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1/350 figures on 1/400 Titanic
monkybutt
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 09:53 AM UTC
Hi everyone,
Would 1/350 scale figures look out of place on a 1/400 scale model (RMS Titanic)?

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Frank3K
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 03:56 PM UTC
The 1/350 figures should look OK, especially if they're away from doors.

I posed several 1/350 and 1/400 figures for comparison. It's a big image, so I'll link to it:

1/350 & 1/400 figures

From left to right they're:
L'Arsenal 1/350 resin
Preiser 1/350 sailor (painted)
two Preiser 1/350 sailors (bare plastic - from WMM
two figures from the Preiser 89400 Airline/Travelers set
one generic 1/350 - 1400 PE (Pathetic Example?) figure.

Frank


Dougiedog
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 08:26 AM UTC
Useful image as I have a similar dillema

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Adam
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Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 05:10 PM UTC
Just a correction, the last two plastic figures (from the Preiser 89400 set) are in 1/400.
The L'Arsenal figures are pretty good; they may not be as well proportioned as the Preiser figures, but they're fairly inexpensive and if you trim the hats (carefully - the resin is delicate) you can get them to pass for 1/400.

Frank
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