SouthViper Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Hi Well, the title says it all, as I need to make 1/48 scale .30 ammo belts feeders -what I do not have in hands-, I was wondering IF I could use the .50 ammo belts feeders in 1/72 scale to perform the trick ? Some kind of math here ... Cheers SV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Not knowing if the feeders were of the same design, I can only comment on the size of the ammunition. Assuming we mean .50 BMG and .30-06, as used on the Browning designed machine guns installed on US WW2 types, a 1/72 .50 would be slightly longer and fatter than a 1/48 .30, by something like 10%, so I'd expect a similar difference to apply to the feeders... of course assuming that the feeders were of similar design. Noticeable ? Hard to tell, I guess that on a model I'd probably live with the difference if I can't find any other option 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Hi Giorgio N Many thanks, grazie mille per l`a informazione. SouthViper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) On 12/16/2019 at 8:39 AM, Giorgio N said: Not knowing if the feeders were of the same design, I can only comment on the size of the ammunition. Assuming we mean .50 BMG and .30-06, as used on the Browning designed machine guns installed on US WW2 types, a 1/72 .50 would be slightly longer and fatter than a 1/48 .30, by something like 10%, so I'd expect a similar difference to apply to the feeders... of course assuming that the feeders were of similar design. Noticeable ? Hard to tell, I guess that on a model I'd probably live with the difference if I can't find any other option .50 BMG ball has an overall length of 138mm whereas .30-06 is just under 85mm, . Applying the scale conversion, 1/72 .50 comes out as 8.2% longer than it should be to represent .30-06. I'd say that's something you will get away with. The disintegrating link belts look pretty much the same in both calibres, just obviously bigger for the .50 .30 .50 Edited December 20, 2019 by Work In Progress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 A comparison of .50 and 30-06 ammo. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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