Having obtained measurements from an official website I have decided to incorporate a hurling pitch onto the spare space on my baseboard. I'm using 00 gauge. However my calculations show that in 00 gauge the pich will cover a space of at least 6ft by 4ft which I think is far too big. I thiink there is something wrong with my calculations somewhere and could do with help. The official measurements for a full size pitch are 130m by 80m. A true 00 scale measurement for this pitch would be appreciated as I don't honestly know where I'm going wrong.
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Hi Oldman,not being a sports person myself I thought I'd look it up just out of curiosity.There seems to be a strong resemblence to football pitches and football pitches come in all different sizes according to the net statistics,for a realistic size 2 1/2' x 1 1/2' would be about right (don't quote me on it) but if you were to use ho figures you may use a bit of artistic license and get away with 1 1/4' x 3/4' or cut some green card and eye it up with some figures in place. Hope I've helped you.
PS my rough calculations on a bit of paper came out the same as yours!! 6x4 would just look silly,check out a pecorama layout called Peckwick rye it has a football pitch.
PS my rough calculations on a bit of paper came out the same as yours!! 6x4 would just look silly,check out a pecorama layout called Peckwick rye it has a football pitch.
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a small layout for the kids, various english themes in one small place
Or check out this,looks good!!
Sorry this link didnt work,look 'on my layout'a small layout for the kids.
Or check out this,looks good!!
Sorry this link didnt work,look 'on my layout'a small layout for the kids.
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QUOTE (TheOldMan @ 21 Feb 2009, 18:43) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Having obtained measurements from an official website I have decided to incorporate a hurling pitch onto the spare space on my baseboard. I'm using 00 gauge. However my calculations show that in 00 gauge the pich will cover a space of at least 6ft by 4ft which I think is far too big. I thiink there is something wrong with my calculations somewhere and could do with help. The official measurements for a full size pitch are 130m by 80m. A true 00 scale measurement for this pitch would be appreciated as I don't honestly know where I'm going wrong.
Hello.
If you were to use actual measurements for everything on a layout ,you would need a room the size of a hurling pitch to fit it. You would easily get away with 100yds x 50yds which works out at about 4ft x 2ft and I think you could make it smaller like 3ft x 1.5ft. If it looks right then it is right no matter what the measurements say.
Hello.
If you were to use actual measurements for everything on a layout ,you would need a room the size of a hurling pitch to fit it. You would easily get away with 100yds x 50yds which works out at about 4ft x 2ft and I think you could make it smaller like 3ft x 1.5ft. If it looks right then it is right no matter what the measurements say.
QUOTE (TonyDaly @ 21 Feb 2009, 20:04) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hello.
If you were to use actual measurements for everything on a layout ,you would need a room the size of a hurling pitch to fit it. You would easily get away with 100yds x 50yds which works out at about 4ft x 2ft and I think you could make it smaller like 3ft x 1.5ft. If it looks right then it is right no matter what the measurements say.
Thanks for that. That would be far more manageable and I should now find space for it. At 6x4 it was bigger than my townscape area.
If you were to use actual measurements for everything on a layout ,you would need a room the size of a hurling pitch to fit it. You would easily get away with 100yds x 50yds which works out at about 4ft x 2ft and I think you could make it smaller like 3ft x 1.5ft. If it looks right then it is right no matter what the measurements say.
Thanks for that. That would be far more manageable and I should now find space for it. At 6x4 it was bigger than my townscape area.
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