reducing 1/48 decals to 1/72?

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I was just wondering if the following is possible and has been successfully done by someone here:

There is a 1/48 B-29 decal sheet that I would love to magically scale down to 1/72 for my Academy B-29 (markings for Joltin Josie, the Pacific Pioneer). Here's what I was thinking:

Would it be possible to scan the 1/48 decal sheet, and then in Adobe Photoshop reduce the image size by a preset ratio/percentage to bring it to 1/72 scale? If so, what is that ratio/percentage? I was thinking that I could then print out this image, and then bring it to a place that has a color laser copier and copy it to decal paper.

Just wondering if anyone has done this. Does a 1/48 image scale down well to 1/72?

e · Accepted Answer

couldn't a good copy shop do that and print high quality transfers if you do the math to scale down?

WmB · Answer

I think he's asking for that math. The scale factor, SF, can be found by:

1 1

--- x SF = ---

48 72

SF = 0.6667

Whatever it measures in 1/48th scale, multiply that by .6667 or 66.67% to get the 1/72nd size. You're copier might require you to work off the other end (33.33%). I don't know, but that is the mathematical relation between the two... if I didn't screw up. It is lunchtime after all. ;-)

WmB

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Milton Bell · Answer

in article O79vb.399796$     e at     wrote on 11/20/03 2:05 PM:The simplist way is to  take the original art (decal) and a sheet of decalpaper to your copy shop (Kinko's or whatever) and tell you them you want theartwork copied onto the decal paper at 66.67%.

OSTIAANTIC · Answer

Hi-      The old Airfix 1/72 B-29 kit came with these markings, IIRC.  Ron

reducing 1/48 decals to 1/72?

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