"Question: How Tall Is A 1/48 Figure These Days?" Topic

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Are they closer to 36mm, or are they much bigger?

Thanks.

CC

I would hope @ 37mm (1.5").

The Tamiya 1/48 infantry and crewmen that I've got are at just about 28mm. They mix in allright with my BTD and Victory Force figs.

1/48th as tall as a real human being.

"The Tamiya 1/48 infantry and crewmen that I've got are at just about 28mm. They mix in allright with my BTD and Victory Force figs."

Is that so? any change for a pic, I'd love see these side by side as I have a good investment in VF figs already.

1.5" is 38.1mm, at 1/48 that's 6' which is at least an inch taller than average in any modern population. 36mm is about 5'8" , which is about average for 19th and early twentieth century Europeans.

Then I guess that, to represent some height variations, this would be a good range:

6' (72") would be 1.5" (38.1mm) in total height (to top of head)
5' 8" (68") would be 1.4166" (35.98mm) in total height (to top of head)

However, I think this may be where everything then goes terribly wrong: the bottom of foot to eye level standard.

If 4.5" is the average distance between eye level and top of head (this is only an assumption), then the foot to eye height of the figures would be 2.38mm less:

For a 6' person, the figure would be around 35.72mm (to eye level)
For a 5'8" person, the figure would be around 33.6mm (to eye level)

Does my feeble attempt at math make sense?

CC

if the Tamiya figures are 28mm tall, they are wayyyyyyy undersize for 1/48th. Scale height they should be 36mm tall from feet to top of the head.

I have some VFM too & would like to use some Tamiya, but here's a link to their site (Tamiya's) & they state their 1/48 figs are 37mm link

The old Bandai 1/48 were calculated for the average Japanese height of 35+ years ago.

I think JLA105 was saying they where comparable to "28mm" miniatures which is possible since some "28mm" are over 35mm tall.

Cacique Caribe, there is no eye measuring standard in model manufacturers (as apposed to miniature manufacturers).

I was in a hobby shop looking at 1:48 model figures and they all measure around 36-38mm tall. I didn't find any that look out of scale from any manufacturer.

CC my HLBS 1:48 ultra modern brit infantyman is 36mm tall from bottom of boot to top of head ( hes the one reloading from this pack link ) the outher 2 standing toops are abought 40 and 42mm tall from bottom of boot to top of helmet. ( abought 36mm from bottom of boot to eye level)

hope that this helps.

Thanks, Steel Penguin. It definitely helps!

CC

So the tallest one is 6'7" to the top of his helmet even when he's not standing heels together to be measured? Conservatively that makes him about 6'4".

that's one tall infantryman. I wonder how they found a full squad of them.

If it's any help, I made the North Star figures around 36-37mm which equates to 5'8"- 5'10". I got those heights from an article which listed average heights in the 1940's.
Americans tended to be taller than Europeans then, but since that time we have caught up. At that time people from industrial areas also tended to be shorter than those from the country as well.

Never say "measured to the eyes". It makes T Meier all cranky.

Regards, the Gorb

That's completely unfair!

It merely gives me an opportunity to demonstrate my innate crankiness.

@T Meier,

If you were truely innately cranky, you would refuse to have to have a ten legged Cat Bus tatooed on your chest.

Regards, the Gorb