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Old 01-08-2018, 08:14 PM   #1
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Default Mark V in HO scale?

A quick note, I'll try to expand this in a few days if it seems necessary.

To make a long story short, I was trying to explain just how large an Ogre is to a non-gamer, but he is familiar with HO scale trains.

Looking thru lots of material, I did find an unofficial source that gives me a length of 83.67 feet for the Mark V. It also had a visual representation (side view) so I could estimate the height at about 56.4 feet. A "fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants" estimate for width gives me roughly half of the length.

Since in HO scale 1 foot is represented by 3.5 mm (and there are 25.4 mm to the inch), I ended up with:

Length: about 11.5 inches
Width: about 5.75 inches
Height: 7.75 inches

Wouldn't that look cool on his model train setup?

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Old 01-08-2018, 08:23 PM   #2
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Default Re: Mark V in HO scale?

Your math matches mine ... it would certainly take up a fair amount of layout space were it built.

If your friend still has trouble thinking of that size, tell him it's the same length as two coupled 40' AAR boxcars.
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Old 01-09-2018, 12:52 AM   #3
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Default Re: Mark V in HO scale?

Are there any pictures comparing the sizes of e.g. HVYs to Abrams?
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Old 01-09-2018, 04:40 AM   #4
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Default Re: Mark V in HO scale?

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Are there any pictures comparing the sizes of e.g. HVYs to Abrams?
Unfortunately, I have never seen a HVY compared to an Abrams.

I've got the two drawings that compare the various Ogres to an Abrams. I downloaded them years ago and cannot remember the website or credit the creator.

Does anyone else remember these?
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Old 01-09-2018, 06:41 AM   #5
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Default Re: Mark V in HO scale?

They are likely from Winchell Chung's website, that's where I snagged them.

They show a V, III, II, I and an Abrams, along with a human figure.
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Old 01-09-2018, 07:18 AM   #6
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Default Re: Mark V in HO scale?

Let's math it out. I got out a plastic Mk. V and a HVY to measure with my calipers:

Mk. V = 3.275" long; 1.81" wide (over rear treads); 2.225" tall.

HVY = 1.129" long; .61" wide; .444" tall. So a real world HVY would be 28'-3" long; 15'-3" wide; and 11'-1" tall. So someplace in-between the sizes of an actual German 'Tiger II' and the prototype 'Maus'.

Winchell Chung's artwork states a Mk. V is 25.5 meters long, and a real Abrams is 7.93 meters long (from Wikipedia).

If we use Chung's 25.5 meter length, the SJG plastic Mk. V mini is to a scale of 1:306.58 -- if we instead say it is truly 1:300, than a 'real' Mk. V should be "only" 24.95 meters long.

Going with 1:300 scale still (since that is the accepted and stated goal of the minis), the Abrams would be 1.036" long; .48" wide; and .32" tall. So roughly 90% as long as a HVY, but about 80% as wide and tall.
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Old 01-09-2018, 08:02 AM   #7
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Default Re: Mark V in HO scale?

Winchell's Size comparison chart is part of a larger album where he used a bunch of 3D model work he did a couple years ago to determine sizing.
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Old 01-09-2018, 12:23 PM   #8
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Going with 1:300 scale still (since that is the accepted and stated goal of the minis),
I'm pretty sure the minis are 1:285 scale.
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Old 01-09-2018, 12:51 PM   #9
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If that's the actual scale, then a Mk. V is 23.7 meters long ...
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Old 01-09-2018, 12:56 PM   #10
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What's 1800 centimeters between friends?
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