Airfix with TSSD (1 Viewer)

[Aggie99]

Has anyone mixed some Airfix 1/32 with TSSD figures? Do they look okay together, or is it a bad mix??

Just curious. I was thinking about picking up some Airfix WW2 Germans to go with my TSSD Germans.

However, I am afraid they wont go well together. If anyone knows differently, please let me know.

Thanks!

 

[larso]

I don't think they work real well together. TSSD are bigger and look bulkier compared to Airfix. Their animation is also a cut above. When I have diorama-ed with Airfix I've found that Matchbox work well and even the slightly smaller figures of Revell go ok. Maybe it depends how big your diorama is. Sometimes if one group of figures is far enough back, the size difference doesn't matter.

Just a note on Airfix 7th Cav - they are quite small and will look like boy scouts next to TSSD cavalry.

 

[Ragnar]

Unless you are standing them side by side on a flat surface then they will look odd.
But if you set them up on some creative ground work then they will work rather well together plus you can also base the Airfix figs on metal washers to chunk up the bases a bit.

 

[binder001]

Another point - one of our forum members displays his plastic figures painted in one color (each nation a different color). When painted the differences in size are a bit less noticeable. The Arfix figures are all on flat bases that aren't very thick, the TSSD figures are generally on a very thick base that has some terrain molded into it. Just putting the Airfix figures onto a thicker base helps the visual difference.

Gary B.

 

[gk5717]

I also found that kneeling and lying down poses in the smaller scale blend in better than the standing poses.
Gary

 

[fishead19690]

You should get yourself some Conte Germans to go with the TSSD ones, they are the larger 1/32 scale like Tssd.
Conte and TSSD are More of a 56mm then a 54mm.
Some of the Airfix figures are on the small side of 54mm, even beefed up on washers they would still look smaller and would need to be kept away from the larger 56mm figures to look good together in a diorama, but if placed far enough apart they could work together.

 

[ketelone]

The Italieri go well.

 

[Basil Duke]

As previously noted, Airfix figures are much smaller than TSSD's fighters. I have to keep the two totally separate. Really, the only company that doesn't seem consumptive in comparison to TSSD is Conte. In Civil War operations, I always combine the two companies into their own unit.

 

[eborris]

The Airfix cavalry were some of the finest figures made, unfortunately they are small compared to some of the newer figures by Paragon and TSSD. However, they do fit well with the Britains Detail , Gun Ho and P & P cavalry size wise anyway. However, if you match them with the Britains then you have to paint them. Then there is always those darn swords if you want to do a Custer scene.

I don't think they work real well together. TSSD are bigger and look bulkier compared to Airfix. Their animation is also a cut above. When I have diorama-ed with Airfix I've found that Matchbox work well and even the slightly smaller figures of Revell go ok. Maybe it depends how big your diorama is. Sometimes if one group of figures is far enough back, the size difference doesn't matter.

Just a note on Airfix 7th Cav - they are quite small and will look like boy scouts next to TSSD cavalry.

 

[NY Collector]

The Airfix cavalry were some of the finest figures made, unfortunately they are small compared to some of the newer figures by Paragon and TSSD. However, they do fit well with the Britains Detail , Gun Ho and P & P cavalry size wise anyway. However, if you match them with the Britains then you have to paint them. Then there is always those darn swords if you want to do a Custer scene.

Thank you I very much appreciate that info

 

[Cherilea4me]

There is no such thing as 'larger 1/32nd' - an oxymoron if there ever was one. Conte, TSSD, etc are all 1/30th scale (58/60mm) Airfix and Britains were always true 54mm / 1/32nd scale

 

[binder001]

There is no such thing as 'larger 1/32nd' - an oxymoron if there ever was one. Conte, TSSD, etc are all 1/30th scale (58/60mm) Airfix and Britains were always true 54mm / 1/32nd scale

However, Conte, et al are significantly smaller than the King & Country figures that are billed as 1/30th (their true scale vaies a bit from release to release over the years). Since K&C have come to be known as "1/30" it's hard to describe the figures that are larger than "true" 1/32nd scale (3/8" to the foot) versus the Conte/TSSD scale. Recent Britains metals, along with ONTC metals are also this larger 54mm scale. I agree that they are certainly NOT 1/32nd. It's kind of interesting how scales can get lost or distorted, especially with figures. Even in 1/35th models, which has better control over scale, there are variations in figures and their proportions. One can glibly say that "no two people are exactly alike", however the accessories shouldn't vary. My M1 rifle is the same as the one owned by a guy 6'6" tall of European ancestry and it will be the same as the one owned by the small Asian fellow down the block. Same for things like a GI helmet or canteen.

Maybe we should call the plastic 1/30-ish figures "Conte scale" as he popularized them first, with TSSD and ONTC following?

Gary B.

 

[eborris]

I don't know if we can do that because even Conte had varying degrees of size among his own creations. His early figures like FFL and Arabs are considerably smaller then his Alamo and WW2 figures, if not true 54mm then really close. Then there were the Alamo Mexicans and Spartans who are even larger. Well, I guess we can do anything we want, we usually do anyway, **** the torpedos.

However, Conte, et al are significantly smaller than the King & Country figures that are billed as 1/30th (their true scale vaies a bit from release to release over the years). Since K&C have come to be known as "1/30" it's hard to describe the figures that are larger than "true" 1/32nd scale (3/8" to the foot) versus the Conte/TSSD scale. Recent Britains metals, along with ONTC metals are also this larger 54mm scale. I agree that they are certainly NOT 1/32nd. It's kind of interesting how scales can get lost or distorted, especially with figures. Even in 1/35th models, which has better control over scale, there are variations in figures and their proportions. One can glibly say that "no two people are exactly alike", however the accessories shouldn't vary. My M1 rifle is the same as the one owned by a guy 6'6" tall of European ancestry and it will be the same as the one owned by the small Asian fellow down the block. Same for things like a GI helmet or canteen.

Maybe we should call the plastic 1/30-ish figures "Conte scale" as he popularized them first, with TSSD and ONTC following?

Gary B.