Reply to "Gorgi Detroit PCC car"

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Originally Posted by PGentieu:

As far as scale goes, 1/50 is only 4% smaller than 1/48. That's imperceptible to most people, I suspect.

According to my math the difference is even less than 4% which would make it even less perceptible. The decimal equivalent of 1/48^th is 0.0204 and 1/50^th is 0.0200. That difference is 2%.

Applying that to the various Detroit PCC O gauge models, the post-war Detroit PCC’s were 49 1/2 long. A true 1/48^th scale model of that car would be 12.12” long. A true 1/50^th scale model would be 11.88” long, almost ¼” shorter, or 2%.

HTH,

Bill

7/22/134:14 PM

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