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More info?)
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:08:58 -0500, William Hamblen
<wrhamblen@comcast.net> wrote:
>On 22 Jul 2004 14:11:42 GMT, ddetmer89@aol.com (DDetmer89) wrote:
>
>>I am interested in building my own buildings. I can find lots of HO scale plans
>>but nothing for 15mm. Is there a math formula to scale down from HO to 15mm?
>
>HO is 1:87 (3.5 mm to the foot). A 15 mm figure is 4 feet 3 inches
>tall in HO scale, so unless you have an army of children you want to
>reduce your HO scale drawings by about 25%. Compare your figures to
>the doors of the building to get the proportions correct by eye.
Most 15mm manufacturers measure the 15mm from sole to eyes, so in
effect a 15mm figure is 17-18mm tall. A good rule of thumb is that
15mm wargames figures are around 1:100 scale (3mm to the foot) and
when you factor in base height on top ofg that, HOscale buildings are
within adequert tolerance levels. But if you need to scale them down,
reduce them by 10-15% rather than 25%.
P-J
Pete Palmer
15mm Anc, Med, ECW, Nap, ACW, Euro wars, WW2
"Scenarios in preference to Competitions"
www.nothing-but.net.nz/wargame.html
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