08-30-2011, 09:14 AM
Hi Andrew, welcome!
I do usual start with a truck trailer for truck loading docks and a box car for car loading docks width and height. The model building must fit a model trailer and/or car. Starting from that dimensions I look at the various prototypes and "guess" the dimensions of the building. The second source is google for the overall dimensions and street view for details of a wall. You will end up with pretty correct dimensions If you combine the measured/estimated dimensions from google with the given dimensions of your model trailers and cars.
Smaller buildings at the street front can be easyer estimated if a limousine is parking in front. The limousine is about 4.50 to 5.00m long (in 2011 US limousines got much shorter than in 1970
). Rotate is 90° and you can measure/estimate the building height.
Good luck!
I do usual start with a truck trailer for truck loading docks and a box car for car loading docks width and height. The model building must fit a model trailer and/or car. Starting from that dimensions I look at the various prototypes and "guess" the dimensions of the building. The second source is google for the overall dimensions and street view for details of a wall. You will end up with pretty correct dimensions If you combine the measured/estimated dimensions from google with the given dimensions of your model trailers and cars.
Smaller buildings at the street front can be easyer estimated if a limousine is parking in front. The limousine is about 4.50 to 5.00m long (in 2011 US limousines got much shorter than in 1970
). Rotate is 90° and you can measure/estimate the building height.Good luck!
Reinhard