1/300-1/285 scaling?

5 posts ยท Dec 12 2001 to Dec 13 2001

From: Roger Books <books@m...>

Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:31:02 -0500 (EST)

Subject: 1/300-1/285 scaling?

How well do the different ranges scale together?

For instance, currently I have all GZG DS minis. I'd like to add some GHQ
Merkava's to my force. Will these scale well? I picked up some very nice
mini's from Eureka, beautiful figs. They dwarf my GZG stuff. I'm now curious
about
scaling between ranges for mix-n-match forces.

From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker <schoon@a...>

Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:33:48 -0800

Subject: Re: 1/300-1/285 scaling?

> On Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at 07:31 AM, Roger Books wrote:

> How well do the different ranges scale together?

Without getting into the whole scale debate again: if it looks right, go

with it.

Different manufacturers have their own takes on scale, so comparison is
difficult.

From: Roger Books <books@m...>

Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:49:36 -0500 (EST)

Subject: Re: 1/300-1/285 scaling?

On 12-Dec-01 at 13:43, Sean Bayan Schoonmaker (s_schoon@pacbell.net)
wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at 07:31 AM, Roger Books wrote:

The only reason I ask is I hear people debating scale continuously for 10mm
and up. I've never heard microarmour discussed. So it has the usual problems?

From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker <schoon@a...>

Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:13:31 -0800

Subject: Re: 1/300-1/285 scaling?

> On Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at 10:49 AM, Roger Books wrote:

> The only reason I ask is I hear people debating scale continuously

Because the majority of micro-armor is made for historical vehicles,
their manufacturers tend to be a bit more precise in their scaling.

However, the short answer is "Yes."

I've seen M-1 Abrams "in the same scale" that differed by a significant
degree.

From: Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@j...>

Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:08:09 EST

Subject: Re: 1/300-1/285 scaling?

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:31:02 -0500 (EST) Roger Books
> <books@jumpspace.net> writes:

Huh. let's just say scale is relative despite being the "same number" for
manufacturers - I have some Irregular 6mm vehicles for SF that makes
nice Size 5 APC's next to the GZG (Future Wars) stuff. Those French modern
AC's makes nice class 1's or maybe 2's. And the WW2 French prime movers
(GHQ?) I use as class 1 APC's - 2 FT (squeeze tight boys!) and a box
launcher GMS/L - Interface Landing or atmosphere dropped vehicles (low
altitude parachute delivery.)

> For instance, currently I have all GZG DS minis.

Better compare them first.

Gracias,