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Son of a gun-ner wrote:Mind you Herman, in 16th scale, quite handy that tape measures and rulers have inches divided up into 16ths and in some cases 32nds, instant scale rulers

Mick's got the ticket, it's as simple as that. For 1/16 Scale, 1/16" = 1", 1/32" = 1/2" etc.... Converting that to a decimal equivalent and it makes selecting material sizes pretty simple. Your cell phone likely has a calculator which makes it a snap.

No need to convert to that Alien metric system!

Barry

BarryC wrote:No need to convert to that Alien metric system!

Says the alien

Son of a gun-ner wrote:

BarryC wrote:No need to convert to that Alien metric system!

Says the alien

Yeah, what he said, but Nanu-nanu !!
Anyway Mr C, haven't you detected a disturbance in the Force which means you must attend some form of ancient Alien brass rending ritual

Hi Chuck. What you see here is the problem of forums, which is how we can sometimes make a meal of a simple question!

Metric or imperial its exactly the same. Just divide the length of the real thing by the scale number. You can always use a calculator to do this

So, if the real thing is 10 foot long and you want that in 1/35th scale, divide 10 foot by 35.

If its 10 inches long, then divide 10 inches by 35.

If its 10 metres long, divide 10 metres by 35 - etc etc, you get the idea.

If you are working on a 1/72 scale model, then devide the length of the real thing by 72.

Now its me that's labouring the point, but keep it simple!

Do you have any pictures of your tank?

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As has just been said, "What you see here is the problem of forums, which is how we can sometimes make a meal of a simple question!"

So ignore my previous ramblings, and take Herman's simple advice

As in, convert feet to inches before dividing by the scale.

96" ÷ 35 = 2.74 inches (which you can see at a glance is close to 2 3/4 inches, much easier to work with than;

8' ÷ 35 = 0.228 feet

Thank you for all your help (lmao @what is 9th grade)
I will give the forumulas a go!
I just had my sinuses operated on yesterday... give me a few days... will send pics of tank as is atm.. black prime... trying to work on getting acessories now... a few 50 cal boxes ,belts ...
Look forward to reading what you think... also any ideas would be awesome..
Respectfully
C4

No, seriously, what is 9th grade: a fair few of us don't speak American....

Isn't it the first year of high school?

Yes... 9th grade = 1st year high school. Thought you were kidding, sorry!
Been trying to figure out exactly how to post pics. To no avail... any thoughts??

I'm still using Tapatalk. Does everything for you except write your reply (maybe that's what l need!). Its free to download.

Different age breaks in the UK l understand. About 15yrs old?

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