| Lupulus | 14 Sep 2013 5:29 a.m. PST |
This is from the back of a Revell (easykit pocket) ARC-170:
I can't imagine the calculations that led to the stated scale. I bought it to use with 1/144 star wars ships made by f-toys, and it fits perfectly. |
| MajorB | 14 Sep 2013 5:41 a.m. PST |
LOL!!! Acording to the stated scale and actual lengths it's almost bang on 1/144. Of course it is mere speculation that the stated actual length is at all accurate … |
| zippyfusenet | 14 Sep 2013 5:48 a.m. PST |
What is the scale of a model of an object that does not exist in the real world? Is that like the sound of one hand clapping, or a tree falling on a man in a forest where no woman hears him? |
| MajorB | 14 Sep 2013 5:49 a.m. PST |
What is the scale of a model of an object that does not exist in the real world? Is that like the sound of one hand clapping, or a tree falling on a man in a forest where no woman hears him? Probably … ask Schrodinger's Cat. |
| Last Hussar | 14 Sep 2013 7:04 a.m. PST |
But they do exist. 1) Size can be extrapolated from the Rebels on the landing pad. 2) The props department actually made the beggers- that's how they are on the landing pad. |
| Lupulus | 14 Sep 2013 7:14 a.m. PST |
The model includes pilots and they certainly look like they are in the vincinity of 1/144. Assuming they are human, that is. For all I know, they could be space hobbits – that would explain the 1/83 scale. |
| Meiczyslaw | 14 Sep 2013 8:19 a.m. PST |
For all I know, they could be space hobbits Shaved ewoks. |
| richarDISNEY | 14 Sep 2013 8:29 a.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 14 Sep 2013 8:51 a.m. PST |
Just call it "box scale" and be done with it. |
| gameorpaint | 14 Sep 2013 9:54 a.m. PST |
Maybe it's a background kit. Designed to be placed towards the rear of a 1:83 diorama to create the illusion it is further away and therefore there is more depth to the scene.
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| olicana | 14 Sep 2013 10:20 a.m. PST |
They definitely exist. I once knew a girl who was part of the team heading up worldwide media for the second trilogy (Anakin et al). When she went to the Lucas Ranch there were full size Star Wars space ships mounted on poles up his drive. |
| Lupulus | 14 Sep 2013 1:22 p.m. PST |
More "bag scale" than "box scale" but yes, every model in the series has a length of 100 mm, which should make calculating the scale trivial considering they write the "real life" length right there on the package. |
| Covert Walrus | 14 Sep 2013 3:06 p.m. PST |
Doesn't help that Germans and other European countries use commas instead of decimal points in numbers sometimes . . . . |
 20thmaine  | 14 Sep 2013 3:29 p.m. PST |
But they do exist. Err…nurse…nurse !! 
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| 20thmaine | 14 Sep 2013 3:30 p.m. PST |
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 optional field | 14 Sep 2013 5:50 p.m. PST |
Doesn't help that Germans and other European countries use commas instead of decimal points in numbers sometimes . . . .
Cover Walrus is right, and given that it's standard outside the Anglophone world, I'm surprised no one spoke up earlier. |
| chromedog | 15 Sep 2013 4:34 a.m. PST |
Yup, those same euros also use the space for separating groups of digits where many anglos use commas (as in 1,000 or 1,000,000 as to them, that is simply no different to writing 1.000 or 1). |
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