Novice Question on 1/72

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Novice Question on 1/72

Post by MilitaryMike23 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:51 am

im a little confused of the scale in MM's what MM is 1:72 scale? thanks in advance

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Re: Novice Question on 1/72

Post by hworth18 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:41 am

MilitaryMike23 wrote:im a little confused of the scale in MM's what MM is 1:72 scale? thanks in advance
IIRC, 54mm is equal to 1/72.
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Post by EnemyAce » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:48 am

Depending on who you ask, 1:72 is called between 20-25mm. 1:32 is 54mm.

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Post by hworth18 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:18 am

EnemyAce wrote:Depending on who you ask, 1:72 is called between 20-25mm. 1:32 is 54mm.
Doh!!I was thinking 1/32 scale.. My bad... :oops:
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Post by MilitaryMike23 » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:03 am

thanks all much appreciated ... will 28mm work with the scale too or is that just off?

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Post by Tshintl » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:20 am

28mm is too big for 1/72 scale. Are you looking to get in to wargaming? Most wargamers (who go by "mm") consider both 1/76 and 1/72 scale to be "20mm".

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Post by MilitaryMike23 » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:15 pm

i was just wondering my limmits as far as i can go on diorama things like buildings and etc. i am wargaming but with 1:72nd

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