3.75
41/64
0.6406
92.25
76.875
61.5
46.125
30.75
20.5
15.375
10.25
7.688
3.844
21/32
0.6563
94.5
78.75
63
47.25
31.5
21
15.75
10.5
7.875
3.938
43/64
0.6719
96.75
80.625
64.5
48.375
32.25
21.5
16.125
10.75
8.063
4.031
11/16
0.6875
99
82.5
66
49.5
33
22
16.5
11
8.25
4.125
45/64
0.7031
101.25
84.375
67.5
50.625
33.75
22.5
16.875
11.25
8.438
4.219
23/32
0.7188
103.5
86.25
69
51.75
34.5
23
17.25
11.5
8.625
4.313
47/64
0.7344
105.75
88.125
70.5
52.875
35.25
23.5
17.625
11.75
8.813
4.406
3/4
0.7500
108
90
72
54
36
24
18
12
9
4.5
49/64
0.7656
110.25
91.875
73.5
55.125
36.75
24.5
18.375
12.25
9.188
4.594
25/32
0.7813
112.5
93.75
75
56.25
37.5
25
18.75
12.5
9.375
4.688
51/64
0.7969
114.75
95.625
76.5
57.375
38.25
25.5
19.125
12.75
9.563
4.781
13/16
0.8125
117
97.5
78
58.5
39
26
19.5
13
9.75
4.875
53/64
0.8281
119.25
99.375
79.5
59.625
39.75
26.5
19.875
13.25
9.938
4.969
27/32
0.8438
121.5
101.25
81
60.75
40.5
27
20.25
13.5
10.125
5.063
55/64
0.8594
123.75
103.125
82.5
61.875
41.25
27.5
20.625
13.75
10.313
5.156
7/8
0.8750
126
105
84
63
42
28
21
14
10.5
5.25
57/64
0.8906
128.25
106.875
85.5
64.125
42.75
28.5
21.375
14.25
10.688
5.344
29/32
0.9063
130.5
108.75
87
65.25
43.5
29
21.75
14.5
10.875
5.438
59/64
0.9219
132.75
110.625
88.5
66.375
44.25
29.5
22.125
14.75
11.063
5.531
15/16
0.9375
135
112.5
90
67.5
45
30
22.5
15
11.25
5.625
61/64
0.9531
137.25
114.375
91.5
68.625
45.75
30.5
22.875
15.25
11.438
5.719
31/32
0.9688
139.5
116.25
93
69.75
46.5
31
23.25
15.5
11.625
5.813
63/64
0.9844
141.75
118.125
94.5
70.875
47.25
31.5
23.625
15.75
11.813
5.906
1
1.0000
144
120
96
72
48
32
24
16
12
6
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