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Posted by Ken Rice on November 1, 2005, 7:34 pm
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jaydeflix@gmail.com says...
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>Could someone test my math for me?
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>Assume a minifig is 6 feet tall.
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>Now, taking the USS Missouri dimensions:
>Length - 887' (270.4 m)
>Width - 108' (33 m)
>Height - 210' (63.9 m)
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>What is the length/width/height of the actual model?
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>I don't have a ruler/minifig handy, but I'm told that a minifig = 4
>standard bricks tall = ~5 pegs tall.
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>That's giving me a length of 36.5 feet, a height of 4.6 feet and a
>width of 4.5 feet. Now, I know that when the scale shrinks, numbers
>get closer together, but the width and heigh seem way too close to be
>right.
>
>And no, I don't think I could do it. I'm just curious :) heck, I
>don't think I could do just one of the 16 inch guns :)
>
Using your assumption of a minifig being 6 feet tall, and the actuall height of
a minfig is 1-5/8", you have the following dimensions of a scale USS Missouri:
L = 887' = 148 minifig lengths = 20'
W = 108' = 18 minifig lengths = 2' 5-1/4"
H = 210' = 35 minifig lengths = 4' 8-7/8"'
As for your calculations, you are off by a factor of 2 in the height, so that
is the calculation where the error lies.
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>Could someone test my math for me?
>
>Assume a minifig is 6 feet tall.
>
>Now, taking the USS Missouri dimensions:
>Length - 887' (270.4 m)
>Width - 108' (33 m)
>Height - 210' (63.9 m)
>
>What is the length/width/height of the actual model?
>
>I don't have a ruler/minifig handy, but I'm told that a minifig = 4
>standard bricks tall = ~5 pegs tall.
>
>That's giving me a length of 36.5 feet, a height of 4.6 feet and a
>width of 4.5 feet. Now, I know that when the scale shrinks, numbers
>get closer together, but the width and heigh seem way too close to be
>right.
>
>And no, I don't think I could do it. I'm just curious :) heck, I
>don't think I could do just one of the 16 inch guns :)
>