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Scale Conversion Computer
LuckyBlunder
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 05:24 AM UTC
Hi all -

Somewhere on this site (I think) I ran across a neat little program for converting scales that gave the percentage increase or decrease in size.

I've been poking around for about an hour and can't find it. Can anybody give me a link?

Thanks,
Steve
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 06:43 AM UTC
This one is reported to work well, you might give it a try ?
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/TNT.htm
also found this one:
http://www.printmini.com/calc.shtml
and this one:
http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/calculatorfc_1.htm
all mentioned in this previous series of posts :
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LuckyBlunder
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 07:30 AM UTC
Hey, Thanks Chuck. That last one, by Frank Crenshaw was the one I was looking for. It gives the copier enlargement.
vanize
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 09:59 AM UTC
you can always multiply by the inverse of the original scale (brings you to 1:1) then multiply by the new scale (where scale something like 1/72, not 72nd).
Merlin
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 11:17 AM UTC
Hi there

As usual, Chuck is being far too modest for his own good! He's the author of a very neat conversion programme himself, which includes a great feature for calculating dimensions from photos etc.

I find it really useful - we'll have to see if we can include a download link for it!

All the best

Rowan
calvin2000
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 12:19 PM UTC
That would be outstanding if you could
Kelly
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