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#1 ·
I have a board that is 14" x 17½" . What is it? :confused:
 
#6 ·
Convert from 1:1 inches to N scale feet:
14 x (160/12) =186.667 N scale feet
17.5 x (160/12) = 233.333 N scale feet

186.667 x 233.333 = 43,555.556 N scale square feet
and there are 43,560 square feet in an acre
so my board is "close enough for government work" to an N scale acre. :)
 
#15 ·
My initial wording of the question is incorrect, which is why I tried again. But the fact remains that a football field is 160 feet wide. Since N scale is 1:160, it means that if you accurately modeled a football stadium, and then placed your ruler parallel to a yard or goal line, the distance between the sidelines would measure exactly one foot on your ruler.

Talking to people who don't share our hobby, I've tried to describe how small N scale is with analogies like "a 55-gal drum is about the size of a Tic Tac" or "a tank car is about the size of a AA battery" - and I thought this coincidence might explain it better. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_field
 
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