Passenger Ferry

**SengleaPoint** · #1 02-22-2017, 03:48 PM

Small model of a passenger ferry. It is a freelance model at 1/768 scale. Made of card except for the masts.

**Rubenandres77** · #2 02-22-2017, 04:02 PM

Very nice!
I love the detail you put at that scale.

**darter** · #3 02-22-2017, 05:27 PM

Very nice. You have done a wonderful job.
I like tiny models.
But why 1/768 scale? It seems an odd scale to use.
That is not a criticism but merely curiosity.
Clive.

**SengleaPoint** · #4 02-23-2017, 10:25 AM

Hi Darter,
I used to model at 1/96. No more space so had to settle for smaller scales. At 1/1250 etc.... for my age impossible. As one of the old guard I always worked with feet and inches, no metric. So the smallest I could go was this 1/768. That is as a general rule on a real ship the height of between decks is 8 feet or 8.5 feet. So in 1/96 the height between decks is 1 inch. So I decided that in my new scale 1/8th of an inch = 8feet. So every inch= 64 feet. As you wrote it is not a common scale such as 1/700 but now I am at full speed ahead in this area.
Thanks for your question and hope my explanation makes scene.
Regards

**Pat_craft** · #5 02-24-2017, 02:10 AM

I love them !

**darter** · #6 02-24-2017, 02:36 PM

Cheers for the answer and it now makes perfect sense to me.
That 8' and 1/8th" become the standard on which you base the model size.
Once you get your head around it then it becomes second nature.
I rather like imperial also as it is mostly easier.
Although I sometimes use both, I may mark out something to cut as being 3"x120mm.
I mainly model railway and in particular ON30 which is narrow gauge "O" scale, so everything is 1/48th or 1/4" to the foot..
If I think of a 6' person as being 1 1/2" tall it's easy to base everything on that.
However if I think of him as being 38mm I have the devils own job working stuff out.
So thanks again and keep building those wonderful little ships and boats.
Clive

**Joe711** · #7 02-25-2017, 03:04 PM

It is difficult to scale, but great work!
I look forward to the sequel

Regards, Joe

**SengleaPoint** · #8 02-26-2017, 02:56 PM

Hi Joe711,
It is not easy in fact I leave many features out. But I had to adapt. Again after a life of 1/96 models had to use this 1/768 scale. In short I use feet and inches. In 1/96 every inch = 8 feet. While at 1/768 every 1/8th of an inch = 8 feet. So 1 inch = 64 feet. So if you have a ship which measures say 450 feet you divide it by 64 you get a model of 7 inches.

**Utnapishtim** · #9 02-26-2017, 05:30 PM

In old terms, this would be expressed as 1/64" scale - that meant 1/64th of an inch to the foot.

**SengleaPoint** · #10 02-27-2017, 02:34 PM

Some times I am confused what is the right writing of the scale. It could be 1/64 but that is based on an inch. Usually in imperial measurements scale is based on a foot. Like 1/96 or 1/192 so basing my scale on a foot so 1/768. I also can write 1/8th of an inch = 8 feet.
Regards