Scaling Mercury Spacecraft -Help!

[michaelwlf3]

I found this description of the process over on Zealot.

[avro202]

Sounds kool. You've inspired me to go back and re-start those excel scaling experiments. I always wanted a launch vehicale for the Delta7 Design Gemini. Its in 1/24th scale. There is a decent Gemini-Titan on the Hudson Valley website for downloading and its 1/48th. Just gotta scale it up to 1/24th, save into a jpeg, and stick it into excel so I can get it printed across multiple pages. Oh and I also want to try to have both the doors open. And maybe see about building some kinda launch pad. Yep; these things do have a way of snow-balling on you!

[michaelwlf3]

1/24 Gemini/Titan II

This is a flying model, but you get the idea. If you use cardboard tubes, it's still paper!

Right now the Saturn V is as ambitious as I was to get, except for the 1:24 Sigma 7 and interior, the 1:96 Titan III Gemini/MOL...

[lancer525]

Michael:
I can agree with that sentiment! That huge beast is way beyond my ability, and would only serve as a source of frustration for me! You da man!

I'm still playing with going to 1/12 on this Mercury, and will keep everyone posted.

[surfduke]

I stumbled across this post while I am putting together info. for Mike V.. Lancer I think I have the missing puzzle parts, (If you are still working on this project). The interior files are complete and numbered. Mike should be able to make more sense of this now for a instruction set. The proto-type astronaut will not be republished. I am deleting it from the published kit.

Surfduke

[airdave]

Originally Posted by lancer525

Hey, Michael! Thanks for the reply!

I found (and I don't remember where) a converter of sorts, that you punch in the scale you're at, and the scale you want to go to, and it tells you what your "print factor" is to get it to come out to the right scale. I plugged in 1/14 and it showed that you'd have to print at 116.7% to get it to come out at 1/12. Which I think is doable. I just don't have any clue how to "readjust" all the pieces onto one sheet to make them come out on a single 8.5"x11" page. Hmmm...

I played with Bob's skin a little in Paint Shop Pro, and discovered that there's no way to make it fit on one single sheet (8.5"x11"), so I had to split it into two pieces to get it 1/12. It took a deuced long time, and I have zero confidence in getting all the other parts from the other sheets printed out at the right scale. I'll keep playing with it, but I don't see having much success. I am exceptionally math-challenged! LOL

The only way that I can think of to get the 200% larger parts on one sheet, would be to blow them up and then "cut" them all out in the photo-editing program, and then paste the larger pieces onto "blank sheets" and print. I might try that. I don't have any confidence in it, but I am going to try it.

Geesh, I'm going to need some new printer cartridges!

I too stumbled across this discussion and forgive me if I don't understand the topic...

but based on your comments, you are absolutely right.
To resize your model, you must enlarge all the parts 200%...and to do this, you will need to load the files or pages into an editing program. Once upscaled, the individual model parts will have to be re-arranged on 8.5 x 11 pages for printing (within the same program). It will require producing about twice the original number of pages. Resave the new pages in a similar format to the original.

Keep in mind that just resaving as jpegs will most likely cause a loss of quality..and when upscaling you do not want any loss of image quality!
The upscaling itself will cause pixelation and lower reprint quality, so you need to improve the file quality, if you can, for the new pages.

One problem with upscaling is that some parts may not fit on a 8.5x11 sheet anymore and will require some major modifications. You will have to "cut" these parts into sections and create a method to rejoin them during assembly.

Just my 2 cents...hope it applies (and helps in some manner).

[lancer525]

Surfduke:

Yes, I'm still working on it, although it is on one of the very far back burners. I've been fiddling with Scott's 1/4 Mercury, but I've hit a point where I just don't see how the pieces go together, and I can't get a clear enough answer for me to visualize the fit.

So, I'm actually planning on going back to the 1/12 Mercury/Gemini/Apollo craft, in order to have a set of models in the same scales. Your work with Mike V. is going to come in bigtime handy... I knew there was a reason I was so ecstatic to see you back!!! LOL

[surfduke]

Originally Posted by lancer525

Surfduke:

Yes, I'm still working on it, although it is on one of the very far back burners. I've been fiddling with Scott's 1/4 Mercury, but I've hit a point where I just don't see how the pieces go together, and I can't get a clear enough answer for me to visualize the fit.

So, I'm actually planning on going back to the 1/12 Mercury/Gemini/Apollo craft, in order to have a set of models in the same scales. Your work with Mike V. is going to come in bigtime handy... I knew there was a reason I was so ecstatic to see you back!!! LOL

Things will be moving quick over the next few weeks. I should have you some answers soon. I am very happy to be back in the saddle again, (and not in a real saddle in Montana). Not that I don not like my clients or the mountains, (Great place to visit). I am glad to be able to now telecommute and work on my fun projects at home again.

Surfduke

[2Kamser]

then youu have the program PosteRazor, wher you can split a pic on several sheets, 2by2 3by3 and so on
if you skip overlap then you can do large things (provided the pic withstands upscaling)
did a try on Frienship 7 (one of the free ones, don't know which) and did it 3by3.
my used it as a hat at school
the pic did not withstand upscaling as it became rather square-ish
/Håkan