Member since January 2005. 259 posts. Posted by cheech on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:11 PM. I have found that 1:43 scale are too large for my O/O-27 layout. There are some Corgi Lionelville cars and trucks at 1:48. They are almost perfect, but the selection is limited. I have gone to 1:50 Corgi and Joal diecast and 1:64 DCP, Winross and Penjoy. When it comes to determining which size is bigger between 1/10th and 1/16th scale RC cars, the answer is clear: 1/10th scale is larger than 1/16th scale. The difference in size may not seem like much at first glance, but it can make a huge difference in how the car performs on the track or in competition. Conclusion: For serious racers looking The smaller the number in the scale, the smaller the model is. 1/18 scale thus indicates very small radio-controlled cars, about 1/18 the size of the full-size version. To put it simply, if a real sports car is 180 inches long, a 1/18 scale model of that car would be 10 inches long. S scale (3/16 inch to a foot) is one of the fastest growing scales within model railroading today and is growing in leaps and bounds. You need only 10% more space than HO to operate, our products are proliferating in the market place and S scale products run reliably, track better and are easily modeled to prototypical accuracy. For 1:35 scale, take the real-life measurement in inches, and divide by 35. It’s best to do this in Excel or another spreadsheet program, as you can change the cell format to “fraction” to get the result in x/16 or x/32 format. A shortcut is to use the 1:16 scale for your 1:18 since the difference is negligible. 3. Divide the real life dimension of either length or width by that of the model. So, say the real life object had a length of 55m, and the model had a length of 50 cm, or 0.5m, then do 55/0.5. This is equal to 110. [1] 4. Take the reciprocal of the number you just had. So, after your division of 55/0.5, the answer is 110. Then, a 1/5 scale explosion will happen. A lot of people will look at the $1,000 price tag and be turned off but when you think about what you’re getting, 1/5 scale vehicles are a pretty good deal. Let’s say that you go and buy an HPI Baja 5T and it costs you $1,300. A 1:100 scale is the representation of an object and/or subject that is 100 times smaller that it’s real world size of 1. So when reading this scale, 1 unit is the equivalent and equal to 100 units. Used with metric units, a 1:100 scale is most commonly paired with millimeters, cementers, and/or meters, and can be used for example for map How big is 1/8, 1/10, 1/12, 1/16, etc. scale RC car? RC car scales typically range from bigger sizes being 1:8 (1/8th scale) to much smaller models being 1:64 (1/64th scale). Besides, there are customized versions, which may differ from the regular RC cars scaling system. Japanese N gauge models use 1:150 scale trains for the 1,067 mm gauge track models, but 1:160 for the Shinkansen trains. TT gauge: 12 mm distance between tracks. It's 1:120 scale for 1,435 mm standard-gauge tracks. The TT stands for "TableTop". British TT gauge models use 1:101.6 scale trains. H0 gauge: 16,5 mm distance CYZ01.