Do you think there would be an obvious scale difference between aircraft from an Italeri kit and say Trumpeter's? I bought a 1/720th scale Italeri USS Saratoga this morning and I want buy Trumpeter's 1/700 SA -3s, and F-18s And maybe the F-14s to mix in with the Italeri aircraft. I would also like to add White Ensign's Phalanx set.

Any input?


By the way, I was pleased with the kit. Nice mold work, crisp lines, dry fits with minimal sanding.

Hi Steve,

IMHO you would have to get out a magnifying glass to tell the difference.

I suspected as much, but I wanted to make sure.

Thank you for your time and input Harry!

For years it was 720 scale but then the Japanese came up with 700, the same for tanks and fgures...it was 32 but Tamiya came up with 35. I guess the same can be said for VCR's the original stuff was Beta-max but VHS ended up being the standard

yeah, but to me it always seemed that 1/32nd and 1/35th, in regards to figures there seemed to be a noticeable difference. I dunno, maybe I should dig out a 35th and 32nd and compare them tonight.

Hi there

What I find unusual in most figure sets is that no one seems to take account of the range natural size differences in stature and height. Was there not scope for judicious use of both scales to get a more natural mixed look.

Has anyone used that method to good effect. Or is every soldier meant to be six foot dead on! There were some right short assed guys in the TA unit I was in. Some unfit (OK most) with skinny arms or a bit of a pot belly.

Nige

can't help myself here :
it is just very basic calculation :

take the ratio of the scales, then compare with the typical size of the object.

700/720 = 0,97
so, something which is a centimeter long in 1/700 is 9,7 mm long in 1/720
difference in length is 0,3 mm per centimeter. i suspect the airplane to be about a centimeter long at 1/700.
so difference is hardly noticeable.

now 1/32 and 1/35
32/35 = 0,91
but the average figure is 5 cm tall (in 1/32),
therefore the difference in height would be 0,09 x 5 centimeter = about half a centimeter compared with a 1/35 figure.

hope this helps.