What size? (1 Viewer)

[54mm]

Sizing/scale seems to be all over the place with manufacturers (and I'm sure this has been discussed ad nauseum!) -- but what's the most common size out there? Everyone says "54mm" or 1/32 -- but this seems to range from 56mm in height all the way up to 65mm! (a Pegaso I just bought)

Which manufactuer's figures fit with each other and which are grossly disproportionate?

Thanks!

 

[DMNamiot]

Hi 54mm

I will tell you that this is a major point of discussion throughout many of the threads here. I am mainly a Britains Collector which is like you 54mm. The Marlborough Line is also this scale and Shamus Wade/Nostalgia/Star and Nicholson and WHocker are also this scale. The Beau Geste Line is slightly bigger than the Britains but it is still considered and states they are 54mm. The bigger figures are mainly 60mm which appears to be the scale of the King and Country WWII. I cant speak to this by experience since I dont collect WWII.

The big question I have is which series or era do you collect? This will make it easier for other to answer the question. I will tell you to take a look at the Durbar Threads and some of the the other makers threads and you will see many different makers and types. Some companies measure the figure from the foot to the eyes and others measure to the top of the head and others go to the top of the head gear. I did a photo comparison of three dismounted figures and you can see the slight differences in height but they are all 54mm. I have some really nice russian made figures that were advertised as 54mm but appear to be the larger scale to me and may well be 65mm.

Anyway I think you can see many different types of soldiers in the various threads here and can figure out which figures will go well together.

All the best

Dave

 

[William S. Grey]

Good Topic. I’ve found that figures from most manufacturers who do their own original sculpting of their master figures are almost all alike in size. That is, their entire range are similar sized.

Some manufacturers have outside sculptors who produce their master figures for them and, the size of the figures depends on who the sculptor is.

And there are some manufacturers who do a lot of “knock-offs” of other figures, such as buying someone else’s figures and then “re-working” them. Well their figure’s sizes are all over the place. This is especially true when a figure is re-worked a number of time and each generation the figure gets smaller, thinner, or loses it's human musculature.

Bill
www.vintagecastings.com