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FrozenRabbit471
#1 Posted : 31 March 2018 23:42:41

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A 1:25 is a 1:25. I think.
(I've only completed 3 so far so I may not be correct)
I am putting together a 1:24 Revell Jeep Rubicon now and I was surprised how much smaller 1:24 is compared to say, the Nova SS.

I would like to start on military models other than planes, I have done planes.

Disclaimer... Overlook my silly questions, I simply don't have experience yet.

Here's a question, If I order a 1:35 military 6x6 cargo truck, will it be considerably smaller again, or are the 1:35 trucks and tanks relative to their 1:1 counterparts?
Do they end up being roughly the same size as the 1:25 cars.
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The size is relative to each other. Basically 1/35 is 35 times smaller than 1:1 or the real thing.

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I had a quick look on wiki for the US 2.5ton 6x6 (Tamiya do a good one) and converting the length to 1/35 would give you just under 20cm if that's any help?

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#4 Posted : 03 April 2018 01:14:02

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Thank you Chris and Robin. I certainly helps.
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#5 Posted : 03 April 2018 10:26:41

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This link may help, you can enter the scale and size of the original and it will give the model size.

http://www.scale-models.nl/scalc.html

Graeme
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pemberg wrote:
This link may help, you can enter the scale and size of the original and it will give the model size.

http://www.scale-models.nl/scalc.html

Graeme


Thank you Graeme! This will really help
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