If 1-24th is a half inch to a foot , then how much for 1-48th ?

[Eshaver]

I'm assuming that if a half inch equals a foot in 1-24th , then 1-48th is double , right ? Ed Shaver

[Terry Sumner]

Yup! 1/4" to the foot. That's why the old timers call 1/48th scale..."quarter scale."

[Kaleb]

I can see how. It just occurred to me that you take the first two numbers off the front like 1:2* is the half inch. Same for 1:4* is quarter inch. I guess I have an odd way of seeing it.

[JamesW]

http://webpages.charter.net/sinkwich/sdventure/html/sd_scalecalc2.htm

Figured all you guys could bookmark this. It comes in handy.

[Eshaver]

James , thank You , no REALLY ! I will save this out . Ed Shaver

[Nick Notarangelo]

thanx james

[scalenut]

I'm assuming that if a half inch equals a foot in 1-24th , then 1-48th is double , right ? Ed Shaver

Yup! 1/4" to the foot. That's why the old timers call 1/48th scale..."quarter scale."

ok what is it ? ... 1/2" = a foot.... or........ 1/4" = a foot ...?

Edited December 13, 2011 by scalenut

[Jordan White]

1' in 1:24 scale is 1/2" in 1:1 scale (12" divided by 24 gives you .5")

1' in 1:48 scale is 1/4" in 1:1 scale (12" divided by 48 gives you .25")

[Tony T]

Thanks, James! Bookmarked!

[bigphoto]

ok what is it ? ... 1/2" = a foot.... or........ 1/4" = a foot ...?

Here if this helps. If a car is 18ft long then a 1/24th scale model of said car would be 9 inches and the said car in 1/48th would be 4.5 inches.

[Harry P.]

I'm assuming that if a half inch equals a foot in 1-24th , then 1-48th is double , right ? Ed Shaver

1/24 means 1/24th the size of the original. 1/24th of a foot is 1/2 inch, so in 1/24 scale a "foot" is 1/2 inch.

1/48 means 1/48th the size of the original (or half the size of 1/24). So in 1/48 scale, a "foot" is 1/4 inch.

Every scale model (1/8, 1/32, 1/12, etc.) is a specific fractional size of the original. A 1/8 scale model is one eighth the size of the original, a 1/32 scale model is one thirty-second the size of the original, a 1/12 scale model is one twelfth the size of the original, etc.

[Madd Trucker]

Ed this may help you and other builders ::

http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/scale-conversion.html

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[von Zipper]

I would like to help out with this, and hope I don't make it more difficult to understand. First we have to understand the difference between a fraction such as 1/4,1/2 or 3/4 as opposed to a scale value such as 1/24 or 1/32 ect. And then some thing different altogether-decimal value. A fraction is a different subject than scale value when we are going to reduce 1;1 subjects into scale sizes.

The way I do it is in a decimal form. An inch will look like this 1.000

If you look at any thing in 1:1 and want to convert it into any scale for modeling we take the value of a foot is 12 inches in 1:1, divide 12 by what ever scale you would like to work in and it will give you the decimal value.

A foot is 12 inches divided by 48 (1/48) will equal 0.250

12 inches divided by 24 (1/24) equals 0.500

12 divided by 25 (1/25) equals 0.480

12 divided by 32 (1/32) = 0.375

12 divided by 78 (1/78) = 0.153

If you were 5 ft. 8 in. tall and wanted to make a figure of your self in any scale, you could do it like this=

5ft.8in. would be 68 inches so we will use 68 as the first value divided by what ever scale we use.

68 divided by 48 (1/48)you would be 1.416 tall

68 divided by 25 (1/25) you would be 2.720 tall

I bought this dial caliper at a pawn shop for $20.00 and use it all the time on my model bench. If any body would like to start a thread in the "How To" section, I'd be happy to help any one learn the basics of using dial calipers in our hobby.-Chris

Edited December 14, 2011 by Zipper

[62rebel]

i hate to be a buzzkill but 5 feet is 60 inches, period. 5 foot 8 inches, is 68 inches. sorry.

[Mike Kucaba]

If someone said to me it's "quarter scale" without seeing the model,I'd assume it's a HUGE model one-fourth the size of what it is representing. If they said quarter- inch scale,I'd know it was 1/48th.

[Wayne Buck]

Thank you for sharing the link that conversion calculator, James!

I could see that coming in handy from time to time when I'm too lazy to break out the 'traditional' calculator.

[von Zipper]

i hate to be a buzzkill but 5 feet is 60 inches, period. 5 foot 8 inches, is 68 inches. sorry.

You're right ! Thanks for pointing that out-I went back and corrected the math-Sorry about that !