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1/8-scale furniture?
I'm posting this to the sender as well as to the group because someone might
find it useful. Many of the German minis are 1/10 scale which is somewhat closer to 1/8 and might work. Carol S P Miniatures http://www.spminiatures.com "KAYAKFAN" wrote in message ... I am a school teacher. I want to build a model house and because of materials I use, a 1/8-scale is best. I wish to then "furnish" the house, but most furniture I see is on a 1/12-scale. I could change the scale, but hope that someone knows of a source of 1/8-inch scale furniture and accessories. Maybe older stuff was on differernt scales. If you do respond, please do so by E-MAIL to SENDER as I do not look at this group much. Mike Goodman High Point, NC |
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For whatever reasons, you've selected a scale which is very unusual.
You're not likely to find much, if anything at all, in that scale. What are the materials that you feel point to a 1:8 scale? If it's the building materials themselves, it might be better to fudge on the scale of the building (the thickness of the walls and floors) in favor of being able to furnish the interior easily. There is (was?, may have been?) a model railroad scale, V-scale, that is 1:8. G-Scale (LGB trains) are about 1:20, so 1:8 would be more than twice as big - enough for a small amusement park ride-on! The following are the more commonly available dollhouse scales (roughly in decreasing order of popularity and availability) 1:12 inch to the foot, AKA "1-inch" 1:24 "half-inch" 1:48 "quarter-inch" 1:144 "dollhouse in a dollhouse" 1:16 "three-quarter inch" - European such as Lundby and Brio (haven't seen Brio items for quite a while, though) 1:6 "two-inch" - appropriate for 11-12" dolls, also known as "play scale" 1:10 Some German - 1 centimeter to the decimeter. 1:96 "eighth-inch" used professionally for architectural models And then there are the railroad scales 1:48 O and O27 1:87 HO (Half-O, but not exactly) 1:64 S (American Flyer) 1:160 N 1:220 Z You mention "older stuff". If you look at antique dollhouses and miniatures, you'll find a wide variation - much not really scaled well at all, but still mostly near 1:12 scale. - Herb KAYAKFAN wrote: I am a school teacher. I want to build a model house and because of materials I use, a 1/8-scale is best. I wish to then "furnish" the house, but most furniture I see is on a 1/12-scale. I could change the scale, but hope that someone knows of a source of 1/8-inch scale furniture and accessories. Maybe older stuff was on differernt scales. If you do respond, please do so by E-MAIL to SENDER as I do not look at this group much. Mike Goodman High Point, NC |
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