Tacker Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 Do Lego work to any sort of scale. Be nice if all Lego Tecknics was same scale Quote
DLuders Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 Well, no, Lego Technic does not work at "any" scale, but you may want to read Sariel's excellent Scaling Tutorial for Vehicles to see the various considerations involved. Quote
Paul Boratko Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 I think most Lego models scale size is based off of the size of the wheels that they use for it... That is if the model has wheels... The rest depends on the size and price of the set... Quote
Saberwing40k Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 ah yes, lego scale. all of the supercars and the unimog are roughly 1:12 scale. everything else is about 1:24 scale. however, there are exceptions. for instance, 9397 and 9395 have wheels that are the same size, yet in real life 9397 would be much bigger. also, 9397, 8285, and 8258 should be about the same size, with 8258 being somewhat smaller. however, it dosn't work that way, as seen in this picture: in real life, 8258 would be quite a bit smaller than 8285, but is roughly the same size. in order to be in scale, it would have to be a bit larger than 8052. in addition, 9397 should be about the same size as 8285, but is instead much smaller. 8052, while not in this picture, is roughly correct, as euro trucks are smaller than american ones. and don't even get me started on the motorcycles.... to put a fine point on it, there is no hard and fast rule for lego scale. (picture isn't mine, i borrowed it from LostInNoise.) Quote
Dennis Bosman Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 It's not difficult to scale something down. When I look at Sariel's Kenworth the hood is far too long It's a matter of visualize something. The basis for building a car, a truck or some other equipment is a scaled drawing from a manufacturer. A bunch of pictures from every side of the vehicle will help you a lot as well. But you really have to build up some experience. When I look at mines of about 15 years ago they will not reach my today's standards. In some cases the details weren't correct but also the dimensions could have been better. To determine the scale you simply take the wheels you will use. The 24x43 wheels are more or less 1:13 for a truck. The 20x30 ones you can use for a lowboy although they're one or two millimeters too small (at least the rim should be a bit larger). It's the same for the other wheels. I doesn't matter which ones you're using because the principle is the same. Quote
timslegos Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 I think most Lego models scale size is based off of the size of the wheels that they use for it... That is if the model has wheels... The rest depends on the size and price of the set... I was going to say this aswell. A while back one of the Lego creator designers came to my loacl library and held a lecture. It was very interesting and when i asked "Does lego build in any particular scale" i got a reply that they fit the scale of the model to the size of the wheels available and most cost effective. Just backing you up . tim Quote
matias bendtsen Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 when i designed my terex loader i downloaded their spec sheet and zoomed in to a size that fits the wheels i wanted to use, (600 %)and then held the model against the screen to get the right dimensions. (i did the same thing with the terex tc 20) Quote
DarkShadow73 Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 Totally agree with that, Tacker, but Technic come in so many different scales, the large construction sets like the Unimog, Bulldozer, Motorized Excavator, 8416 Forklift and such are a much larger scale than most, but they are too way out of scale for the rest of my collection and diorama, the 8294 Excavator, 8464 Front-End Loader, 8455 Backhoe, and others like it are like a medium scale, and ones like the 8453 Loader, 8283 Telehandler, 8418 Skid Loader and 8451 Grader/Dumper are on a small scale, can't really fit them all into the same diorama I am still building Do Lego work to any sort of scale. Be nice if all Lego Tecknics was same scale In reality though put the 8052 against the 8258 and 8285, those big guys dwarf the 8052... ah yes, lego scale. all of the supercars and the unimog are roughly 1:12 scale. everything else is about 1:24 scale. however, there are exceptions. for instance, 9397 and 9395 have wheels that are the same size, yet in real life 9397 would be much bigger. also, 9397, 8285, and 8258 should be about the same size, with 8258 being somewhat smaller. however, it dosn't work that way, as seen in this picture: in real life, 8258 would be quite a bit smaller than 8285, but is roughly the same size. in order to be in scale, it would have to be a bit larger than 8052. in addition, 9397 should be about the same size as 8285, but is instead much smaller. 8052, while not in this picture, is roughly correct, as euro trucks are smaller than american ones. and don't even get me started on the motorcycles.... to put a fine point on it, there is no hard and fast rule for lego scale. Quote
DarkShadow73 Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) Just an additional comment, the supercars like the 8448, 8070, 8466, 8297 and 8880 kind of fit into their own scale and genre, all of them are about same scale... @matias bendtsen ALways been a fan of Terex equipment, that's another one I would like to see produced, a large Terex articulated dumper like you see on massive construction sites or gravel pits, at least here in the US, where a lot of material has to be moved. Aside from that, very nice looking MOC... when i designed my terex loader i downloaded their spec sheet and zoomed in to a size that fits the wheels i wanted to use, (600 %)and then held the model against the screen to get the right dimensions. (i did the same thing with the terex tc 20) Edited April 11, 2012 by TechnicFreak Quote
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