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Getting confused with scale's!

Discussion in 'General Figure Talk' started by Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED, Jun 9, 2013.

  1. Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED Guest

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    I am trying to equate what a 200mm figure is in standard ratio, I thought it was approx. 1/9 th ? is this close. or am I way off the mark. Any help would be appreciated.
  2. 1969 A Fixture

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    A 200mm figure equates to 1/9 scale assuming the person is about 5` 10".
    The size of 200mm is regularly used to describe 1/9 scale.

    Steve
  3. housecarl Moderator

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    I copied this ages ago Mark
    I posted this before on MedRom but hopefully you'll find it useful. A 5'8" / 1.73m man (a decent historical average) would be:
    1/35 - 49.3mm tall
    1/32 - 54mm tall
    1/16 - 108mm tall
    1/15 - 115mm tall
    1/9 - 192mm tall
    1/8 - 216mm
    1/5 - 345mm

    Scales for the common sizes:
    70mm works out as around 1/25
    75mm works out as 1/23
    80mm works out as around 1/22
    90mm works out as 1/19
    100mm works out as around 1/17
    200mm works out as roughly 1/9
    250mm works out as roughly 1/7
  4. Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED Guest

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    Cheers guys! .. very helpful !
  5. skeeterbuck Active Member

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  6. Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED Guest

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    Thanks Chuck! ... This link was very helpful! I appreciate your time!

    Regards'

    Mark
  7. Einion Well-Known Member

    Mark, TBH I'm not sure if that Colorado Miniatures page won't actually add to the confusion since it conflates some issues. Just to highlight one bit:

    "Note that 1:32 is not equivalent to 54mm, nor is 1:16 equivalent to 120m..."

    The second part is correct but the first part is not; it's generally agreed upon these days that 54mm is 1/32 scale. Carl's quote left out the last bit of my post from 2004 which is actually quite critical to a discussion of scales v. nominal heights:

    Einion
  8. Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED Guest

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    Thanks, Einion,.. for the clarification! ... clearly its a choice of, rounding up or down to the nearest commercial scale! ... more so if you are scratch building items to expand any given purchased figure!

    Regards,

    Mark.

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