Well, Phm, you can divide by that complicated number that Bill Wade gave, or you can simply remember what scale you are in. Being as how S scale is 1/64, you can multiply those material dimensiond by 64 to find the scale dimension. For example, .040" spacing times 64 = 2.56 inches. Likewise, to find the scale material suitable for a real dimension, divide by the scale, in this case 64. For example, 6" siding divided by 64 = .09375". You may choose to use the material with the closest available dimension, say in this case .100"
By the way, to figure out Bill's fancy number, divide 1 by 64 = 0.015625. Since I do a lot of scale conversion when I'm scratching models, I have made tables showing scale size conversions. One table shows actual dimensions for scale 1/2" to 12" in 1/2" increments, in both metric and fractional dimensions. Another table shows common lumber sizes in scale dimensions. These are very handy to have. Darrell S >--- In [email protected], "pmartasian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need some help from the experts. How do I determine what size to > use when the manufactures of these products use as their descriptions > as follows: > > Example: > > Clapboard Siding; .030, .040, .050, .060, .080, .100 (inch) > > How do I determine what size to use for S Scale structures? > > Thanks for any help you all can provide me. > > Phm The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
