porschercr Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 Does anyone know the wheel size on the Fujimi Porsche Cayman? (17,18 inch?)What is the formula for determining wheel sizes on 1/24th and 1/25 scale cars? Thanks,Trevor
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 1, 2017 Posted October 1, 2017 On 9/30/2017 at 10:49 PM, porschercr said: Does anyone know the wheel size on the Fujimi Porsche Cayman? (17,18 inch?) What is the formula for determining wheel sizes on 1/24th and 1/25 scale cars? The "formula" is just the same for wheels as it is for determining any other scale measurement on any part of any car. For 1/24 scale, take the real measurement and divide by 24. For 1/25, take the real measurement and divide by 25. So...a 17 inch wheel on a real car would measure .708 inches for 1/24 scale (which is why a digital caliper can be handy). A 17 inch wheel in 1/25 scale would be .68 inches (which is 17.2 mm). The interesting thing here is that one inch in full scale is quite close to 1 mm in 1/25 scale, so you can get pretty close that way too. NOTE: Wheel diameter is NOT measured across the front face of a wheel. Rather, it's measured at the tire mounting surface...and very few model companies regularly get this right for some odd reason..
peteski Posted October 2, 2017 Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) On 10/1/2017 at 12:00 AM, Ace-Garageguy said: The "formula" is just the same for wheels as it is for determining any other scale measurement on any part of any car. For 1/24 scale, take the real measurement and divide by 24. For 1/25, take the real measurement and divide by 25. So...a 17 inch wheel on a real car would measure .708 inches for 1/24 scale (which is why a digital caliper can be handy). A 17 inch wheel in 1/25 scale would be .68 inches (which is 17.2 mm). The interesting thing here is that one inch in full scale is quite close to 1 mm in 1/25 scale, so you can get pretty close that way too. NOTE: Wheel diameter is NOT measured across the front face of a wheel. Rather, it's measured at the tire mounting surface...and very few model companies regularly get this right for some odd reason.. For that reason I add one inch to the tire diameter to get an approximate wheel fact rim diameter (since that is what is used on a model). So to me a a 1:1 17" wheel will be 18 inches in diameter. Edited October 2, 2017 by peteski
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