"1/72 scale figures+vehicles" Topic

I hope this is not a stupid question. I have a bunch of
1/72 ceasar US troops and terrorist. Now what scale vehicles would with these figures. I have a 1/72 scale dragon M2 Bradley and they look ok next to them. SO is it 1/72 vehicles with 1/72 scale figures?

yes, yes they do.

Yes, 1/72 is an excellent match for 1/72….

Ok, I guess I'm a little slow of the uptake…for some reason I thought another scale-maybe it was 15mm and 1/100 go together or something…all this scale stuff is a bit confusing…

1/72= 20mm scale = 1/72

1/76 is even close enough to use!

milimeter scale is height of a person in that scale
a 1/** scale is how many feet a real life foot equals
so in 1/72 scale 1 real life foot equals 72 in game feet

1/72= 20mm scale = 1/72

1/76 is even close enough to use!

milimeter scale is height of a person in that scale
a 1/** scale is how many feet a real life foot equals
so in 1/72 scale 1 real life foot equals 72 in game feet

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Ok, I understand now..

If you aren't too much of a scale snob you can try some 1:64. Just don't have 1:64 and 1:76 Bradleys in the same unit…and you will be fine :)

Matching up XXmm with scales can be tricky (since the number of millimetres high is only rough, measured differently at times, and for different eras people may have widely differing heights…. (Eg. 20mm is usually used to describe 1/72 figures, yet 20mm x 72 = 1.44 metres, or about 5 feet no inches…. Fortunately most 20mm figures are taller than 20mm, so it generally works out….)

Michael, it's not a stupid question, especially if you're coming from the world of wargaming and describing things in millimeters.

And while people from the world of military modeling might wonder at your question, the thing is, there are products out there that claim to be 1:72 scale but really vary quite a bit. If you are not familiar with this site:

link (you can look up figure sets by manufactirer)

it is really worth looking over for comparisons of figures. Different manufacturers and even products from the same manufactirer will vary – the comments on the figures and the "average" height is worth looking at.

Just as there's variation in figures, there is sometimes variation in model companies' interpretation of a model tank, though with the established companies, the variation is not as bad, though there are some doozies…

So remember – the only "stupid" question is the one not asked, so don't be afraid to come back and ask for help or clarification.

Merry Xmas/Hanukkah/etc
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Tim

I have seen the plastic soldier site---with the comparisons of sizes of the figures. I recently got into the Battlefield Evolution-modern & zombie games. I have several sets of the their figures..but I'm the type that needs lots of figures on my table.

Now to the painting!

Just as there's variation in figures, there is sometimes variation in model companies' interpretation of a model tank, though with the established companies, the variation is not as bad, though there are some doozies…

Then there are cases when a manufacturer for some reason ends up re-labeling their 1/76 vehicle as 1/72 instead for some odd reason…

airfix are about to re label their vehicles as 1/76 … see the story on missing-lynx brailee scale .

Does anyone know the actual scale the Hasegawa M4 easy eight? That thing MUST be pushing 1/70th maybe more, but is CLEARLY much too large to be true 1/72nd scale. I cut almost 1/8" off the back of mine and repositioned the suspension just to make it "look right".

Just don't put Hard plastic 1/72 men next to their soft plastic cousins – its the scale equivalent of about a foot difference, and yes, while people are different heights, the clustering tends to be around the middle of the range, not the ends. (The average height of my platoon is 5'7"- 20 men at 5'1, 20 at 6'1")