Re: SG2: Little HMMWVs (Hummers)

> > 1/64 is too SMALL for SG2 if you use 25-28mm figs.	If I am not
mistaken
> > 1/64 is the scale >of most of Matchbox and Hotwheels vehicles.
> > 
> > But, if you game 15mm it might be okay...  I have seen a the
Matchbox
> > version for under $1 >around where I live and I am pretty sure it
says 1/64
> > on the bottom (my son has one).
> 
> >Scott Clinton

> Sorry, I beg to differ. When Jon T designs the 25mm vehicles for
Stargrunt,
> he uses 1/60 as the notional scale.
> To take a 25mm figure, it all depends how you measure it. For the sake
of
> argument, lets say that 25mm is equivalent to 6 feet.
> This means that 72ins (1828mm) is represented by 25mm. 1828 /25 = 73.
So
> the correct scale is 1/73. Most people reckon that 25mm is equivalent
to
> 1/72. Actually, the 25mm measurement is often reckoned to be "foot to
eye"
> rather than "foot to toop of head" and anyeway most humans
> are less than 6 feet tall. Either way, the effect is that 1/72 is too
> small. Thus, Jon T uses 1/60 to make the vehicles appear "chunky"
compared
> to the figures. They look fine to me.
> 
> Therefore I reckon that 1/64 is OK for 25mm.
> 

> 
> Mike Elliott

Ahhh...sure.

It makes no difference how you measure the figure.  Sorry I have had
this argument before and I have no desire to have it again.

Just take a 1/64 Matchbox car, set it next to a figure labeled as 25mm
and tell me if you can REALLY visualize the figure driving the matchbox
car.  I, myself can not visualize the figure even fitting through the
car door!  (note: not all Matchbox are 1/64 but many are)

Also, MANY of the figures labeled as 25mm today are really much closer
to 28mm (all GW for example).  And even those like Ral Partha have seen
a 'size-creep'.  I know I have some of their figures from the 70s I got
when I was a kid and they ARE smaller than most of their stuff today.

..AND there is a big difference between 1/64 and 1/60 when it comes to
comparing them to 25mm figures.  It may not seem like a lot to you but
it is noticeable to me.

..AND as someone who plays (a lot) of 1/72 scale WW2 and 25mm SG2 I can
assure you that 25mm does NOT equal 1/72 scale.  Perhaps in theory it
should, but in practice and in the market they are not even close and
never really have been.

Scott Clinton