How do You convert your models to 1:45 scale?

[Capn Frank]

First off, if there's another thread about this, feel free to merge this one.

Ok, a while ago in the Eiffel Tower Thread it was brought up that the mini-fig scale for legos is 1:45.

Excellent! So how long is a stud to a lego person?

I did some math and it goes something like this:

One stud in my world equals about 0.703 cm or 0.023 ft for us Americans ;-) .

Multiply that number by 45 and you get...

One stud to my minifig equals about 31.64 cm or 1.03 ft.

This makes sense to me but...

does anyone else agree?

Let me know. X-D

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Edited July 23, 2007 by phred

[Grand Moff Viceroy]

Yes, but there are spaces between studs. :-)

[Bonaparte]

I just noticed that I never answered your question in the Eifel Tower thread.

So let me do that now...

The scale of a minifig should be about 1/45.

I usually use the scale of 1:41. That's from 1 stud being 1 foot by 1 foot

Where did you get that estimate B?

I took the assumption that an average person is 1,80m.

Then I measured the height of a minifig (4 cm) which is 45 times smaller that 1,80m.

[MatthewUSA]

This is a very interesting forum. I wanted to add that I use a pretty crazy scale factor. I have come up with a scale factor of 1:54.54. I know this seems very odd, but I have noticed that with this scale factor, my 8-wide locomotives come out to being about 11.3 scale feet wide. Roughly close to actual width. I then take that scale and use it for length and height. I know some of you would think this is very weird since at this scale the minifig is about 6.8 feet tall.

But as I have been modeling some MOC's after existing loco's & cars, I see that my scale fits very well with the existing track & minifig. I came up with this scale in order for my models to go around the existing rails. I have done calculations of my own and have come up with figures that show the scale of the track versus the scale of the wheels do not match. They are both totally different scales, and no matter how hard you try to incorporate them together, the loco & cars would look very odd on the rails. Not to mention the width of the MOC's would be off compared to the wheels as well.

I am glad this forum has been created for discussion. I have wondered what scales others have come up with. Always fun to find out. MODEL ON!!

[Capn Frank]

Yes, but there are spaces between studs. :-)

:-)

I know GMV,

Well how about the width of a 1 stud brick then

;-)

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I took the assumption that an average person is 1,80m.

Then I measured the height of a minifig (4 cm) which is 45 times smaller that 1,80m.

Ok good,

That seems like similar math that i'm using. (which is good X-D )

This is a very interesting forum. I wanted to add that I use a pretty crazy scale factor. I have come up with a scale factor of 1:54.54. I know this seems very odd, but I have noticed that with this scale factor, my 8-wide locomotives come out to being about 11.3 scale feet wide. Roughly close to actual width. I then take that scale and use it for length and height. I know some of you would think this is very weird since at this scale the minifig is about 6.8 feet tall.

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Using 1:54(ish) scale seems like a very reasonable solution considering lego tracks can't be made wider.

I never thought of that. Good idea MattUSA. *y*

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[ZCerberus]

I did not invent this tool, so credit goes to the creator... Anyhow, you can adjust the scale based on how tall you believe a standard minifig is and then it will calculate how many studs it will take to take up a certain distance in "minifig feet".

If you assume that a Lego fig is 6 feet tall and Lego stud is 1.14 "minifig feet" but if you say that a standard minifig is only 5.8 feet tall then a stud is 1.10 "minifig feet". This makes sense because the taller a fig is, the longer a stud is by comparison... one plate is .46 feet.

Anyhow, I like leaving the scale at 6 feet. This would make something like the Phantom which is 30 or so studs wide 34.3 "minfig feet", not the 30 minifig feet the common 1 stud equals one foot approach some use would give.

overall I guess what I am saying is it all depends on how tall a minifig is. If one is 6 feet the result will be different than if he is only 5 feet.

I guess it is also hard to base scale solely on "stud height" because a stud is a length measure while a PLATE is a height measurement in Lego. One stud does not equal one (or even three) plates, but is instead some odd measurement like 5 plates is 2 studs. This means that height in plates is not the same as height in studs unless you factor in the 5/2 proportion.

I am not really sure how that factors in to the calculations, but that is what I have used!

Lego Scale Converter

[Capn Frank]

Thanx for making a link and sharing this website Z :-)

It seems real handy to try different scales for mini MOCs MF scale or whatever scale you'd like to make your MOCs.

I wonder how official this 1:45 scale is? 8-|

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[MatthewUSA]

Using 1:54(ish) scale seems like a very reasonable solution considering lego tracks can't be made wider.

I never thought of that. Good idea MattUSA. *y*

Thank you for the feedback on my scale factor Phred. I am glad to hear my factor was not too confusing to understand. I thought maybe it could be. Again great forum. Model On!! :-)

[Ras 74]

The scale of 1:45 is pretty close to what LEGO themselves think.

At least if we will belive in what a model-builder told us at the G