Kitspy calculator

[garyjd]

I've measured out a musket and a figure using kitspy, when I go to print them up the musket comes out being taller than the figure. The figure is supposed to represent a man 5'9" and the musket is just over 5'. I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.~Gary

 

[gordy]

Hi

What's the scale..

 

[gordy]

for 1/32 i get:

musket: 1.875" 47mm
man: 2.156" 54mm

input the 5'9" as 69 inches

 

[slaj]

Gordy , I too had some trouble when using the calculator.I'm sure it's my fault and nothing else. Even though this might sound daft , but is there a particular way to go about it?

Stephen Mallia

 

[gordy]

1)Plug in the size of the real life item in the original field and make sure the appropriate measurement is set (feet, inches, centimeters) ***

2)set the desired scale (default is set at 1/32)

3)drop down the box next to resulting scale to desired unit of measurement (inches, feet, centimeters)

4)click on "Calculate Scale"

your scaled dimension will appear next to "Resulting Size"

*** make sure fractions are converted to wholes for example:

5 feet 9 inches would need to be entered as 69 inches and not 6.9 feet

anymore questions feel free to ask

 

[garyjd]

Here's what I'm looking at.

I want the following items in 1/6 scale

Man 5'9"
Musket 60-1/4"

I've tried this several different ways and the musket always comes out larger than the figure.

Gary

 

[John Long]

Gary, I don't know what you did. I got 11 1/2" for the guy and 10" and change for the musket.

Could you possibly be entering 59 for 5'9" instead of 69?

 

[garyjd]

John, Thanks for taking the time to calculate it on your own. I figured out what the problem was. My printer would only print out the image as large as I could without doing a second page. So I cut the images in half and print each on a separate piec, now I have the size I need. Man 1/6 scale is BIG!~Gary