S SCALE "LOTS OF THINGS"

[dinohunterpoa]

Greetings!

I have found this very nice S SCALE WEBSITE:

http://www.trainweb.org/crocon/sstructures.html

Nice surfing!

[Hammers]

What's S scale equivalent to? 1/48? 1/53?

[gilibran]

According to the descriptions on the linked site s-scale is 1/64.

[Hammers]

According to the descriptions on the linked site s-scale is 1/64.

On the small side then for 28s.

[warrenpeace]

But that scale is supposed to be exactly right for "true 25s."  May be right for you depending on whether your philosophy is to make the vehicles, ships, planes, etc. smaller for room on the game table, as the "Major General" advocates.  Not right if you like big vehicles with your big 28mm figures.

[Hammers]

But that scale is supposed to be exactly right for "true 25s."  May be right for you depending on whether your philosophy is to make the vehicles, ships, planes, etc. smaller for room on the game table, as the "Major General" advocates.  Not right if you like big vehicles with your big 28mm figures.

Hmm. Something to consider.

[Admiral Benbow]

On the small side then for 28s.[/quote]

No, it's the exactly correct scale for 28 mm figures! See:

An average man of 1800 mm height represented by a 28 mm high miniature leads to 1800 / 28 = 64,29, or 1/64 scale.

Simple, isn't it.

The same man represented by a 25 mm figure would be 1/72 scale! Or british 00 scale/gauge trainwise.

And again, the same man represented by a 20 mm figure would be 1/90 scale, or roughly 1/87. Or european H0 scale trainwise.

But don't ask me why everybody thinks 20 mm figures must go with 1/72 scale vehicles and tanks ...  :

Ahhh, scales, the neverending story ...

[Hammers]

An average man of 1800 mm height represented by a 28 mm high miniature leads to 1800 / 28 = 64,29, or 1/64 scale.

You ain't foolin' me with no fancy mathematicks and un-christian logick, Admiral!

[Gluteus Maximus]

Some beautiful stuff there - but the prices! They almost make GW's seem reasonable.

Almost..... :wink:

[PeteMurray]

The prices reflect the precision. The average train modeler seems to have a sensitivity to proportion and scale that makes Tom Meier's attitudes on the subject seem like offhand indifference. "Proper" scale modelers use "wargaming model" as an insult.

[Gluteus Maximus]

And quite right too!

My son used to be heavily into model railroads & I would take him to various shows in the UK. I was always impressed by the attention to scale & minute details shown by the modellers.

Good heavens, they even had model people who looked like humans, not drug-induced caricatures of Big Arnie  ::

Mind you, most wargamers can paint figures far better than most railway-modellers, so all is not lost.

Shame the stuff is so expensive though, even taking into account the detail etc.

Oh well, I'll stick with my cardstock buildings for now.

Cheers,
Ian

[Westfalia Chris]

"Proper" scale modelers use "wargaming model" as an insult.

And that´s a rather polite way to put it. ::

I regularly read "Eisenbahn-Modellbahn-Magazin", and if you delve into their "new product reviews" on GDR commuter trains or Bavarian standard gauge locomotives of 18whatsoever, TMP-discussions pale in comparison.

Oh yes, and the prices. Modern model railway locomotives are pinnacles of model engineering, but for the price of ONE such loco, you could build at least one WHAB army completely out of Foundry figures and still have change for all paints and glue required. Not to speak of larger gauges like IIm "garden railroads". I mean, 800 Euros for a locomotive? Whoa!

[PeteMurray]

My brother (the one with the cat named "Flughafen") is a train collector-modeler and buys EMM at the hobby shop for much the same reason that I come to this forum: To bask in Teutonic Efficiency. His prized possession is a Marklin steam engine whose price exceeds my hobby expenditures for the past two years. The modern model locos are amazing. Now they've even got decent sound systems coming preinstalled! There's really nothing like a little N scale locomotive that sounds like a big GE diesel, only a quarter mile away.

The Japanese bear a significant part of the blame for such beautiful engineering, too.

[dinohunterpoa]

One interesting thing in that page is that they talk about using certain wargaming figures in their model railroad settings!

It seems that  S-scale is growing very fast and strong, at least in the US, so we can expect cheaper products in a near future.

[Eisenfaust]

It seems that  S-scale is growing very fast and strong, at least in the US, so we can expect cheaper products in a near future.

I wouldn't hold my breath. I don't think we're going to see prices coming down, certainly not for precision-made "craftsman" structures in that scale, but I think the growing popularity of S Scale may certainly lead to a wider selection of models being produced.

Given that they're appealing to a niche market of a niche market, there just aren't many opportunities for cost-saving efficiencies without having a negative impact on produce quality. And since they know they're pitching their products to people with discretionary income in the first place, I see the current or even higher prices continuing into the near future.

Of course, what do I know?