"1/35 verses 28mm" Topic

How much difference is there between 1/35th and 28mm. I am looking at some old boxes of Tamiya(sp) 1/35 Germans a Friend is thinking about doing away with and was wondering how close are they to 28mm? Are they close enough that I might be able to use them with say Warlords plastics. If nothing else would I be able to use the weapons?

1/35th scale is large in comparison,1/48 or 1/56 is closer to what you want to use.

No there is a big difference between the two so I would not mix them. And when I say big I mean noticably different.

1/35 figures are almost twice the size of 28mm, which is closer to 1/56.

I mix 1/48 vehices with 28mm figures.

A six foot man in 1/35 scale is 52mm so much bigger than 28mm figures.

If you have space or like small scale actions 1/35 can be great for detailed skirmish games

No way to mix them at all. That said, I have a lot of 1/32 and 1/35 WWII figures and vehicles; I love the scale.

Ja – 1/35 (and 1/32) are roughly equivalent to 54mm figs, and are WAY too big to mix with 28mm. However, I've always thought they'd rock for skirmish gaming on their own, especially if you have a big table and some nice big terrain pieces.

Doug

I used to play skirmish games with my 1/35th scale vehicles and 54mm figures back in the 1970s using the good old Paragon skirmish rules. For tank battles we fought in the back garden.

I still have a lot of the kit.

Martin

As a youth I too played 1/35 tank battles in the garden with friends.

Worst casualties were the figures that got lost and them met with the evil mower!

For 54mm Sci-Fi skirmish gaming I have been acquiring 1/32nd & 1/35th minis and vehicles think it rocks as a skirmish scale. Interestingly enough a lot of sci-fi looking terrain for 28mm does not look out of place with 1/32nd stuff since we usually don't know how big a warp drive or flux capacitor should be. However, that does not work for vehicles and buildings were we have a well established idea of how big something should be. Also, most of the 54mm things have integral bases that are roughly 25mm diameter so they work well a lot of the maps, grids, etc. that I already have. Trying to avoid the pull of the 1/32nd WWII stuff, but if you roll that way you can also get RC tanks! ;-)

Lost Pict

1/35 of course offers a staggering array of vehicles and a great variety of figures although I wonder how well most would stand up to the wear and tear of war gaming. I just spent a day repairing a lot of me tanks (lift hooks and stuff seems to fall off) even though they are rarely handled. You could , given enough room, skirmish say up to squad level on a 1-1 scale though, maybe even larger.

Many folks mix 1/48th scale vehicles and 28mm figures. The bases on the figures help but I was shocked when I acquired some true 1/48th scale figures and out them next to my 28mm figures. It looked like mg unit was getting a USO visit from LeBron James!

BTW the Tamiya figures are notorious in the 1/35th scale world for running small (nowhere near small enough to go with 28mm though). However their equipment, rifles etc. are generally spot on.

The 1/35 scale figures work well for WWII skirmish gaming, and can also be used for larger engagements. The difference with 28mm is too stark for use on the same table in the same game.

We put on a 1/35 – 1/32 scale Germans versus Russians WWII battle back in October 2013.

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The table was 12' by 6' and we had three players. Rules were "home-grown" with armor penetration charts borrowed from Battleground.

It is surprising how much lighter 1/35 and 1/32 plastic figures are compared with white metal 28mm figures. The two scales (1/35 & 1/32) are close enough that they don't seem out-of-place on the table together.

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I gotta agree with Mick in Switzerland on this one…

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I love 1/35. i always have. 1/35 scale figures were the first military miniatures I ever built and painted and they have a very special place in my heart.

Here are a couple of shots of some 1/35 Franco Prussian war figures I am using for an upcoming game. They were built and painted by me. link

DerKrampus -- really like your 1/35 Franco-Prussian War figures!

I have the French infantry set (un-built). Your photos have inspired me to get started on them.

I plan to use them as French in Mexico, circa 1862-1867.

My Funny Little Wars chaps are 54mm, they are a nice scale for horse and musket type toy soldier stuff.