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Smeg and the Heads wrote:Hi Guys Thes scale weight of the McLaren is a little over 1kg. Dontshootme is right the 1:8 applies to the measurments but not weight, volume etc. so to work out the scale weight you have to divide the weight of the real car by 8cubed  (8x8x8=512)or to put it another way you need 512 1/8 models to fill the same volume of a full size original. So if we assume jameelassan has gone round to Lewis's house with some scales and he does indeed weigh 55kg  and the weight of the car is 545kg (600kg = car + driver) then the scale weight of our model is 545/512=1.064kg.  I know what you are all thinking, how can 1/8th go into 512 . Imagine you have a big room and lots of models, if you put the models on the floor to create a grid of 8 models long and 8 models wide you will have 64 models on the floor, you will then need 7 more layers like this to acheive the height 8x64=512. Still confused? so am I  good simple answer there mate!! . i understand now but how did you know this? lol If at first you don't succeed........skydiving is not for you!
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Sounds right to me   2x2=3x1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Just had a total weigh up to issue 24 finished inc parts to yet fit.....960 grams or 2lb 2oz +/- o.1
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Marvelous!! Skiddy  MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Hi Skiddy, Skiddy wrote:Just had a total weigh up to issue 24 finished inc parts to yet fit.....960 grams or 2lb 2oz +/- o.1 Don't forget though that this is a model of Lewis Hamiltons' McLaren, so you should deduct the weight of the front wing !! Regards ... Kev.
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SennaMentalMe wrote: Hi Skiddy, Skiddy wrote:Just had a total weigh up to issue 24 finished inc parts to yet fit.....960 grams or 2lb 2oz +/- o.1 Don't forget though that this is a model of Lewis Hamiltons' McLaren, so you should deduct the weight of the front wing !! Regards ... Kev. Kev....I really think he was just trying to make the others weigh a bit for parc ferme by shedding a bit here and there
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This ide a of scale weight is all very well but I doubt if DeAgostini are using exactly the same materials as McLaren do on the real car. Just a thought.
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Sorry guys I must be missing something, why do we need the wt of the car? Size, I would have thought would be useful because of display cases but Wt? MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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I think somebody was just asking out of curiosity. It's much more important if you're making a working scale model model, when you need the right scale weight so it floats at the right water line.
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