"10mm Pendraken Sherman Jumbo and size comparisons" Topic

Just finished a couple of Pendraken Sherman Jumbos. A really nice model but a bit on the small side compared to 12mm or 1/144 models (and most of my vehicles are 1/144 scale or Pithead 10mm which is generally bigger than Pendraken for the same vehicles). But currently not many options for this Sherman variant and on the wargames table the size difference is less important:

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Steve

Very Nice Work!

Thanks for sharing.

Those are nice comparisons, which are quite helpful.

Would like to know how the Minifigs line matches up with the Takara, and former Arrowhead minis, if you can shed some light on that.

Mako11

I have the Minifigs Sexton – which is not bad at all actually, although big lumps of metal need cleaning off it when preparing. I also have a couple of unmade Priests left and Arrowhead Priests too. Will try and do a post soon to compare these as they use the same tracks as the Shermans and so will give a good sense of the general size comparison

Steve

Hi Steve,

That sounds great.

I really appreciate it.

I find the Minifigs significantly smaller than takara, arrowhead (formerly wargames south) or any of the true 1/144th items. That being said I do use the Minifig artillery and guns since slim pickings from other companies (with exception of the nice 6, 75mm and 76.2 AT guns in the WTM set).

Like all makes Minifigs seem to vary across the different models – some are close to the Takara size (but then Takara themselves vary a lot – the Takara Firefly is a bit small and is much smaller than say the Arrowhead one). I have used Minifigs for the guns – but used Pendraken crew; but Pithead now do a lot of artillery pieces, and some very unusual ones. I have yet to paint much of my artillery but here is a link to a post on the Pithead US 155mm howitzer:

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It should be be pointed out that Minifigs are 1/160 scale, so of course are smaller than the 1/144 manufacturers.

Thanks for the info.

I thought Minifigs were 1/144th.

I have not seen Minifigs described as 1/160. But I am not sure how much you can take from the stated scale anyway. I have some resin vehicles that say they are 1/150 and they are definitely smaller than Minifigs. The different 1/144 manufacturers are not all the same size for the same vehicle and the scale seems to vary even for the same manufacturer. I am in the process of writing a post reviewing all the main manufacturers which may help – I can't find my unmade Minifigs Priests but will put in some photos of what I have such as Sextons

Just completed the (rather long!) post reviewing the main makes of tanks and figures in this broad scale. I have posted a new thread on TMP but here is the direct link

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Steve

"I have not seen Minifigs described as 1/160. But I am not sure how much you can take from the stated scale anyway. I have some resin vehicles that say they are 1/150 and they are definitely smaller than Minifigs."

Yes, Minifigs are 1/160. I find that Minifig infantry fits in ok with 1/144, but the tanks less so, particularly the smaller tanks which really look out of place next to 1/144 vehicles.

Thanks for your reviews, which are always informative. Side-by-side photographs are particularly helpful; one place to find those is the Mad Axeman site:

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I think the confusion arises between British N scale, 1/150 (1/148) and US N scale , 1/160 . As Minifigs is a British company then the models should be 1/150 but the examples of Minifigs models that I have are between 1/152 to 1/157 in scale. Pendraken models also vary in size and are around 1/158 scale but some of their more recent models are 1/150 scale . 10mm as a scale is a bit of a misnomer as all the figures I have bought are are around 11.5mm tall which makes them about 1/150 scale.