Hope this pic helps for scale, its a misleading boat, this is the 1/16 version with converted German tank crew. A lot of people think the boat is bigger than its actually was, and the figures end up too small. If you are refering to the two small doors giving access to the front compartment behind the wheelhouse, the hatch slides back, and a 6 footer can then go down the steps .
I am sure Tamiya got the scale of the figures correct at 1/16, but they do seem a bit big, so I am in the process of converting to slightly smaller figures. As HS 93 has pointed out, HS mouldings are the only company who had bespoke figures for this boat, at least that was the plan earlier this year, dont know if they ever put them in to production.
The real thing!
