"Need Help Identifying Miniature Manufacturer at Odd Scale" Topic
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| saebasan | 12 Mar 2018 6:11 a.m. PST |
I have inherited a number of miniatures of WW2 aircraft. The miniatures are metal and fully painted by the previous owner. Wonderful stuff. Where I am having an issue is verifying the scale and identifying possible manufacturers. I have estimated the scale of the miniatures at 1/1600 by measurement and calculation. For example, I have a Lancaster bomber miniature with a 3/4" wingspan. Compared to the real thing with a wingspan of 102', this comes out to roughly 1/1600 scale. Obviously there is margin for error here, but measurements of multiple types of aircraft all come out with roughly the same results. The problem is that I can find no information on any manufacturer ever making 1/1600 miniatures. Does anyone have any ideas on manufacturers? Or obvious errors in my calculations for that matter? Any help would be appreciated. |
Dave Jackson  | 12 Mar 2018 8:57 a.m. PST |
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| Vigilant | 12 Mar 2018 1:35 p.m. PST |
If they are Tumbling Dice then your scaling is out by quite a bit. Their stuff is 1/600 scale. |
| dragon6 | 12 Mar 2018 8:24 p.m. PST |
The nearest I know would be GHQ 1/2400, they don't make Lancasters, or Navwar 1/3000 and they don't make a Lancaster either. |
| Dave Jackson | 12 Mar 2018 10:56 p.m. PST |
Oops, sorry, I read 1/600! |
| ChrisBBB2 | 13 Mar 2018 1:28 a.m. PST |
How about Ensign 1/1250? They made a Lancaster:
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| saebasan | 14 Mar 2018 12:12 p.m. PST |
The Ensign suggestion is the best one I have found so far. The scale still seems off by about 25% (a Lancaster in 1/1250 should have about a 1" wingspan, while these are pretty dead on for 3/4"), but Ensign at least made the right types of aircraft. I have P-38s, B-17s, FuMo 51 Mammut Naval Radar installations, P-47s, HE-111s, ME-110s, Halifax bombers, and Ju-88s all in the same scale. |
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