Scale

[filsgreen]

I'm building an toy articulated lorry from scratch, I'm going to use 2" wheels. Can anyone tell me roughly what size tractor and trailer would be to scale?

Thanks in advance.

Phil

 

[WellsWood]

Why not simply do a google search for articulated lorry images and when you've found one you like, simply scale it off from that.

Here's one to start with linkything

 

[Argee]

Articulated lorry tyres are around 40" in diameter, so the scale is 1:20 - but that aside, you might find the diagrams here of some use too. HTH

Ray.

 

[Shultzy]

I've just looked at the tractor and trailer in the Richard Blizzard toy book. He uses 4" wheels and the tractor is 27 1/4" x 9 1/4" and the trailer is 44 1/4" x 10 1/4".

 

[filsgreen]

Thanks for your help guys

Phil

 

[Majorlarf]

I may have a plan or a book with a plan in let me check over the weekend which i will then scan or photocopy for you

 

[filsgreen]

Thanks anyway Majorlarf but I'm going to use schultzy's dimensions and use my imagination , it doesn't have to be an exact replica.

 

[Shultzy]

filsgreen, just to let you know the tractor roof is 13", and the trailer bed is 6 1/4" off the ground.

 

[filsgreen]

Thanks Schultzy, what makes it good is that I'm watching Strictly Come Dancing with my wife and the dimensions are going through my head, and I'm thinking what I can do to make it look better. Should I varnish it or should I paint it in bright colours for a eighteen month old boy? I'm using Utile and ash and I don't suppose the boy will be bothered what I do, or his mother come to that! But thanks once again for taking the time to help me with the project, incidentally how should I finish it? :?

Cheers

Phil

 

[Shultzy]

Pil, the toys I made for my lad I painted with satin or matt polyurethane varnish as this is hard wearing. I did paint some of the parts to add a bit of colour but I tend to use different woods for emphasis as I hate painting wood unless its pine or mdf.

 

[filsgreen]

I'm thinking about building it similar to this model and intend to paint the wheels black. I'm using Rustins gloss polyurethane wooden floor varnish for the rest.

 

[Shultzy]

Yes, I think the polyurethane wooden floor varnish will last well. That's a nice chunky model, Blizzard's are a bit too good to play with .

 

[spannermonkey]

I buy an 1/24 plastic kit and scale it to 1/12th scale which is dolls house furniture scale. This is how I build wooden vehicles for this market