RE: Re-scaling question (Stargrunt)

Well 72" (6' 0") divided by 69 is something like 1.04" and 68" (5' 8")
runs just under 1" so 1/69
 is 'height-right' although I also agree that 1/64 would probably work.
The difference is between
a man of 5' 4" and 5' 8" on a 25mm scale is  0.06 or so if using 1/64
and 0.05 if using 1/69. I 
based my calculations  but not my memories (which are faulty) on Bill
Armintrout's excellent
THE MINIATURES PAGE  at http://www.eden.com/~tmp/ref/scales.html, which
does indeed
state that scale is traditionally measured from foot to eye. I sit
corrected.

Besides, is this thread getting Anorak-y or is it just me ?

FWIW, I build my bulidings to a scale that aloows ease of figure use
even if the scale is slightly
larger that 'reality'  O gauge bulidings would be a bit big IIRC (my
last Lionel Train Set was in the
early 70's) and would probably be more 1/35 scale than 1/6X scale.

Gene

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> From: 	jon@gzero.dungeon.com[SMTP:jon@gzero.dungeon.com]
> Reply To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Sent: 	Tuesday, January 27, 1998 1:42 AM
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	RE: Re-scaling question (Stargrunt)
> 
> >Not 'zacly... the most common definition of 25mm scale iws the
> average
> >hieght of a man or around 5'8" or so. The upshot is _TRUE_ 25mm ends
> up
> >being around 1/68 or 1/69. But 1/72 is definately the most common
> model
> >size available nearest 25mm. It works well for the smaller castings
> >(e.g. Starguard ! figs &c.) but looks bogus next to the Giganto
> Workshop
> >stuff.
> >
> [snip]
> 
> As I've always understood it, a figure scale (eg: 25mm) is
> traditionally
> supposed to refer to the height of an average human male from soles of
> feet
> to EYE LEVEL, not to top of head. I think this is because the eyes are
> visible on most figures (historical ones anyway, from which the scale
> system arose), whereas the actual top of head is usually hidden under
> headgear of various heights (especially on Napoleonics!!) making it
> hard to
> measure accurately. Thus "true 25mm" should really refer to around
> 5'4" or
> so, making it around 1/64. We work to about 1/60 for the vehicles and
> such,
> to give them a chunky look and allow them to be used with GW-size
> stuff as
> well as our own.
> 
> Jon (GZG)
> 
>