|
Ratio |
Scale
foot |
Comments |
|
1:2500 |
0.122 mm |
A
European size for naval wargaming ship models. |
|
1:2400 |
0.127
mm |
A
British and American size for naval wargaming ship models. |
|
1:1250 |
0.244
mm |
A
European size for ship models. |
|
1:1200 |
0.254
mm |
A
British and American size for ship and harbor models. |
|
1:1000 |
0.305
mm |
This
is a scale used by Germans for pre-finished airliner models. Herpa produces several models in this scale. |
|
1:720 |
0.423
mm |
This
was a standard size for ship models produced by Revell
and Italeri. |
|
1:700 |
0.435
mm |
This
is the scale that Tamiya, Aoshima, Hasegawa,
and Fujimi chose to produce the largest series
of waterline plastic model ships and submarines. Later Skywave, Dragon and Trumpeter joined in. |
|
1:600 |
0.508
mm |
Popular
for ships, especially liners and capital ships. This is the traditional
scale for comparative drawings of ships, used by the Royal Navy because it's about one-tenth of
a nautical mile to the foot. |
|
1:570 |
0.535
mm |
This
scale was used by Revell for some ship models because it was
one-half the size of the standard scale for wargaming models used by
the US Army. |
|
1:500 |
0.610
mm |
This
is a scale used by Europeans for pre-finished airliner models. Trumpeter and several Japanese companies produce
ships in this scale. |
|
1:432 |
0.706
mm |
The
scale used during the Second World War by the US Navy for aircraft recognition. |
|
1:400 |
0.762
mm |
A
European size for ship and submarine models and die cast aircraft. |
|
1:350 |
0.871
mm |
A
Japanese size for ship models. These are typically full-hull models
that are substantially more detailed than 1:700 waterline models. |
|
1:288 |
1.058
mm |
A
scale for aircraft and rockets. |
|
1:285 |
1.069
mm |
The
US Army scale for sand-table wargames. It is also the standard used
for large-scale historical armor battles in hobbyist miniature wargaming. |
|
1:250 |
1.219
mm |
Used
by Heller for model ships. |
|
1:220 |
1.385
mm |
Same
as Z gauge. |
|
1:182.88 |
1.667
mm |
A
newer scale utilized in ancient, fantasy and sci-fi hobbyist miniature
wargaming. Known as 10mm scale in wargaming circles. |
|
1:160 |
1.905
mm |
American
and European model trains in N scale. |
|
1:152 |
2.005
mm |
2mm scale/ British N scale railway modelling. |
|
1:150 |
2.032
mm |
Used
by Heller for model ships, and proposed by the Japanese to supersede
1:144 scale trains. |
|
1:144 |
2.117
mm |
Popular
for aircraft, spacecraft. Also some Japanese N
scale trains, as well as Japanese giant robot models and toys. |
|
1:128 |
2.381
mm |
A
few rockets and some fit-in-the-box aircraft are made to this size. |
|
1:121.92 |
2.500
mm |
Very
popular scale utilized in modern hobbyist miniature wargaming. Also
known as 15mm scale in wargaming circles. |
|
1:108 |
2.822
mm |
An
historic size for ships, also used for rockets and spacecraft. |
|
1:100 |
3.048
mm |
A
Japanese scale for aircraft, spacecraft, and giant robots. |
|
1:96 |
3.175
mm |
An
historic scale for ships, also used for spacecraft. |
|
1:91.44 |
3.333
mm |
A
popular scale for WWII hobbyist miniature wargaming. Also known as 20mm
scale in wargaming circles. |
|
1:90 |
3.387
mm |
A
scale proposed by some European manufacturers to supersede HO scale. |
