Im making a 1:64 scale garage diorama and dont know what size to make a normal door. If anyone could tell me how to scale it just right it would help alot.

depends if you are making it to 1/64th scale. if so around 1 1/2 tall x 2 1/4 wide
mark this on paper cut it out and put it up against the wall and see if this opening will work. if not remark it out a lil larger by 1/8 and try again. hoped i helped. later gunn

just thought about this. is this a gas station or reg house garage your making??
there will be a diffrence in them :wave:

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL656/2703276/15680069/238489960.jpg
this is where i got the mesurements from

Thanks for the info gunn. I started off planning on making a normal garage with 2 garage doors. Then i decided to make it kinda like a warehouse type garage. Its going to be a prety tall building with those huge roll up garage doors semis can go through. I also cut factory type windows in the second story to give it the warehouse feel. The building is also going to have brick texture styrene for walls. and rafter support beems. kinda like I beams that hold up the roof. I will post pics when i get it done. This is my first styrene diorama. If some one could tell me the average height of a person in 1/64. I need to make some doors like the ones in a house.

Thanks
Ryan

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL656/2703276/15396124/233362943.jpg
there is a top pice that was made for engine building only area with an eleavator to bring motors to the top. this is still in the works.
side doors measure 1 5/8 tall x 2 wide and middle measures 5 x 3 building measures 11 1/2 sides x 13 front and back.
thay make coragated aluim - sheets for insulating real pipeing and thay threw a bunch of this away at work and i got a few of them for roll up doors :thumbsup:

Anyone know the best way to age brick styrene. The building is brick and it doesnt look very reallistic.

You could use washes and dry brushing.
Here is a link that gives some basics. Use a brick color as your base and go from there. also , ALWAYS use flat paint.
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/piccastle/dungeon_model.html

Anyone know the best way to age brick styrene. The building is brick and it doesnt look very reallistic.

Thanks z06, Im gonna go get the paint tomorow :thumbsup: