dartman Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I have been contemplating building a diorama of a garage/shop.My question is what does a 2x4 scale out to so I know what stock to buy? I also need to ask what is the best material to replicate concrete block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) what scale are you building? http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/scale_calculator.php if 1/25, you're fairly safe to double 1/48 sizes: http://www.northeasternscalelumber.com/uploads/images/2013%20New%20Catalog%20for%20NESL%20-%20Copy.pdf these folks have sheets of masonry siding: http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/ http://www.plastruct.com/ http://www.modelbuilderssupply.com/index.php?cPath=1&osCsid=nkve84g70lm2rfilo60450s470 lego will sell their blocks x the each and it's a very protoypical way to build: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Individual-Bricks-ByCategory you can also search dollhouse, military, & railroad modeling for their sources. Edited April 8, 2015 by southpier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Joe, GREAT job on covering this subject ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 thanks; but i need to spend more energy building than surfing the web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Model Builder's Supply looks most useful. Thanks, Joe. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dartman Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Thanks for the great info Southpier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 just divide the dimension by the scale .. so a 4" piece at 1/25 scale is 4 divided by 25 ... which is .16" It's all pretty simple .. even Windows has a calculator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) Did you find the information you were looking for?If not I have a ruler that is in 1/25th scale and I will mail you a photo copy of it if that will help.PM me your address and I'll send it out. Edited April 21, 2015 by misterNNL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Keep in mind too, that there is a difference between real and nominal dimension lumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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