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Scale Diecast & Plastic Model Sizes

This is a list of scale model sizes, comprised of a variety of size ratios for scale models.

Ratio	Comments
1:2500	A European size for naval wargaming ship models.
1:2400	A size for naval wargaming ship models.
1:1250	A European size for ship models.
1:1200	A size for ship and harbor models.
1:720	This was a standard size for ship models.
1:700	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 joined in.
1:600	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	This scale was used by Monogram 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	This is a scale used by Europeans for pre-finished airliner models. Trumpeter produces ships in this scale.
1:432	The scale used during the Second World War by the US Navy for aircraft recognition.
1:400	A European size for ship and submarine models.
1:350	A Japanese size for ship.
1:288	A scale for aircraft and rockets.
1:285	The US Army scale for sand-table wargames.
1:250	Used by Heller for model ships.
1:220	Same as Z gauge .
1:160	American and European model trains in N scale .
1:150	Used by Heller for model ships, and proposed by the Japanese to supersede 1:144.
1:144	Popular for aircraft, spacecraft. Also, British and some Japanese N scale trains.
1:128	A few rockets and some fit-in-the-box aircraft are made to this size.
1:108	An historic size for ships, also used for rockets and spacecraft.
1:100	A Japanese scale for aircraft, spacecraft, and giant robots.
1:96	An historic scale for ships, also used for spacecraft.
1:90	A scale proposed by some European manufacturers to supersede HO scale .
1:87	Civilian and military vehicles. Same as HO scale .
1:82	An intermediate scale (H0/00) intended to apply to both H0 and 00 scale train sets.
1:76	Military vehicles. Same as 4 mm scale ( OO gauge , etc.).
1:75	Used by Heller for model ships.
1:72	Aircraft, military vehicles.
1:64	Ships, die-cast cars. Same as S gauge . Also called 3 / 16 in. scale .
1:48	Military aircraft. This is the scale used by Americans with the 0 gauge. It is not exact.
1:45	This is the scale which MOROP has declared must go with the 0 gauge, because it ends with a five .
1:43	Still the most popular scale for die-cast cars worldwide, metric or otherwise. It originates from the scale that the British use with the O gauge .
1:40	Plastic soldier figures occur in this scale; there are a few kits to make vehicles for them.
1:35	The most popular scale for military vehicles and figures.
1:32	Military vehicles; 54 mm toy soldiers are supposed to use this scale as well. Same as Gauge 1 .
1:28	Biplane fighters.
1:25	Cars, figures. AMT (now combined with Ertl ), Revell , and Jo-Han made cars in this scale. This is preferred in Europe to 1:24. Holland has whole toy villages in this scale.
1:24	Cars, figures. Monogram made cars in this scale; Tamiya still does.
1:20	Cars.
1:19	16mm scale live steam model railways. This is also the scale for those "four-inch" adventure movie figurines.
1:18	Cars made from kits; there are also pre-assembled toy military vehicles, fighter planes, and helicopters.
1:16	Live steam trains (ridable), Figures
1:12	Figures, Cars, Live steam trains (ridable)
1:8	Live steam trains (ridable)
1:6	Figures, motorcycles, Rail Cannons, Armored Vehicles, Military Dioramas.

 

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