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How does scale work?

The "scale" of a model is it's size relative to the size of the "real" version. So compared to a 1:24 scale model, the real version is 24 times larger in size.

Example; In the pictures below...
- the model on top is "1:18 Scale", which means it is one eighteenth the size of the real thing.
- The next is "1:24 Scale", so it is one twenty-fourth the real thing and smaller than "1:18 Scale".
- And the last is "1:43 Scale", so it is one forty-third the real thing and smallest of the three.

For a list of all model scales, check out The Wikipedia List of Scale Model Sizes.

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