scale?

[SupaMan89T]

what scale 18wheeler would i need to make a diarama with a 1/24th scale car? like a 1/12th?

[Lambo003]

ummm no. . . you would need a 1/24th scale truck

[lotus_man]

Er, I would think 1:24 if you want the two vehicles to be in scale... let me know if I've missed the point!

[mike@af]

18 Wheeler's are usually 1:32 to 1:28 scale. They make a couple cabs that are 1:24 (they cost about $45USD) and you could build a trailer out of styrene.

[supratuner]

im pretty sure Testors used to have just the Truck without a trailer. im %99 it was 1/24 too, it was my brothers older model, i was gonna put it together but some of the pieces had been lost, so now i just have a MONSTER turbo that will be used in the future from it

[Blazing Rice]

There are many truck kits (trailers too) available. Revell just re-released their 1/25 scale car hauler trailer. I have three of the previous release already.

[SupaMan89T]

i want one that i could put the car inside and have it look real so the rig would have to be bigger than the car

[supratuner]

If the RIg was the same scale as your car, the car will fit in it.

[MPWR]

Here is a list of 1:24 scale trucks And trailers currently made by Italeri:
http://www.italeri.com/Categoria.asp...&Cat4Codice=24

Believe us, if you want to have a truck to carry your 1:24 scale car, the truck should definately be 1:24 as well.

If you need some explanation, say so.

[willimo]

I think you're confusing scale and size. I will try to explain the difference simply. Note: later when I use measurements, I made up the initial 1" long Hotwheel figure to make the rest simple, so don't go measure models and tell my I'm wrong, it's just for illustrative purposes.

Size is how big something is.

Scale is how big something is in relation to something else.

That's a little oversimplified but it's a good start. Let's say we have two Hotwheels toys. One is a Mini Cooper and another is a Kenworth tractor. These two minatures will be about the same size, so they would fit in the same size package and could both be sold for 80 cents. Flip them over and you'd discover (if Hotwheels was kind enough to provide it) that the Mini Cooper is 1:64 while the tractor is 1:92. Those are the different scales, and that's why the truck would end up the same inch long as the Cooper.

Those scales (1;64 or 1:92) are how big the car is to the real one. It's a ratio. If the Mini Cooper model is an inch long at 1:64, that means the real one is 64 inches long (5'4" for those of you who are counting). The inch long truck, at 1:92 would be 92 inches long in life (7'8")

But now let's play with the Revell Mini Cooper and their truck model, both 1:25. Since this is a ratio, the two models would be reduced by the same factor. Follow? The real Mini Cooper, which is 5'4" long, would be just over 2 1/2" long in 1:25 scale (Divide the 64" by 25). The truck, at 7'8" long would be a good 3 3/4" long in 1:25 scale, considerably larger than the Mini, eh?

Is this clear, or further confusing?

[SupaMan89T]

further confusing.......i think i got it tho i can buy a 1/24th rig and have it look life like thankx guys.

[MPWR]

Hmm, lets try another way...

OK, take an average 6 foot tall (72") man. In 1:24 scale, he would be 3 inches tall (72"/24 = 3"). He'd be perfectly sized to climb into your 1:24 Supra and go cruising. If you built a 1:24 scale motorcycle, he'd be perfectly sized to take that for a spin, as well. Your 1:24 Supra is, what, 7" long? Guess what- that means that an actual Supra is 168" long, or 14 feet long (7"x24 = 168") (168"/12 = 14'). A 1:24 scale Honda racing bike would be about 3" long- this means that in real life, the actual bike is 72" long, or six feet (3"x24 = 72) (72"/12 = 6').

One of these 1:24 Italeri trucks will have a trailer that's about 4" wide, and maybe 14" long, and say maybe 7" tall (figuring that a real trailer is probably pretty close to 8' wide, 28' long, and 14' high). For a model, that's pretty big. It's big enough for you to clench your fist, and stick it into the back of the truck almost to your elbow. It's also big enough for our 3" 1:24 scale dude to park your Supra, and the 1:24 Honda bike, and a 1:24 hot tub and maybe a 1:24 king size bed (which is 3 1/2" by 3" in size), and his 1:24 scale 24 inch color TV (which has a one inch screen), also.

A 1:12 scale truck would be HUGE- large enough that it would barely fit on most desks. If it were a model of the same truck as our Italeri example above, the trailer alone would be 8" wide, and 28" long. Our 1:24 scale guy could then park 4 Supras end to end, and then park another four next to the first four. Few, if any real life trucks could actually hold 8 Supras, without stacking them. To our 1:24 guy, this truck is 16' wide, 56' long, and 28' tall. Highways in most countrys won't fit vehicles of this size- they'd be exactly double the size of an average real truck.

Now if this 1:24 guy wants to build a 1:24 scale model of a Supra for himself, it would be 7" (the length of a real 1:24 Supra model) divided by 24, = 0.292" long, about a quater of an inch long- larger than a grain of rice, but smaller than a single peanut.

Any better?

[supratuner]

Nicely Put

[tonioseven]

Originally Posted by supratuner

If the RIg was the same scale as your car, the car will fit in it.

It's as simple as that!

[freakray]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

18 Wheeler's are usually 1:32 to 1:28 scale. They make a couple cabs that are 1:24 (they cost about $45USD) and you could build a trailer out of styrene.

Hummm, no, Italeri and Revell AG make a whole range of trucks(with trailers) in 1/24 scale.

I know because I have some of them.