|
Ratio |
Scale foot |
Comments |
| 1:2500 |
0.122
mm |
| A
European size for naval wargaming ship models. |
|
| 1:2400 |
0.127
mm |
| A
size for naval wargaming ship models. |
|
| 1:1250 |
0.244
mm |
| A
European size for ship models. |
|
| 1:1200 |
0.254
mm |
| A
size for ship and harbor models. |
|
| 1:720 |
0.423
mm |
| This
was a standard size for ship models. |
|
| 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 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 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 |
0.610
mm |
| This
is a scale used by Europeans for pre-finished airliner
models. Trumpeter produces 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. |
|
| 1:350 |
0.871
mm |
| A
Japanese size for a ship. |
|
| 1:288 |
1.058
mm |
| A
scale for aircraft and rockets. |
|
| 1:285 |
1.070
mm |
| The
US Army scale for sand-table wargames. |
|
| 1:250 |
1.219
mm |
| Used
by Heller for model ships. |
|
| 1:220 |
1.385
mm |
|
| 1:160 |
1.906
mm |
| American
and European model trains in N scale. |
|
| 1:150 |
2.032
mm |
| Used
by Heller for model ships, and proposed by the Japanese
to supersede 1:144. |
|
| 1:144 |
2.117
mm |
| Popular
for aircraft, spacecraft. Also, British and some Japanese
N scale trains. |
|
| 1:128 |
2.381
mm |
| A
few rockets and some fit-in-the-box aircraft are made
to this size. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 1:90 |
3.387
mm |
| A
scale proposed by some European manufacturers to supersede
HO scale. |
|
| 1:87 |
3.503
mm |
| Civilian
and military vehicles. Same as HO scale. |
|
| 1:82 |
3.717
mm |
| An
intermediate scale (H0/00) intended to apply to both H0
and 00 scale train sets. |
|
| 1:76 |
4.011
mm |
| Military
vehicles. Same as 4 mm scale (OO gauge, etc.). |
|
| 1:75 |
4.064
mm |
| Used
by Heller for model ships. |
|
| 1:72 |
4.233
mm |
| Aircraft,
military vehicles. |
|
| 1:64 |
R4.763
mm
(3/16in.) |
| Ships,
die-cast cars. Same as S gauge. Also called 3/16in. scale. |
|
| 1:48 |
6.35
mm |
| Military
aircraft. This is the scale used by Americans with the
0 gauge. It is not exact. |
|
| 1:45 |
6.773
mm |
| This
is the scale which MOROP has declared must go with the
0 gauge, because it ends with a five. |
|
| 1:43 |
7.088
mm |
| 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 |
7.62
mm |
| Plastic
soldier figures occur in this scale; there are a few kits
to make vehicles for them. |
|
| 1:35 |
8.709
mm |
| The
most popular scale for military vehicles and figures. |
|
| 1:32 |
9.525
mm |
| Military
vehicles; 54 mm toy soldiers are supposed to use this
scale as well. Same as Gauge 1. |
|
| 1:28 |
10.89
mm |
|
| 1:25 |
12.2
mm |
| 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 |
12.7
mm |
| Cars,
figures. Monogram made cars in this scale; Tamiya still
does. |
|
| 1:20 |
15.24
mm |
|
| 1:19 |
16.04
mm |
| 16mm
scale live steam model railways. This is also the scale
for those "four-inch" adventure movie figurines. |
|
| 1:18 |
16.93
mm |
| Cars
made from kits; there are also pre-assembled toy military
vehicles, fighter planes, and helicopters. |
|
| 1:16 |
19.05
mm |
| Live
steam trains (ridable), Figures. |
|
| 1:12 |
25.4
mm |
| Figures,
Cars, Live steam trains (ridable). |
|
| 1:8 |
38.1
mm |
| Live
steam trains (ridable). |
|
| 1:6 |
50.8
mm |
| Figures,
motorcycles, Rail Cannons, Armored Vehicles, Military
Dioramas. |
|
