Talk:List of scale model sizes

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1:600 scale was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 19 May 2021 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into List of scale model sizes. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Would anybody object to adding Games Workshop scales to this page? I figure I'll need more than one, given that they do tend to produce things in more than one, even in the same game. FrozenPurpleCube 00:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GW's scales have never been much more than guidelines at best. Quantifying them in exact terms is difficult. --Agamemnon2 09:19, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I know, and that itself is information I intend to add in the comment section of entry, should I add it in. But is that a nay vote, or just a concern? FrozenPurpleCube 16:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

scale foot[edit]

not sure about the logic behind expressing how many mm represent a scale foot in 1/24 scale, for instance. Gzuckier (talk) 19:12, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see nothing wrong with it.--Flash176 (talk) 16:02, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For one, it's mixing metric and imperial. A scale meter would make more sense, especially outside the US where we actually use mm and meters. —Pengo 04:26, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, whether you are using metric or imperial, the number of mm in a scale foot seems rather useless. If you are used to the metric system, you don't really care what the scale foot is since that isn't how you measure things; and if you are used to imperial, knowing how many mm are in the scale foot doesn't help you visualize the scale since you don't "think" in millimeters. Why not two columns with one for mm in a scale meter and one for inches in a scale foot? -Dworjan (talk) 18:43, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added an Imperial columnD1doherty (talk) 04:49, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just thought of this, but I see it is an old debate. I believe the third column should be mm/cm or (my preference) cm/m. → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 21:55, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why hasn't this article got actual length in inches or mm/cm?[edit]

Why hasn't this article got actual length in inches or mm/cm in another column? I have a 1:18 F1 car and without having to go and measure its length, I thought I'd google model car sizes but this page does not tell me length. So 1:18 is approx. 255 mm or 10 1/16" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.117.10 (talk) 19:07, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The length of the model depends on the length of the full scale item. For example a real car that is 12 ft (144 inches) long, will be 12 inches long if reproduced at a scale of 1:12, 6 inches long if reproduced at a scale of 1:24, and 3 inches long if reproduced at a scale of 1:48. The column with imperial inches per foot will help with the math, e.g. 1 in = 1 ft at 1:12, .5 in = 1 ft at 1:24, and .25 in = 1 ft at 1:48 D1doherty (talk) 04:49, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The list should mark the most often used scales[edit]

I'm sure we can all agree, that certain scales are far more important than others. E.g. HO, O, T are more common than 1:40 or 1:65 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergiusz.olszewski (talk • contribs) 12:26, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

1:261 scale (Revell)?[edit]

There's at least one Revell model kit that used 1:261 (H437 Polaris Nuclear Submarine). I haven't added it to the page, since I don't know enough about the history to write an appropriate comment for the entry. I just remember my dad having this particular kit. Spazquest (talk) 13:41, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

1:20.3 scale missing[edit]

This is a scale used by Bachmann for its Spectrum series of Garden Scale model railway locomotives and stock running on 45mm gauge track. Scould / could it be added Also 7/8 scale is mentioned in the table comments but not in the imperial column Andywebby (talk) 16:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Scales[edit]

A section/line should be added for the following scales.

72 = 54 inches

72 = 48 inches (Playhomes, Playhouses)

72 = 40 inches (Hobbit, Life Size Doll, My Size Doll, Playhomes, Playhouses)

72 = 30 inches (Life Size Doll, My Size Doll)

71.80.203.159 (talk) 19:36, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]