Model People

[PhilJ W]

Some time back I brought a box of Preiser 1:72 people unpainted

this contained sets 72402 and 72403 which are described as walking passers by persons

unfortunately I recently through the box away so don't know the code for the set but were good value.

I haven't painted them yet so cant comment on the comparison with 1:76 but they are closer than 1:87

These figures are made for model (civilian) aircraft and there is a set in 30's to 50's fashions as well. They do tend to be American in style however especially in such things as uniforms. Another producer of 1/76 figures is/was Subbuteo although some figures like the Airfix/Dapol are nearer to 1/72 but includes several police figures and some streakers! the biggest drawback is the huge 'aspirin tablet' base on many of their figures.

[Clive Mortimore]

How about making your own

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/73321-scale-figures/?p=1080594

[PhilJ W]

How about making your own

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/73321-scale-figures/?p=1080594

Some military modellers use the same method using etched 'skeletons', these are not actual representations of a human skeleton but a frame on which the figure can be built up. These skeletons can be obtained in various scales from military modeling specialists.

[Il Grifone]

00 figures are not super abundant, H0 is after all the world scale and military figures are usually 1/72 or 25mm.

 

25mm figures would be about 6 feet tall 1/72 (6' 3" in 4mm) which is about the maximum height. (There are taller people, but we are well down the bell curve - most people are between 5 and 6 feet.)

[Torper]

I think as few figures as possible should be used.  All too often I've seen pictures of layouts where I was almost ready to believe that they were the real thing, not models, until I saw the "people".  They just gave the game away entirely.  Worst perhaps are people in running or walking poses - a bit like stationery cars pretending to drive along a road.

 

DT

[PhilJ W]

The 20 mm military figures are more common than the 25 mm but are quite close to HO scale. The etched 'skeletons' I mentioned above are available in various sizes IIRC starting at 20 mm and going up in 2 mm stages.

[Clive Mortimore]

Military figure sizes are from the base to the figures eyes, so a 20mm figure is about 22-23 mm tall to , i.e. 5ft 6ins to 5ft 9ins in 1/76th scale.