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Scale Cross Reference Table

The table below is designed to assist you in choosing the correct dimensions when scratch building or even verifying the accuracy of kit models. For example, if you want to add an antenna wire to your 1:72 scale aircraft and you know that the real life wire is 5 mm in diameter then you can use this table to cross check that the diameter of the wire you need on the model is 0.07 mm.

Scale Cross Reference Table
Real Life 1:144 1:72 1:48 1:35
0.04 '' 1 mm 0.0003 '' 0.01 mm 0.0005 '' 0.01 mm 0.0008 '' 0.02 mm 0.0011 '' 0.03 mm
0.08 '' 2 mm 0.0005 '' 0.01 mm 0.0011 '' 0.03 mm 0.0016 '' 0.04 mm 0.0022 '' 0.06 mm
0.20 '' 5 mm 0.0014 '' 0.03 mm 0.0027 '' 0.07 mm 0.0041 '' 0.10 mm 0.0056 '' 0.14 mm
0.39 '' 10 mm 0.0027 '' 0.07 mm 0.0055 '' 0.14 mm 0.0082 '' 0.21 mm 0.0112 '' 0.29 mm
0.59 '' 15 mm 0.0041 '' 0.10 mm 0.0082 '' 0.21 mm 0.0123 '' 0.31 mm 0.0169 '' 0.43 mm
0.79 '' 20 mm 0.0055 '' 0.14 mm 0.0109 '' 0.28 mm 0.0164 '' 0.42 mm 0.0225 '' 0.57 mm
0.98 '' 25 mm 0.0068 '' 0.17 mm 0.0137 '' 0.35 mm 0.0205 '' 0.52 mm 0.0281 '' 0.71 mm
1.18 '' 30 mm 0.0082 '' 0.21 mm 0.0164 '' 0.42 mm 0.0246 '' 0.63 mm 0.0337 '' 0.86 mm
1.38 '' 35 mm 0.0096 '' 0.24 mm 0.0191 '' 0.49 mm 0.0287 '' 0.73 mm 0.0394 '' 1.00 mm
1.57 '' 40 mm 0.0109 '' 0.28 mm 0.0219 '' 0.56 mm 0.0328 '' 0.83 mm 0.0450 '' 1.14 mm
1.77 '' 45 mm 0.0123 '' 0.31 mm 0.0246 '' 0.63 mm 0.0369 '' 0.94 mm 0.0506 '' 1.29 mm
1.97 '' 50 mm 0.0137 '' 0.35 mm 0.0273 '' 0.69 mm 0.0410 '' 1.04 mm 0.0562 '' 1.43 mm
2.17 '' 55 mm 0.0150 '' 0.38 mm 0.0301 '' 0.76 mm 0.0451 '' 1.15 mm 0.0619 '' 1.57 mm
2.36 '' 60 mm 0.0164 '' 0.42 mm 0.0328 '' 0.83 mm 0.0492 '' 1.25 mm 0.0675 '' 1.71 mm
2.56 '' 65 mm 0.0178 '' 0.45 mm 0.0355 '' 0.90 mm 0.0533 '' 1.35 mm 0.0731 '' 1.86 mm
2.76 '' 70 mm 0.0191 '' 0.49 mm 0.0383 '' 0.97 mm 0.0574 '' 1.46 mm 0.0787 '' 2.00 mm
2.95 '' 75 mm 0.0205 '' 0.52 mm 0.0410 '' 1.04 mm 0.0615 '' 1.56 mm 0.0844 '' 2.14 mm
3.15 '' 80 mm 0.0219 '' 0.56 mm 0.0437 '' 1.11 mm 0.0656 '' 1.67 mm 0.0900 '' 2.29 mm
3.35 '' 85 mm 0.0232 '' 0.59 mm 0.0465 '' 1.18 mm 0.0697 '' 1.77 mm 0.0956 '' 2.43 mm
3.54 '' 90 mm 0.0246 '' 0.63 mm 0.0492 '' 1.25 mm 0.0738 '' 1.88 mm 0.1012 '' 2.57 mm
3.74 '' 95 mm 0.0260 '' 0.66 mm 0.0519 '' 1.32 mm 0.0779 '' 1.98 mm 0.1069 '' 2.71 mm
3.94 '' 100 mm 0.0273 '' 0.69 mm 0.0547 '' 1.39 mm 0.0820 '' 2.08 mm 0.1125 '' 2.86 mm
4.33 '' 110 mm 0.0301 '' 0.76 mm 0.0601 '' 1.53 mm 0.0902 '' 2.29 mm 0.1237 '' 3.14 mm
4.72 '' 120 mm 0.0328 '' 0.83 mm 0.0656 '' 1.67 mm 0.0984 '' 2.50 mm 0.1350 '' 3.43 mm
5.12 '' 130 mm 0.0355 '' 0.90 mm 0.0711 '' 1.81 mm 0.1066 '' 2.71 mm 0.1462 '' 3.71 mm
5.51 '' 140 mm 0.0383 '' 0.97 mm 0.0766 '' 1.94 mm 0.1148 '' 2.92 mm 0.1575 '' 4.00 mm
5.91 '' 150 mm 0.0410 '' 1.04 mm 0.0820 '' 2.08 mm 0.1230 '' 3.13 mm 0.1687 '' 4.29 mm
6.30 '' 160 mm 0.0437 '' 1.11 mm 0.0875 '' 2.22 mm 0.1312 '' 3.33 mm 0.1800 '' 4.57 mm
6.69 '' 170 mm 0.0465 '' 1.18 mm 0.0930 '' 2.36 mm 0.1394 '' 3.54 mm 0.1912 ''