Max-U52 wrote:As for scale, we're all used to seeing scales in fractions, is there a different system when you use the metric system? I'm sure one of you guys can Enlighten an ignorant old man.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that 1/32 scale is equal to 54 mm scale, but I don't understand what the 54 mm means. Is that 54 mm compared to 1 M, or what?
Sadly some people wrongly say 54mm is 1/32nd scale, when 1/32nd scale is nearer 58mm. When scale is mentioned in millimetres, it's the height of a 6 foot tall figure. This started with war gaming figures, they'd game with different sized figures, from 1/4 inch up to 2 1/8 inch (54mm), it's just the metric equivalent to the old imperial figure sizes. And a 1/32nd figure is 2 1/4 inches tall.
As for bigger figures, they kept that war gaming theme by giving the figures a height, hence 120mm figures, but 120mm figures are nearer 1/15th scale, they are NOT 1/16th scale. 1/16 scale are 114.3mm (4 1/2 inch).
As for metric to English.
1 inch is 25.4mm and 120mm is NOT 4 inches Shaun, 4 inches is four times 25.4mm, which is 101.6mm.