Post by greencommander on Feb 15, 2017 1:54:25 GMT
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
I found this online scale calculator, which I use when trying to determine what size I should build a terrain piece or to check the approximate scale for a vehicle.
First, you enter the scale you want, which for us 54mm folk is 1/35 (or 1/32, which a lot of model/toy vehicle manufacturers like to use). Then, you enter either the real size or the scale size of what you are checking, ad the calculator fills in the blanks. Compare the information with the actual measurements of what you are trying to represent, and you can tell how close you are to scale.
For example, consider this photo:
Basically, it's an objective marker I slapped together on an old CD, composed of some molded ammo cases that came with a play set (painted green, on the right side of the piece), and some scratchbuilt pallets, weapons crates, a bazooka, and three ammo cans for an M249 SAW (on the left side and center of the piece). A 54mm soldier is present for scale. Let's do the ammo cans as an example. I looked up the actual dimensions of the can, entered 1/35 scale, and found out that the scale measurements are 0.3” long x 0.2” wide x 0.25” high. I used a couple pieces of balsa square dowel, paper from a file folder, some florist's wire for the side rings, and a clip of 12-gauge wire for the top handles to reach those approximate dimensions. I followed the same process for the pallets, crates, and even the bazooka (which is just a dowel, wire and greenstuff). Might not be accuate enough for some of the Flames of War guys, but it works for my table. What do you think?
I found this online scale calculator, which I use when trying to determine what size I should build a terrain piece or to check the approximate scale for a vehicle.
First, you enter the scale you want, which for us 54mm folk is 1/35 (or 1/32, which a lot of model/toy vehicle manufacturers like to use). Then, you enter either the real size or the scale size of what you are checking, ad the calculator fills in the blanks. Compare the information with the actual measurements of what you are trying to represent, and you can tell how close you are to scale.
For example, consider this photo:
Basically, it's an objective marker I slapped together on an old CD, composed of some molded ammo cases that came with a play set (painted green, on the right side of the piece), and some scratchbuilt pallets, weapons crates, a bazooka, and three ammo cans for an M249 SAW (on the left side and center of the piece). A 54mm soldier is present for scale. Let's do the ammo cans as an example. I looked up the actual dimensions of the can, entered 1/35 scale, and found out that the scale measurements are 0.3” long x 0.2” wide x 0.25” high. I used a couple pieces of balsa square dowel, paper from a file folder, some florist's wire for the side rings, and a clip of 12-gauge wire for the top handles to reach those approximate dimensions. I followed the same process for the pallets, crates, and even the bazooka (which is just a dowel, wire and greenstuff). Might not be accuate enough for some of the Flames of War guys, but it works for my table. What do you think?
