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Howard

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what scale
« on: November 04, 2013, 05:37:48 pm »
gents,  if a figure is 36mm what scale would it be. Have looked but found nothing  in any of the sections
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Re: what scale
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2013, 05:43:29 pm »
I think 1/50th would be about right.

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Re: what scale
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2013, 06:04:44 pm »
1/50 would make it 5ft 10ins
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Re: what scale
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2013, 06:09:54 pm »
Average height for Male person  :-)) :-))

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Re: what scale
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2013, 06:12:12 pm »
Or 6 feet if he was 1:48
Real people are all the same scale, but do come in various sizes.
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Re: what scale
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2013, 06:24:37 pm »
Just checked my scale
11 7  :embarrassed:

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Re: what scale
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2013, 06:48:29 pm »
thank you gents I thought about 1:48
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Re: what scale
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2013, 09:16:37 am »
Quote from: Howard on November 04, 2013, 06:48:29 pm
thank you gents I thought about 1:48
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The problem is not that 36mm is a big strapping bloke in 1/50th scale or an avearge sized bloke in 1/48th scale It what the scale of the parts of the boats are.  Six feet is used as the standard measure of scale figures so that a clear indication of scale is achieved.  It would be better when determining scale to look at a known dimensions of the boat rather than figures, once you've established the scale of the boat you can decide wether or not to use "Big Olaf" or "Wee Jock" to crew her.
 
I prepared this chart to help me visualise the size of figure needed for boats.
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Re: what scale
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2013, 10:31:18 am »
Useful, many thanks  :-))
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