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Because I'm a sucker for using a calculator, it struck me as an amusing curiosity to calculate the length LEGO models of Star Wars capital ships would need to be in order to be to scale with the legoman. The legoman is 40mm tall. Assuming a height of six feet for this value...
Corellian Corvette: 150m ∴ 3.28 m (10'9")
Imperial Star Destroyer: 1600m ∴ 35m (114'10")
Executor: 19,000m ∴ 416m (1,363'3")
Yes, that's right. In order to build a to-scale LEGO Executor, it'd need to be a quarter of a mile long. Obviously not going to try that any time soon. ;)
This prompted me to see what the length of the filmed studio models were. The approximate ratios are guesses based on typical model scaling conventions.
Corellian Corvette: 1.94m ≅ 1:72 (1:77.3)
Imperial Star Destroyer: 2.59m ≅ 1:620 (1:617.8)
Executor: 2.83m ≅ 1:6700 (1:6713.8)
Update 6/8/06
At lordfeepness's request:
Death Star I: 160 km ∴ 3.5 km (2.17 mi)
Death Star II: 900 km ∴ 19.7 km (12.2 mi)
I find it incidentally amusing that Executor's "real-world" size matches the LEGO-world size of the Death Star II.
Corellian Corvette: 150m ∴ 3.28 m (10'9")
Imperial Star Destroyer: 1600m ∴ 35m (114'10")
Executor: 19,000m ∴ 416m (1,363'3")
Yes, that's right. In order to build a to-scale LEGO Executor, it'd need to be a quarter of a mile long. Obviously not going to try that any time soon. ;)
This prompted me to see what the length of the filmed studio models were. The approximate ratios are guesses based on typical model scaling conventions.
Corellian Corvette: 1.94m ≅ 1:72 (1:77.3)
Imperial Star Destroyer: 2.59m ≅ 1:620 (1:617.8)
Executor: 2.83m ≅ 1:6700 (1:6713.8)
Update 6/8/06
At lordfeepness's request:
Death Star I: 160 km ∴ 3.5 km (2.17 mi)
Death Star II: 900 km ∴ 19.7 km (12.2 mi)
I find it incidentally amusing that Executor's "real-world" size matches the LEGO-world size of the Death Star II.