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On the painting diagram page of the model's instructions it says that the dimensions have been reduced to 90% in side view and reduced to 60% in top/bottom view. How do I figure out how to print them in full size...i.e. so that the printed results will be the same size as the actual model?

 

Thanks,

 

Bob

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If it was reduced by 50%, you would double it, or scale by 200%. Right?

 

A 90% reduction ratio needs to be scaled up by 111%

A 60% reduction ratio needs to be scaled up by 167%

 

To get the scale ratio in percent, divide 100 by the percent reduction converted to a fraction, so, 100/0.9 and 100/0.6

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Those ratios sound like what Hasegawa put on their instructions.  If they are, beware.  They generally say something like "reduced by 60%" when they actually mean "reduced to 60%".  It's very unlikely that instructions would be reduced by 90%, since they'd be only a tenth the size of the model and not much help to you.

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