Originally Posted by OGR Webmaster:
I got caught in this mistake a few years ago.
Because we scale down to 1/48 scale in THREE dimensions, the "correct" weight for our model is it actual weight divided by 48, that result is divided by 48 again and that result is divided by 48 yet again!
430,000/48 = 8,958
8,958/48 = 186
186/48 = 3.875 pounds
Yep.
But it has been difficult convincing some on the other thread.
The whole point was to show that it was physically impossible to use any material here on Earth (or even our solar system) and have a 1:48 scale model of an AC6000 weigh 8000 pounds.