32 or 33?

desney

New Member
i have seen aircraft models in 1:32 and 1:33, i feel the difference of one is not really noticeable but i just want to know why would someone create a model in 1:33 when 1:32 is the more common scale...(or is it vice versa?)
 

cgutzmer

Well-Known Member
One scale is kinda the norm in Europe (32) and the other is more the norm in America (33) not sure why, I suppose we just like to mess with stuff.....
Chris
 

alang

New Member
One scale is kinda the norm in Europe (32) and the other is more the norm in America (33) not sure why, I suppose we just like to mess with stuff.....
Chris

That's interesting. I would have expected 1:32 to be the (old) British and American scale, being 3/16 inch to the foot. In the metric world 1:33 (or in fact probably 1:33.333...) would make more sense. I agree with MBig, though - in the face of all the other discrepancies the difference is unlikely to matter much for us lesser mortals.

Alan
 

Wojtee

Member
Polish airplane models are usually in 1:33, too.
Imperial vs. metric is the right trace to answer. Pretty much the same as with 1:48 vs. 1:50.
 
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