11-30-2012, 02:30 AM
Real Railcar = 16 feet 8 inches
16 feet x 12 inches per foot = 192 inches plus the 8 inches = a total of 200 inches overall height of railcar.
To convert inches to millimetres, there are 25.4 mm in an inch, so 200 x 25.4 = 5080 mm
Next to convert the overall height in mm to HO scale we divide by 1/87, so 5080 / 87 = 58.39 mm, so 58 mm high overall
58 mm is the answer we are looking for.
I hope that this and the other answers have helped to clear up your maths problem.
Mark
We here in the Land of OZ have supposedly been Metricated since the '70's, however many things used in the building trade are still sized according to the 'old' Imperial sizes, so it can be a problem with hardware like nuts and bolts much of which is still made in Imperial, like Whitworth threads, and other stuff is supplied as Metric threads.
This means that you need double sockets and spanners, taps and dies etc.
Or if you can afford them you purchase a brand called Metrinch which will work with both.
Groan
16 feet x 12 inches per foot = 192 inches plus the 8 inches = a total of 200 inches overall height of railcar.
To convert inches to millimetres, there are 25.4 mm in an inch, so 200 x 25.4 = 5080 mm
Next to convert the overall height in mm to HO scale we divide by 1/87, so 5080 / 87 = 58.39 mm, so 58 mm high overall
58 mm is the answer we are looking for.
I hope that this and the other answers have helped to clear up your maths problem.
Mark
We here in the Land of OZ have supposedly been Metricated since the '70's, however many things used in the building trade are still sized according to the 'old' Imperial sizes, so it can be a problem with hardware like nuts and bolts much of which is still made in Imperial, like Whitworth threads, and other stuff is supplied as Metric threads.
This means that you need double sockets and spanners, taps and dies etc.
Or if you can afford them you purchase a brand called Metrinch which will work with both.
Groan
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