Scale wood and brick

[dartman]

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?

[southpier]

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

[Eshaver]

Joe, GREAT job on covering this subject !

[southpier]

thanks; but i need to spend more energy building than surfing the web!

[charlie8575]

Model Builder's Supply looks most useful. Thanks, Joe.

Charlie Larkin

[dartman]

Thanks for the great info Southpier

[Foxer]

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.

[misterNNL]

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

[Roadrunner]

Keep in mind too, that there is a difference between real and nominal dimension lumber.