| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jan 2008 7:26 a.m. PST |
I have a table that is 80 inches by 40 inches. I want to represent on it a section of terrain that is in reality 1 mile by half a mile. What scales would that make the terrain? Thanks. CC |
| Fifty4 | 30 Jan 2008 7:30 a.m. PST |
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aecurtis  | 30 Jan 2008 7:32 a.m. PST |
1 mile = 5,280 feet = 63,360 inches 63,360 inches divided by 80 inches = 1:792 scale You're not calculating anything about levees for FEMA, are you, Dan?  Allen |
| jfleisher | 30 Jan 2008 7:32 a.m. PST |
Convert miles to inches. 5280 feet x 12 = 63360 inches in 1 mile. Divide 63360 by 80 (table size) to get scaling factor. 63360/80 = 792 Your table would be a 1/792 scale version of the terrain. Round to 1/800 for ease of calculation. |
| Balin Shortstuff | 30 Jan 2008 7:59 a.m. PST |
…or 1 inch equals 22 yards. (1/792) If you use a tape measure with metrics on it, you could have one millimeter equal one yard. Your table would be 1.15 miles long, and .57 wide. And, hopefully, a lot easier to calculate scale. That would be a scale of 1/914. I think. |
 Saber6  | 30 Jan 2008 8:08 a.m. PST |
I'd got to 1" = 25mm for ease. |
| Saber6 | 30 Jan 2008 8:09 a.m. PST |
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| Goldwyrm | 30 Jan 2008 8:11 a.m. PST |
You're not calculating anything about levees for FEMA, are you, Dan? My guess would be Tokyo with a 3-4 inch high Godzilla. |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jan 2008 8:17 a.m. PST |
"You're not calculating anything about levees for FEMA, are you, Dan?" Nah. Didn't you know? Last time I did anything like that, my calculations were wrong and we had to send in covert teams to blow up the levees. :) CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jan 2008 8:19 a.m. PST |
By the way, this is what I'm planning on doing: TMP link Maybe I'll increase the scale a bit then, since I want to be able to use some of the ships suggested here: TMP link Plus, most of the action seems to have taken place at the mouth of the bay anyway. Thanks guys. CC |
| Goldwyrm | 30 Jan 2008 8:25 a.m. PST |
That sounds fun too. You could always do a Godzilla Vs. Drake game in the bay at some later point. Perhaps he was around a few hundred years earlier than previously thought and wasn't the result of American nuclear tests after all.. |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jan 2008 8:37 a.m. PST |
Now, if I could make sense of the elevations and the water depths on this map . . . link I am thinking of using layers of sticky foam sheets to represent the various elevations. This stuff: picture Once in place, I'll give them a generous coating of wood glue, followed by some diluted wood putty for texture (or maybe fine sand with the wood glue instead). I'll add the walls and structures last. What do you guys think? CC |
| adub74 | 30 Jan 2008 8:42 a.m. PST |
I don't about the elevations but I think the airport would be a bit anachronistic. :) |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jan 2008 8:59 a.m. PST |
Plan A Then, if I buy Valiant 1/1200 Armada period ships, I guess that my 80" by 40" board would have to represent 1.5 by .75 miles, right? veltd.net/spanishm.htm
TMP link Plan B Or, instead of using my entire table, I guess I could easily go with a smaller gaming surface. Perhaps 48" by 24". What do you think? If so, at 1/1200, how much land area would I be representing with a 48" by 24" board? If one inch of board is 1200 inches of actual terrain, and one mile is 63360 inches, then . . . what? What am I missing in this simple puzzle? Thanks. CC |
| Balin Shortstuff | 30 Jan 2008 10:26 a.m. PST |
Looking at the map, the highest elevation is (I think) 35 meters above sea level. That translates to about 1 & 5/8" high using the 1 mm = 1 yard scale. 1/1200 is 1" = 100',
so 4800' by 2400', or .91 x .45 miles. |
| altfritz | 30 Jan 2008 2:53 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jan 2008 5:25 p.m. PST |
Ok, thanks to Balin, I think I've got it now for the 48" by 24" idea . . . 48 x 1200 = 5760 inches 5760 inches / 63360 = .909 miles The 24" side would be half of that, .45 miles Thanks guys! CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jan 2008 11:44 p.m. PST |
I wish I had found this before starting the thread: link CC |
