Ratio for Scale building trailers

[Izzy]

Not to squash your thinking but our trucks tend not be a perfect scale.... So double check things relative to your ride .... For example width versus plate height versus ground clearance......

[fhhhstix]

Originally Posted by fhhhstix

Your length in inch's divided by the scale you want. ex 1:14 you would divide by 14 that would give you the length in in to build your trailer.

40ft trailer X 12 in per foot = 480 in 480in divided by 14in = 34.29in

So in 1:14 scale a 40ft trailer would be 34.29in long.

Travis

Originally Posted by Izzy

Not to squash your thinking but our trucks tend not be a perfect scale.... So double check things relative to your ride .... For example width versus plate height versus ground clearance......

That is why I used 1:14 as an ex not a definite scale.
Travis

[SonoranWraith]

Originally Posted by Izzy

Not to squash your thinking but our trucks tend not be a perfect scale.... So double check things relative to your ride .... For example width versus plate height versus ground clearance......

Yeah I have seen a lot of scales next to Tamiya and I like larger scale than smaller but am not so much a rivet counter. I have modeled some stuff in 1/13.5 that I like, but I haven't taken the plunge on a serious project in in yet.