Increasing the percentage size for printing

[MikeBer]

This may be a stupid question, but if I want to build a larger model from an existing pdf file, for example, print all pages at 150% size, will all the parts still fit together or is there some quirk of scaling whereby some parts will be out of alignment?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Zathros]

If they all fit on the paper when you do that, no, you should not have any problem. I usually use Photoshop CS3 to take each part and then re-arrange them.

 

[MikeBer]

Thanks Zathros for the prompt reply,

Mike

 

[Zathros]

I took the "Lilla Weneda" model, which I believe was 1/100 scale, and made it into 1/50th scale, it came out 28 inches long. It went from a 3 or 4 page model, to 27 pages! I was able to add a lot of extra parts that allowed a build up, like life savers, doubling rails, etc. because some parts ended up taking the whole page up diagonally, and I could not see wasting all that bank space. A lot of those spare parts later really worked out well, as it is the small parts I usually "flub" with my fat fingers.