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SCALE
For all you modelers and customizers out there who might want to build something correct to scale, or might want to find out what scale something is in, you might find the following formulas helpful. All you have to do is substitute the letters with the right numbers and figure it out. I have done one in Linear Measurement and one in Metric Measurement. This will hopefully provide some helpful information considering both measurements are used on different descriptions on the site. Your answer will be in feet and inches, but it will turn out correctly.
Key
Before you use this there are a few things you must do when entering the information. All inches inserted must be in decimal form. I have already taken the liberty of creating a chart that has the inches and their decimal counterparts on them. So if you had something that was 5 feet 8 inches long, you would insert 5.67 in the place of where x goes, or whatever. Here's the chart...
| Inches | Decimals |
| 1 | .08 |
| 2 | .17 |
| 3 | .25 |
| 4 | .33 |
| 5 | .42 |
| 6 | .5 |
| 7 | .58 |
| 8 | .67 |
| 9 | .75 |
| 10 | .83 |
| 11 | .92 |
Now the letter key to each formula is...
w = dimension of object in meters
x = dimension of object in feet
y = scale (if 1/32nd scale you would type 32 in place of the y)
z = size in y scale by inches
* = times
/ = devide
Now that you know all that all you need to do is type in the corresponding numbers in place of the right letters, figure it out and there you have it. There are three formulas. One if for finding the size in a scale, one is for finding the actual dimension of an object in real life, and one is for finding what scale an object is in.
Linear Measurement Formulas
12 * x / y = z
z * y / 12 = x
12 * x / z = y
Metric Measurement Formulas
39.37 * w / y = z
z * y / 39.37 = w
39.37 * w / z = y