Car Wars models: What scale?

Von Ether · 11-07-2021, 10:01 PM

Just trying to figure out the size scale of the models so as to make some same-sized terrain.

beetle496 · 11-07-2021, 10:33 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1:64_scale

e6host · 11-15-2021, 02:06 PM

I spent some time on the math... Depending on how accurate you want your terrain, it seems like CW is in the same boat as toy cars... Somewhere between 1:58 - 1:64 scale. I'm 3D printing my stuff at roughly 1:60 scale, which is what I landed on as being "close enough".

beetle496 · 11-15-2021, 03:54 PM

Yes, same phenomenon as with Hot Wheels and other toy cars.

I do feel like some of the miniatures are, relatively, a little too big and others a little too small. But I am okay with some abstraction, and the sleds work so very nicely. That Wikipedia article mentions that manufactures refer to this as “box scale”, which is to say there is some looseness to accommodate the standardized packaging and supply chain.

e6host · 11-15-2021, 04:32 PM

The handy part about going with 1:60, 1"=5'... So I took advantage of that for ease of math... :P

beetle496 · 11-15-2021, 04:48 PM

Working in inches and feet worked well enough with CCW, but I have to wonder, might you not be better off trying to think in “turning key lengths” as your base unit?

e6host · 11-15-2021, 05:08 PM

I cheated a bit with that too... :P That's how I worked back to 1:60... Average car length is between 15'-17', I split the difference and called a car length 16'...

The only reason I spent the time on it was because I'm 3D modeling my mini storage and terrain combo as 20' & 40' shipping containers in scale. There were a few options on thingiverse, but the sizing was such that it wouldn't hold the models without scaling changes anyway. So I went off down the rabbit hole a bit...

11-07-2021, 10:01 PM	#1
Von Ether Join Date: Nov 2014	Car Wars models: What scale? Just trying to figure out the size scale of the models so as to make some same-sized terrain.

11-07-2021, 10:33 PM	#2
beetle496 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Frederick, MD	Re: Car Wars models: What scale? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1:64_scale Last edited by beetle496; 11-15-2021 at 04:44 PM. Reason: remove .m

11-15-2021, 02:06 PM	#3
e6host Join Date: Nov 2021	Re: Car Wars models: What scale? I spent some time on the math... Depending on how accurate you want your terrain, it seems like CW is in the same boat as toy cars... Somewhere between 1:58 - 1:64 scale. I'm 3D printing my stuff at roughly 1:60 scale, which is what I landed on as being "close enough".

11-15-2021, 03:54 PM	#4
beetle496 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Frederick, MD	Re: Car Wars models: What scale? Yes, same phenomenon as with Hot Wheels and other toy cars. I do feel like some of the miniatures are, relatively, a little too big and others a little too small. But I am okay with some abstraction, and the sleds work so very nicely. That Wikipedia article mentions that manufactures refer to this as “box scale”, which is to say there is some looseness to accommodate the standardized packaging and supply chain. Last edited by beetle496; 11-15-2021 at 04:50 PM.

11-15-2021, 04:32 PM	#5
e6host Join Date: Nov 2021	Re: Car Wars models: What scale? The handy part about going with 1:60, 1"=5'... So I took advantage of that for ease of math... :P

11-15-2021, 04:48 PM	#6
beetle496 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Frederick, MD	Re: Car Wars models: What scale? Working in inches and feet worked well enough with CCW, but I have to wonder, might you not be better off trying to think in “turning key lengths” as your base unit?

11-15-2021, 05:08 PM	#7
e6host Join Date: Nov 2021	Re: Car Wars models: What scale? I cheated a bit with that too... :P That's how I worked back to 1:60... Average car length is between 15'-17', I split the difference and called a car length 16'... The only reason I spent the time on it was because I'm 3D modeling my mini storage and terrain combo as 20' & 40' shipping containers in scale. There were a few options on thingiverse, but the sizing was such that it wouldn't hold the models without scaling changes anyway. So I went off down the rabbit hole a bit...