1:14 or so scale excavator help?

[mcCracken15]

i am new to this forum, and let me tell ya i love it! i wanna thank rclogger for everything he has posted i would still be lost if not for him. but i a in need of some help. i am starting a 1:14 excavator build and i want it to beas close to a cat as possible and i might even buy the bruder toy version for the detailed cab and hood. what i am in need of is some dimensions for both booms and the bucket. any help would be appreciated

[avel]

Well some people buy a 1:50 model and measure off of it. Do you have a particular model in mind?

[JDH429]

Originally Posted by avel

Well some people buy a 1:50 model and measure off of it. Do you have a particular model in mind?

Thats what I do. Its an easy way to get all the details and dimensions needed.

[mcCracken15]

so does that mean that their is a quick and easy formula to convert the measurements to 1:14 scale?

[JDH429]

Sure, take your 1/50 scale dimension and multiply it by 3.57, the answer will be your 1/14 scale dimension. Divide your model's scale by the scale you want to model and that's how you get your formula. 50 divided by 14 =3.57. Check out my vario project, I'm doing this but using a 1/64 scale model to convert to 1/14, so I'm using 4.57 to get 1/14 scale dimensions. Math can be cool.

[mcCracken15]

thankx for the info! your build thread was interesting! i will be making a trip to the nearest coastal!

[Izzy]

Buying the bruder for a detailed body is a low cost method. May not be as scale as we would like to think though

[mcCracken15]

yeah i am not gonna buy a bruder anymore but i have been busy building. i am on a no cost at all budget!! i have been melting alu. and casting blocks to mill or turn and everything else has to be reused from another project. so far i wanna buy a few things but its on the list!