Scale is it truly 1/285?
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Scale is it truly 1/285?
Ok so for those who have actually got their hands on the exclusive minis, and for Palladium staff who have the prototypes is it possible to see how some of the pieces look when placed next to a 1/285 scale mini of a modern day jet, tank, or other military vehicle?
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
I wouldn't mind seeing that myself.
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
The jet on the right is Russian.
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... e0b274.jpg
This ones with battletech aircraft.
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... 98ef3e.jpg
Next to a chub from Mobile Frame Zero
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... ae4441.jpg
Next to 40k figs.
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... 7602e6.jpg
Sorry for the bad pics. All I have is my tablet camera.
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... e0b274.jpg
This ones with battletech aircraft.
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... 98ef3e.jpg
Next to a chub from Mobile Frame Zero
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... ae4441.jpg
Next to 40k figs.
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a45 ... 7602e6.jpg
Sorry for the bad pics. All I have is my tablet camera.
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
jedi078 wrote:Ok so for those who have actually got their hands on the exclusive minis, and for Palladium staff who have the prototypes is it possible to see how some of the pieces look when placed next to a 1/285 scale mini of a modern day jet, tank, or other military vehicle?
Standing flat-footed, a VF-1 Valkyrie should be almost exactly 44.5mm (1.75") tall at 1:285 scale.
Just going on the pic of the VF-1J next to those WH40K minis, it looks like the scale's about right... those regular Astartes are ~28mm.
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
Larry A wrote:@Kryptt
Nice use of the DT board.
Thank you sir.

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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
Kryptt wrote:Larry A wrote:@Kryptt
Nice use of the DT board.
Thank you sir.
Hey Kryptt,
Just on a lark, could you measure that VF-1J (excluding the base)? I'm curious to see how close they got to correct scaling.
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
First of all for those who responded thanks!
Is that Russian aircraft a SU-37 Terminator?
Thanks Seto.
The reason I posed this question is that I want to get 1/285 scale minis of conventional vehicles but don't want to end up getting them only to find that the RT tactics minis are not truly in a 1/285 scale.
Is that Russian aircraft a SU-37 Terminator?
Seto Kaiba wrote:jedi078 wrote:Ok so for those who have actually got their hands on the exclusive minis, and for Palladium staff who have the prototypes is it possible to see how some of the pieces look when placed next to a 1/285 scale mini of a modern day jet, tank, or other military vehicle?
Standing flat-footed, a VF-1 Valkyrie should be almost exactly 44.5mm (1.75") tall at 1:285 scale.
Just going on the pic of the VF-1J next to those WH40K minis, it looks like the scale's about right... those regular Astartes are ~28mm.
Thanks Seto.
The reason I posed this question is that I want to get 1/285 scale minis of conventional vehicles but don't want to end up getting them only to find that the RT tactics minis are not truly in a 1/285 scale.
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
Seto Kaiba wrote:Kryptt wrote:Larry A wrote:@Kryptt
Nice use of the DT board.
Thank you sir.
Hey Kryptt,
Just on a lark, could you measure that VF-1J (excluding the base)? I'm curious to see how close they got to correct scaling.
Sure whenever I find my tape measure.
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
jedi078 wrote:First of all for those who responded thanks!
Is that Russian aircraft a SU-37 Terminator?
Close, it's a 34.
http://www.shapeways.com/model/516582/1 ... erialId=62
And it's 1/285
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
pretty sure it's a 33 actually.. the 34 has a side by side seating arrangement for the cockpit, resulting in a wider egg/platypusnose appearance. the 33 is the carrier model with canards and front/back seating with a narrow nose.
and the 37 used the base frame of a 33, just without the folding wings and with greatly improved avionics.
and the 37 used the base frame of a 33, just without the folding wings and with greatly improved avionics.
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Re: Scale is it truly 1/285?
I'm just going by what the guy has on the link. Still looks good enough for RRT. 
