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Endless Grubs19 Aug 2009 2:32 p.m. PST

Does anyone have any of these and can say which ww2 figure line these might work well with? Valiant or AB perhaps? Any info welcome!

Thanks in advance!

Wyatt the Odd Fezian19 Aug 2009 7:22 p.m. PST

I think that I have one WSW product, but I have hundreds of 1/87 vehicles from Roco, Trident, Arsenal-M, CMK and more so I have contemplated which figures go best.

I generally feel that 15mm figures work far better with 1/87 – especially when the figures are based a la Flames of War. It isn't perfect, the figures are clearly smaller than comparable 1/87 figs. But, if all you're using is 15mms, then they "look right."

To demonstrate, this picture is a group of Battlefront US riflemen with two Roco RSO tractors picture

Compare to the same vehicles with 1/87-scale Preiser figures picture

What I did find, while testing out 15mm figures, is that Resistant Roosters' German figures are closer to 18mm in height and therefore really work well with this scale. I also found that Peter Pig's driver and passenger figures fit better inside a 1/87 scale vehicle than many Roco or Preiser figures.

Wyatt

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