Measuring Scale to Scale? Having a hard time..

[DailyGrindCustoms]

I have a few builds on my desk that have trailers. Im having a hard time finding a Snowmobile, 4 Wheeler and dirt bikes to scale out to fit on my trailer and look right... Anyone got any ideas/answers?

Also, I need a semi and trailer combo for 3 of my builds. What semi scale scales out to the right size using a 1/25 scale truck and car?

[Harry P.]

  On 3/27/2013 at 4:08 AM, DailyGrindCustoms said:

Also, I need a semi and trailer combo for 3 of my builds. What semi scale scales out to the right size using a 1/25 scale truck and car?

1/25.

[MAGNUM4342]

  On 3/27/2013 at 4:08 AM, DailyGrindCustoms said:

I have a few builds on my desk that have trailers. Im having a hard time finding a Snowmobile, 4 Wheeler and dirt bikes to scale out to fit on my trailer and look right... Anyone got any ideas/answers?

Also, I need a semi and trailer combo for 3 of my builds. What semi scale scales out to the right size using a 1/25 scale truck and car?

  On 3/27/2013 at 4:21 AM, Harry P. said:

1/25.

Harry P ladies and gentlemen! He's here all the time! Honestly, as much as we'd like to we can't get him to go away!

To answer your question Brock the general concensus (if you don't have a scale ruler available at many fine hobby shops) is that one millimeter equals one inch. Of course the only kit i've ever seen that was perfect 1/25th scale was one my buddy worked on, that being the 1966 Batmobile by Polar Lights. At nine inches long it's exactly 1/25th.

Edited March 27, 2013 by MAGNUM4342

[Jordan White]

  On 3/27/2013 at 4:08 AM, DailyGrindCustoms said:

I have a few builds on my desk that have trailers. Im having a hard time finding a Snowmobile, 4 Wheeler and dirt bikes to scale out to fit on my trailer and look right... Anyone got any ideas/answers?

Honestly, the easiest way is to just figure out the dimensions of the models, and compare them to the dimensions of the actual 1:1 vehicle. That will give you the scale and provide you with some parameters of where everything compares.

[DailyGrindCustoms]

I was hoping to see if anyone had links or anything of something so I could try to match it up with something on ebay. I plan to get a few of the items from there. Sucks I cant measure on there haha

[MAGNUM4342]

UUuuhhh...yeah. When it comes to looking at things on ebay Brock you're just going to have to read the descriptions and take thier word for it. We can't help you with that. Type in the keywords for what you're looking for and see what comes up.

[niteowl7710]

Is what your trying to get at - "Hey there are no 1/25 kits of snowmobiles or ATVs, so I want to buy plastic/diecast toys to go with my trailer"?

Because the answer is unless the trailer is actually correct scale, and the snowmobile/ATV is an actual replica of a REAL item and you happen to have the 1:1 dimensions to do the math to see what it (and the trailer) actually scale out at, your probably going to spend a lot of time chasing your tail around in circles.

As for the other question, there's no more reason to believe any tractor and trailer combination would be any more correct 1/25 scale than the cars you want to use for a load. Especially the older stuff is going to have a lot of "eyeballing it correct" scaling involved compared to say the Moebius LoneStar (and soon to be ProStar) that are actually scaled down from the International CAD files. That might give you two options for motivation, but unless you want to stick them inside a reefer trailer, there are no modern day flatbed trailers.

[slusher]

l bought a 1/32 4 wheeler diecast for a ranger pick up and it looks perfect. l seen an article once in makeing things to scale is measure a 1;1 and divide by 25 or 24 and get your scale. Harry can tell if that is true. l am not sure...l do not have that experience..

[Harry P.]

  On 3/27/2013 at 12:06 PM, slusher said:

l bought a 1/32 4 wheeler diecast for a ranger pick up and it looks perfect. l seen an article once in makeing things to scale is measure a 1;1 and divide by 25 or 24 and get your scale. Harry can tell if that is true. l am not sure...l do not have that experience..

That's correct. To figure out the sizes in scale, you measure the real thing and divide by 24 if you want 1/24 scale, or 25 if you want 1/25 scale.

A 1/24 scale model would be just that... 1/24 the size of the real thing. A 1/25 scale model is 1/25 the size of the real thing, etc.

[george 53]

Stay away from G scale, it's NOT 25th or close. It is OBVIOUSLY too BIG for 25th or even 24th scale.I purchased some G scale stuff from a vendor who sells it exclusively, and I was disapointed when it got here. It is VERY obvious that it's TOO big to be in scale.

[Ace-Garageguy]

  On 3/27/2013 at 12:38 PM, Harry P. said:

That's correct. To figure out the sizes in scale, you measure the real thing and divide by 24 if you want 1/24 scale, or 25 if you want 1/25 scale.

A 1/24 scale model would be just that... 1/24 the size of the real thing. A 1/25 scale model is 1/25 the size of the real thing, etc.

And it works for ANY scale, 1/4, 1/6/ 1/8, 1/12/ 1/16...1/32, 1/48, 1/72 and on and on and on.

Measure the real one, or find some full-size drawings with dimensions.

DIVIDE the real measurement by the bottom number (the fractional denominator) of the scale you're working in. For 1/144 scale, you'd divide by 144.

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To go the other way, if you have a 1/25 scale model and you want to know how big the real thing is, just MULTIPLY by the bottom number, in this case 25. Easy, eh?

[Mercman]

  On 3/27/2013 at 12:41 PM, george 53 said:

Stay away from G scale, it's NOT 25th or close. It is OBVIOUSLY too BIG for 25th or even 24th scale.I purchased some G scale stuff from a vendor who sells it exclusively, and I was disapointed when it got here. It is VERY obvious that it's TOO big to be in scale.

G scale is 1/22.5.

This may help a bit, if not go to to the link for more.

Link for scale charts.

http://s8.photobucket.com/user/mercman51/library/Scale%20chart?page=1

[Tom Geiger]

Scale Equipment LTD makes a lot of what you are looking for. They are copies of units that were available in kits at some time in the past. Most prominent is the snow mobile, there is also a tractor with trailer, and a couple different cycles.

Check this page:

http://www.seltd.net/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat_display.cgi?account=X344897;search=16;search=Special%20Projects;limit=category;v=2.0

As far as 1/25 scale, get yourself a 1/25 scale ruler. I've seen them in both 1/24 and 1/25 in hobby stores or you can actually print them out on line. I bought one many years ago and keep a photo copy of it in my wallet so when I see something I think may work in scale, I can put the ruler to it in the store.

Most of us browse the toy sections at stores looking for things that may be in or close to scale. That not only includes Walmart and toy stores, but some of the odd stuff shows up in dollar stores. I saw a neat ATV at my local dollar store recently. Even check out these things for wheels etc that could work on models.

[Brett Barrow]

There was/is? a company called "ScaleCard" that made/makes? credit card-sized scale reference cards with scale rulers, a human figure, etc... on them, you could keep them in your wallet and when you come across something on the toy aisle make a quick eyeball to see if it looks right. Outside of that you'll just have to take the word on scale on diecast stuff, but they're very often wrong (and our plastic models aren't always exactly right-on either). The ol' eyeball is about the only way to tell if something's right, if it looks right, it is right...