oltongimp

Hi , I found this site through a search engine

Kingston

Hello John
Thanks for the welcome, although I suspect I may have joined the wrong group.

I found the site by doing a google search using the words 'Dolls house, scale calculate'. I have just become the owner of a very large and very dilapidated vintage dolls house, which I would like to renovate for my grandchildren. Having no previous experience of dolls house I have not even the first idea of how to calculate the scale of the house, and was looking for some advice.

This group looks as if it is much more geared up to 'mechanical' scale models, so I may be in the wrong place. On the other hand if you are looking for more members, (and maybe a whole new forum) I may be just what you need.

Look forward to hearing from you again
Kingston

John

Welcome to the forum Kingston, you are not the only one that is interested in dolls houses I have been asked about this before, post your questions in the Other Models Forum and if there becomes enough interest in the subject I will create a new section for it, we are not just for mechanical type models here and I'm sure there will be someone here that will be able to help you on scale calculations

new to trains

as i understand it traditional dolls houses were always at 1 to 12th scale
does this seem to fit ???

Kingston

I to 12th does seem to be the norm, though I am coming across other sizes.
This dolls house is very large - the floor size of each room being bigger than anything else I have previously seen, but perhaps floor size does not mean anything. Perhaps I should be looking at the size of the doors? If I can calculate the scale of the doors in relation to the real thing, am I on the right track? And if I am, can you give me an idiot's guide, or is it a simple ratio calculation?

PS. I won't actually have the house in my possession until the weekend, so I can do do anything until then



QUOTE=new to trains]as i understand it traditional dolls houses were always at 1 to 12th scale
does this seem to fit ???[/quote]

new to trains

hi kingston, having done many years of architectural modelmaking, and i would suggest that when you do have the house in your posession i would start by looking at some general pointers to assertain the scale, as you say the doors may well be a first port of call, measure them up and then measure a doorway in your home, then work out how many times smaller the dolls house doorway is compared to the real thing, if the doorway is 2 inches wide in the dolls house and your doorway is 36 inches wide at home , then the scale is 1:18th ( providing the doors are similar in style !) -this simple calculation may assist in finding the scale, also there are some items that may also be an indicator, such as treads on stairs, if the stairs are fairly simple the risers and treads could also help in determining the scale,, in real life these are generally a similar size, and in modern homes they have to conform to preset sizes that conform to current building regulations ! - also the skirting boards may be of a traditional size/ style such as ogee , these architectural features come in only a few standard sizes in real life so some measuring and simple sums may end up giving you the scale, fireplaces are another one, tradition victorian fireplces were designed to take grates of set sizes, maybe 14 inch in the parlour, bedroom fireplaces often accepted a 9 inch grate..... is there fireplaces you could measure, what period is the property style ?
the only problem you may encounter is if the dolls house is very unique in the sense of bespoke details, sweeping staircases, big goergian columns and double doorways and similar this is when using the rule of standard doors being 2m high won't work ! - if this does not work then maybe having an image of the house may well assist other members on this forum to help in getting the correct scale,

any chance you can post an image of it when you get it ?

limax

Hello John,
Thanks for your question.
Browsing using Google for informaion on submarines, specifically an Akula Sheerline.
Reason.. bought a few years ago for my son who now wants to "commission" it. Problem is that the pump capacity appears to be too small for it. It seems not to be what one would expect with the Sheerline kit. Suspect modifications!

Also have a 1905 Customs and Excise R.C. boat which started life as a Vic Smeed plan and acquired hull. Most parts scratch built.
Best wishes,
Neil

Carls925

Hi John
Out of dessperation and haveing no hair left, trying to find help searching for days on the net. My son (15) said If you put (RC boats tutorail forum )
on Google, you will find some one. And I did .
I am a newbe to this, I thought that I could just buy a boat, make some bits and make me a boat for dropping bait ( a bait boat).
Now I have all the bits, they do what they want when they want. And i have no controll?
Any way site looks great, have lots of ques to ask and little time to ask them in. speak soon Carl

Redrobin

I used Google, and asked for model cars...simple as that.redRobin

nemisis02

I found you in advertantly while looking for info on a ship I'm working on.