"Pegasus 1/72nd scale Pz38t accuracy" Topic

Please help; anyone owning this model please measure it and compare it with accurate data from the actual lifesize tank and let me know if you think it is accurate, oversized or undersized? Below I will post stats found on line:
Pz38t:
Length:4.61 metres (15.1')
Wdth:2.135 metres (7')
Hgt:2.252 metres (7.39')
Thanks.

I measured and…

Length 6.3 cm … 1/73
Width 3 cm … 1/71
Height is difficult to measure as the model has a periscope and we don't know if your figures include it. Height to top of periscope is 3.4 cm (1/66), to top of commander's hatch it is perhaps 0.1 cm less (1/68). One reason for height may be the fact that the tracks are fairly thick.

So in my estimation the Pegasus Panzer 38 is sufficiently accurate as a wargames model.

Thank you Mr 7dot62 for your kind assistance. So, in reality the Pegasus Pz38t kit is overscaled at 1/70-1/73rd scale. No wonder it looks funny next to models which are exactly 1/72nd scale, like the new first to fight Pz35t. The Pz35t in reality was a little longer, but in other respects about the same size as the Pz38t.

I think that if you take a ruler and start measuring your various kits you'll find some which really are overscale (say those by Hasegawa or Plastic Soldier Company) and that most kits are not "exactly 1/72 scale" as you term it but rather will fall into the same 1/70-1/73 scale bracket… which is about as good as you'll get given the fact that many references will give different dimensions for the same vehicles.

Then whether you want to consider all this a humongous problem like you seem to be doing and go commit seppuku over it is another thing. You're probably talking about a few millimeters here and there and your favorite game system's ground scale is probably something like 100 yards = 18 inches on the table. The rest of us will shrug and realize that there are better ways of spending time than searching for perfection in the way you're doing.

You are absolutely right, mr 7dot62mm; I am prone to obsessing about such things, but I do come around to realizing those things which you've pointed out; nothing's gonna be that accurate in our hobby; we have to give thanks that such obscure items are even offered in our desired hobby. I just get concerned about "scale creep" since all my stuff is 1/72nd scale; I confess I have and do mix airfix 1/76th scale items in my WW2 armies; thanks for your responses; it helps.
By the way, nice Pz38t you posted, very nice.

Does that unit really have 81 tanks in the regimental HQ company?