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This article has proven extremely difficult to reproduce clearly. So, for those like me who can't make out the text, it's reproduced below the image.

Picture
The Binnie File:
 
Study it closely and you will find a most use­ful piece of modelling equipment. It is a universal scale rule with many uses.
 
The principle is childishly simple. Along the bottom edge is marked a scale of some convenient size, in my case 16ft at 1/4in. to the foot giving a base line of 4in. (The illustration is shown smaller than this. Ed.). Each scale marking is carried up to the vanishing point in the top right hand corner. As the base line has been divided equally, it follows that any line parallel to the base must also be divided equally. A line drawn parallel to the base with an overall length of 3in. will give that prince of all scales 3/16in./1ft, or S gauge, for 16ft in S gauge is 3 in. Similarly a scale line of 64mm long gives 4mm scale, 56 mm long gives 3.5mm scale, 48mm long gives 3mm scale, 33mm long gives N gauge and 32mm long gives 2 mm scale.
 
Along the vertical left hand side is a similar scale covering 12ft at 1/2in. to the foot, this also is carried back to the vanishing point and scale lines for 1/4in. to the foot, 7mm to the foot, and 10mm to the foot added.
 
So far so good, but what the — do we do with it and what is the mysterious line X?
 
Imagine that it is all scribed upon a piece of clear perspex, in which case all the standard modelling scale are readily available. But consider the non-standard drawing to some unheard of scale. To cope with this a temporary scale line can be added by means of a piece of Sellotape stuck on the back of the grid.
 
And how do you tackle that photograph when a little bit of foreshortening has crept in? This is where line X comes in to its own, since, not being parallel with the base, it has a set of foreshortened feet to match To locate line X is a bit of a fiddle bait where two successive dimensions are known e.g the two half wheelbases ofa six-wheeler, is easy enough. Let us call these points A, B & C. Now the scale lines A, B, & C are added and give linear scales for vertical measurement. As many scale lines as required can be added or removed using Sellotape strip.
 
If the foreshortening is occurring in the vertical direction as well, then the scale lines A, B, & C can be fiddled to suit by inclining them to the base!
 
Constructional Notes
Scribe all the lines on the back of a piece of transparent plastic 1/16th perspex is ideal ­but not the lines X, A, B, & C. Scribe the outline and the main divisions first and rub in some red paint. Then scribe the inch divisions, the scale lines and the figures and fill these in with black paint. (Don't forget to reverse the figures when scribing for you are working on the back of the sheet).
 
I am well aware that this method of estab­lishing a perspective scale is horribly crude and breaks all the canons of perspective drawing practice - but it is quick!
 

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    • Introduction
  • About Us
    • In the beginning
    • Contact
  • Mercury Reprints & Articles
    • Copyright Notice
    • Mercury Reprints 1 - 6 >
      • MM No. 1. October 1974
      • MM No. 2. May 1975
      • MM No. 3. December 1975
      • MM No. 4. Spring 1976
      • MM No. 5. June 1976
    • MM No. 6 Autumn 1976
    • Mercury Articles 7 - 10 >
      • Mercury Issue 7 >
        • Festiniog & Blaenau Railway locomotives.
        • The weekend at Hassocks 7 - 9 January, 1977.
        • Quarry Workers Coach.
      • Mercury Issue 8 >
        • ELECTRONICS AND 16mm
        • THE WATERMOOR LIGHT CLOSES
        • Redlake Revisited
        • Rubbish
        • PHOTOPAGE `NO. 2
      • Mercury Issue 9 >
        • A Double Fairlie in 16mm scale
      • Mercury Issue 10 >
        • Copyright & Credits Page
        • Les Tortillards
        • The Presidents Carriage
        • Coffeepots I
        • Cerrobend Casting
        • A Double Fairlie in 16mm scale
    • Mercury Articles 11- 20 >
      • Mercury Issue 11 >
        • Skip Wagons
        • Fiji
        • Port Class Pictorial
        • Hohenzollern
        • Coffeepots II
        • Victoria Amused Me
      • Mercury Issue 12 >
        • Cerrobond Casting Part II
        • Coffee Pots III
        • Excelsior
        • Side Tip Wagons
        • The Binnie File
        • Westcock Tramway
        • Drawings from Mercury 12
      • Mercury Issue 13 >
        • Trains by Emett
      • Mercury Issue 14 >
        • Ashbury Contractors Van
        • Corris
        • Flocking
        • Lady M
        • Lister Auto Truck
        • Ruston 16hp
        • Sauterelles
      • Mercury Issue 15 >
        • The Gentle Annie
        • Portable & Permanent Trackwork
        • The Boat
        • Trevellas Quarry
        • The Cherry Tree Brisk & Tile
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • The Planet 60HP Diesel
        • Excelsior The Facts
        • Railplane
        • The Finishing Touch
        • Open Day Pictures
      • Mercury Issue 16 >
        • Portable Trackwork
        • Permanent Trackwork
        • Bryant Switch
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • General Electric
        • The Ten Laws for Narrow Gauge Modellers
      • Mercury Issue 17 >
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • An Article for Cranks
        • Ffestiniog Gunpowder Vans
        • Ramblings on a Sunny Morning
      • Mercury Issue 18 >
        • The Mostest Two Footers
        • Bagnall at Birmingham
        • Drawings From Issue 18
        • Lynton & Barnstable Album
        • Decauville Type KE Trailers
      • Mercury Issue 19 >
        • Hookers & Shunters.
        • 10hp Planet & Penrhyn carriage.
  • Mercury Articles 21 - 30
  • Gallery
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    • Outings >
      • Mad Hatter's Tea Party - 2014
      • Statfold Barn - 2014
      • Apedale Gala Day - 2014
      • FR and WHR (Dave P) - Aug 2014
      • Statfold Barn - 2015
    • Models >
      • 7mm Narrow Gauge (Chris Holmes)
      • Clockwork Models
    • Members meetings >
      • The Startops And Tringford Railway - 2014
      • Dave's July 2015
      • Dave's May 2016
      • Dave's December 2016
      • Dave's January 2017
      • Dave's July 2017
      • Graham's August 2017
      • Dave's July 2018
      • Dave's covid outing
  • Technical
    • Scales and Gauges
    • Wheel & rail standards
    • Data sheet
    • Binnie Conversion chart
    • Pontifications
    • Muddling through with Desperate Dan
    • Mercury Drawings Index
    • Links
  • Modelling News
    • EPITAPH FOR A TRAIN SPOTTER
    • Dave P's Mogul
    • Sentinel double locomotive 6412 of 1926
    • Kerr Stuart geared locomotive 4412 of 1928
    • "Wilstone" O-16.5 layout
    • "Cei Ward" O-16.5 layout