Scale — Architecture
1:50
1:50
scale
One metre becomes 2 cm. A person is 35 mm tall, a door 42 mm, a 3 m storey 60 mm. Everything below is drawn at 1:50.
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Scale1:50
Subjectcar, house, person, tree
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet03 / 20
Person35 mm1.75 m
Door42 mm2.1 m
Storey60 mm3.0 m floor to floor
Car90 mm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:50 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A stair riser 17.5 cm | 3.5 mm |
|---|---|
| A chair seat 45 cm | 9 mm |
| A person 1.75 m | 35 mm |
| A door 2.1 m | 42 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 60 mm |
| A car 4.5 m | 90 mm |
| A bus 12 m | 24 cm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 64 cm |
| A football pitch 105 m | 210 cm |
| 100 metres 100 m | 200 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 5 cm |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 50 cm |
| 5 cm on the model | 2.5 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 5 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 15 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 25 m |
| 1 m on the model | 50 m |
02Every brick
At 1:50
I
What is modelled
Individual bricks, window mullions and ornamental brickwork, each modelled and casting its own shadow. A door is 42 mm tall.
II
What it is used for
Single houses, heritage facades and detail studies. The largest scale offered for an AMOD Slice.
III
In the archive
The archive holds 4 models at 1:50, among them Keizersgracht 225-227, Hotel Bellevue and Hugo Voeten Museum.
03One figure, every scale
The same person
The same person
at every scale
Architecture
Model railway
04From the archive
Built at 1:50
Models from the archive at this scale, cut, assembled and painted by hand.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:50
How big is a person at 1:50 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 35 mm at 1:50. A child of 1.2 m is 24 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 42 mm.
How do I convert 1:50 to real size?
Multiply by 50. One millimetre on the model is 5 cm in reality and one centimetre is 50 cm. To go the other way, divide the real size by 50: a 3 m storey becomes 60 mm.
What is 1:50 scale used for?
Single houses, heritage facades and detail studies. The largest scale offered for an AMOD Slice. Individual bricks, window mullions and ornamental brickwork, each modelled and casting its own shadow. A door is 42 mm tall.
How big would my building be at 1:50?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 40 × 24 × 30 cm at 1:50. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:50, built by hand.