moparman18064
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Post by moparman18064 on May 4, 2024 18:57:41 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been answered, but I thought I had seen a conversion for hoses and lines in a sticky or post. I can’t find it. Am I mistaken, and saw it somewhere else? I am trying to find appropriate sized lines for battery cables, 1/2” aluminum fuel line, braided line in 1/25 scale.
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Post by kyledehart5 on May 6, 2024 3:13:21 GMT -5
I know I have that stuff saved somewhere, somehow. Let me poke around and see if I can find the page I have. Unless you've successfully found it by the time I've found mine. Lol!
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handiabled
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Post by handiabled on May 6, 2024 8:25:39 GMT -5
I pulled this from Teds Modeling Marketplace HTH  |
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Post by jeaton01 on May 6, 2024 14:47:25 GMT -5
Why not just divide the actual size by the scale? Divide the size by 12 for 1/12, or 48 for 1/48.
I protest that the above chart discriminates against us airplane modelers!
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Post by kyledehart5 on May 6, 2024 14:52:05 GMT -5
Why not just divide the actual size by the scale? Divide the size by 12 for 1/12, or 48 for 1/48. I protest that the above chart discriminates against us airplane modelers! Then I have to know the actual size. 🤦🏻♂️🤣. But seriously I gave up on the chart anyways and just go by the eye test. Does it look right in scale? Good enough for me. |
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Post by kyledehart5 on May 6, 2024 14:53:01 GMT -5
I pulled this from Teds Modeling Marketplace HTH Oh good. I’ll stop looking through files from 5 years ago. I think this is the one I had. I just don’t use it anymore so I couldn’t remember where it was saved. |
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keavdog
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Post by keavdog on May 6, 2024 19:02:32 GMT -5
Thought I'd throw this reference in as well - here you go John  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on May 6, 2024 21:05:04 GMT -5
I pulled this from Teds Modeling Marketplace HTH Man......ya just gotta love Ted's Place.  |
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Post by tcoat on May 7, 2024 6:13:00 GMT -5
Why not just divide the actual size by the scale? Divide the size by 12 for 1/12, or 48 for 1/48. I protest that the above chart discriminates against us airplane modelers! Then I have to know the actual size. 🤦🏻♂️🤣. But seriously I gave up on the chart anyways and just go by the eye test. Does it look right in scale? Good enough for me. I am in this camp! Although the scale reductions may be 100% accurate they sometimes look way off to my eye. This is often seen with aftermarket plug wires sets. They may be technically the right scale but once installed they look more like a bunch of over sized hoses instead of plug wires. The only set I ever bought was for my Datsun pickup build. I don't have a picture of the before but the wires were so large and plastic looking they totally overpowered the rest of the engine so I stripped them off, threw them in the spares box and went with some EZ Line of half the diameter. The picture makes them look weird but the reality is they look exactly the right size in scale.  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on May 7, 2024 6:22:27 GMT -5
I hear what you're saying about some of the oversized plug wires out there Tony ( tcoat) as I've had some wire that looked more like battery cables than it did plug wires. I've had pretty good luck with Lex's Scale Modeling and M.A.D. products when it comes to spark plug wire diameter. There was also one set that I used that was waaaaaaaaaay under scale and looked more like individual circuit wire than it did spark plug wire. |
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