| | | | | architect's scale was used to make the first affordable |
| A scale model is a replica or copy of an object that is | | | | models: doll houses and their furniture. Its popular scales |
| either larger or smaller than the original. Commonly the | | | | for these miniatures were "one inch to the foot" and |
| scale model is a smaller version of the original and is | | | | "one-half inch to the foot"; there is also "three-quarters |
| produced to provide a guide for making a full size | | | | inch to the foot". |
| version or as a hobby or toy. | | | | The proportion of the model to the prototype was |
| Model makers often make models for the following | | | | originally called "size", as in "full-sized" or "half-sized", as |
| professions; | | | | used on a blueprint for making something that would fit |
| For architects who require a smaller version to build | | | | on a workbench. |
| from. | | | | Phrases used are those of "larger" and "smaller" |
| For engineers to evaluate design performance at an | | | | scales. The scale of 1/8"-to-the-foot is a larger scale |
| early stage | | | | than 1/16"-to-the-foot, even though the denominator is |
| For salesman to provide scaled down versions of an | | | | smaller. So a larger model is made to a larger scale. |
| item for demonstration | | | | You can remember this in that a full-size, or full-scale, |
| Film makers to recreate elaborate sets | | | | model is larger than a half-size model. |
| Toy makers and hobbyists make a wide variety of | | | | The History of Plastic Model kits |
| models including die-cast models, injection moulded, | | | | For aircraft recognition in the Second World War, the |
| model railroads, fantasy creatures and remote control | | | | RAF selected models to the scale of "one-sixth inch to |
| vehicles etc for their own enjoyment. | | | | the foot" (which was two British lines, a legal division of |
| Scales and Size | | | | length which didn't make it to America, besides being a |
| Hobbyists' scale models are from those created by | | | | standard shipyard scale). Although some consumer |
| the companies which made the full-sized products. | | | | models were sold pre-war in Britain to this scale, the |
| Originally, a "scale" was a physical measuring | | | | airmens' models were pressed out of ground-up old |
| instrument. First among scales are the rulers that are | | | | rubber tires. This is of course the still-popular 1:72 scale. |
| triangular in cross-section and called architect's scales | | | | It wasn't predestined to succeed; there were |
| or engineer's scales. The terminology used was of this | | | | competitors. |
| manner: "scale size to full size", or the reverse. An | | | | |