"Scaling down Worldworks streets..." Topic

Okay… so I came across this zombie blog the other day ( via this post TMP link) and it has caused me to have second thoughts about what I am doing to scale my Worldworks streets to 15mm…

I have followed the usual procedure of reducing to 64%, but a search on the comments of the blog has the person who made the ones in the photos say that they didn't scale them down at all.

The trouble is, I think they look fine (except maybe the manhole and drain covers look a bit big). So now I am worries that my ones will end up looking too small… (http://www.cthulhuchris.blogspot.com/2012/02/zombie-go-go.html).

I'd be interested to know what other people think and if people scale the street tiles down themselves. I can understand for the buildings, but now I'm not so sure about the streets…

Views and opinions on the subject greatly welcomed!

Thanks
Chris

Your TMP link comes up as not found. I personally found the streets to be about 10% smaller than I would want.

The dollar store cars make the roads seem smaller.

Don't know if that helps or not…

Sorry, I wondered where the bracket had gone, it attached itself to the link!

The actual link is:

TMP link

I do feel mine are a bit on the small side, they probably look the same as yours: I assume they are at 65%? My cars, which are 1/100, do look a little large on the roads.

I don't know whether to pack it all in and start again or to keep going. I've got about 60 pieces of street waiting to be mounted…

I did the 65% like suggested on WWG. I actually just threw away the boards from that pic just today as they were not glued well enough and have started to fall apart – as well as being a bit blah looking from my printer.

Next time I am going to try and print at 20mm suggestion and see if it scales more to my tastes.

Of course next time I am also going to be using the Streets of legend so I can mix in some Post Apoc tiles to double it's use.

Thanks. I might just end up trying a few sizes in black and white first to see what fits best… I'd like to not have to but I can't get over the feeling that they are just a bit too small. :(

Average urban car lane is 11'-12' wide. The photos look like 1/64 scale cars used on the layout. (Many are 'scaled to fit the box, so some are larger or smaller than 1/64.) WWG uses a 1/60 scale for their 1" grid IIRC, so they should look close enough. Problem is with 1/100 people or true 1/100 scale cars, which will look odd.

I think 83% would work better for 1/72. Printers will vary of course.

Thanks. Useful to know about the lane widths. Should have thought to look that up myself!