Scale Printing Help Please

[george]

Hello Again

I have a question for the Disney Nautilus experts here. I found on line a free paper model site that lets you download a paper model of the Disney Nautilus. I don`t know it`s scale but it`s specs are:

Height: 4"
Width: 3.25"
Length: 20"

What I would like to know is what that scale is and what would I have to do at my print shop so that I could get these patterns printed out in 1/69 so my copy is 31" long. One person on an other site told me to tell the printer to enlarge my patterns by 50%.

I don`t have a clue about this scale vudo calc. stuff. Your help is Greatly appreciated.

Thanks

George

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Find out how many inches long the prototype is, divide that by 20 and you have the fractional scale.

Duh.

M

[alad61]

Why not look at the Nautilus Drydocks 1/69 scale kit. It is a beautiful faithfully represented model that works well either rc or static.

[george]

Hello

Thanks for the tips. The question I have is who knows what the Disney Nautilus real length was? I have No idea there was a real life size one. As for Nautilus Dry Docks, 1/69 that would be a dream for me with my funds on hand. Can only dream about it, can`t afford to buy.

If anyone knows what percentage I need to tell the printer to go from what I listed in my post, please let me know.

Thanks Again for your tips.

George

[trout]

There is a huge debate over the original length, one I won't go into, but the Original plans show 178' and yet the scale of the sets would suggest it was meant to be 200'.
At 1/69 scale
178' = 30.956"
200' = 34.782"

Any good copy store will be able to work up the percentages for you, if you just tell them what you want your final length to be.

[Slats]

What David said double Duh!!

Irrespective of conjecture of prototype dimensions -
what on earth is being taught in basic maths at schools?????

[Subculture]

To debate the length of the big N, then the place to go is http://www.disneysub.com

Anyway, scale- who cares? Just build it to look right. Oh and that was me that said enlarge by 50%, based on a quoted boat length of 30" not 31", then you want to enlarge by 55%.

[HvyCGN9]

If you google "scale calculator" you should be able to find a free download for a nifty little program that can convert any scale too any scale and can give you the scale of a drawing. For example: say you know the real 1:1 waterline length of a ship and you find a large line drawing in a book, you plunk in the 1:1 measurement, plunk in the drawings equivalent measurement and the scale calculator tells you what scale the drawing is in !!

Because the Disney Nautilus is a fictional design you also can factor in a reasonable fudge factor! Or read the book and see what it was intended to be!

Cheers Bruce

[george]

Hello Again

See I should have asked this here first and Yes subculture I did ask you but my fault, I was not sure of the answer and wanted a second opinion. Thank you all for your help.

Now off to the print shop.

George