Half Scale

At first, expansion or integrating your hobby collection, selecting compatible sizes can be confusing. With a variety of hobbies and scales, how can fit several different genres to create interest?

Each category has scales popular pastime and many scales have evolved for years before the war of scale up and down with precision of up to 1:1000 scale 1:12. My grandfather, for example, artistically welded together a model train that could mount what will probably be on a scale of approximately 1:7. By exploring the range of 1:12 to 1:220 which cover most of the genera popular pastime.

Like electrical standards, there is no universal standard hobby worldwide. For example, when comparing model trains in the U.S., O gauge trains are 1:48, while in Europe, the standard for the NEM model O-gauge railroading is 1:45, and in measuring O UK is 1:43.

Let to compare the most common standards for various categories of fans:

Doll houses

1:12 is considered large scale and is more popular for doll houses with roofs of 8.11 "high. Consider this like 12 times smaller than a human house or 1 inch equals 1 foot.

1:24, also called medium-scale, the scale is the second most popular dollhouses. Some models also come detailed plan 1:24 and 1:30. Here 1 "is equal to 2 meters or 24 times smaller.

Model Aircraft

1:35 is used for helicopters.

1:72 is The most popular of the aircraft, figures, and vehicles 1 "equals 6". This crosses over genres from other scales.

Models boats

1:75, 1:96, 1:108, 1:150 are all popular sizes of ship construction.

Model Trains

1:20 to 1:22.5 scale is called G and is more associated with garden trains. G Gauge refers to the distance between the inside of the rails (1.75 "or 45 mm). Note: The scale of U.S. G 1:20.3 and is sometimes referred to as the scale of F.

Of 1:48 or 1:43 and ¼ of scale associated with O scale trains with 2 or 3 routes rail. This scale is dominated by Lionel and the scale, the second in aircraft. Find compatible cars and trucks in 1:43, 1:48, and 1:50 scale.

1:64 is in S scale model trains with the most popular brand is the American Flyer.

1:87, the most popular scale modeling of rail, called HO or Media O.

1:160 is model trains scale N, which is gaining popularity. The footprint typically comprises a 2 "engine of almost half the size HO train. The name comes from the N in the nine mm distance between tracks.

1:220 is the Z scale model train, the train smaller scale, presented by Marklin. It is simply beautiful.

Each rail scales also offer a huge variety of complementary structures, vehicles, boats, signs, figures, etc. comprehensive creative designs.

The scales vary widely between the categories of fans, but you can integrate several for a realistic look and feel. Although many categories offer a wide variety of offerings within its realm, you can cross and mix of disciplines together for fun. For example, fly a plane from 1:72 to 1:75 on a model ship, or combine a helicopter flight at 1:35 in the range of the house of his wrist and 1:24 G scale train

So, consider expanding its kind pastime for fun, creativity, interest and pleasure quiet, with a greater understanding of the rules of scale.

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