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For many years now I have gladly bought Mr Strelets figures (Since the new Style) great range and great figures. Now for some of the other makers can you please look at Strelets figures the scaled up size is around 5ft 9 in or 172cm the Japanese figures were a bit smaller (as they should be)
1/72 scale 6ft = 2in/183cm Paratroopers are normally tall Asians are normally smaller. The crunch do I want 5ft paratroopers NO !!!
What a waste of time and plastic not the first or the last company to under or over size the figures
do they not look at the figures before they make them.
Yep, sounds like the Mars 'mighty midget' US paratroopers, which PSR reckon are about 1/80th scale. It is a shame, as the bazooka team in this set look quite good.
Scaling problems afflict several manufacturers unfortunately, and the scaling of some Mars figures is quite bizarre - some are almost 28mm scale in height and bulk, others are tiny, like the recent US paras. Why is this?
Yes, perhaps if they had sculpted with properly 'bloused' pants in the paratrooper style, they may have been taller!
The set also suffers from "Thompson's Curse" - an infestation of SMG's at the expense of regular riflemen who made up 90% of all infantry companies - including Airborne.
They are too short but I remember Urquart (CO 1st Airborne division)saying that at 6ft he was too big and heavy to be a paratrooper and as I understand it, it was a positive disadvantage to be a big guy as a paratrooper with a much higher risk of injury.
They are too short but I remember Urquart (CO 1st Airborne division)saying that at 6ft he was too big and heavy to be a paratrooper and as I understand it, it was a positive disadvantage to be a big guy as a paratrooper with a much higher risk of injury.
Yes, I remember the late, great Sean Connery in the role of Urquart speaking this line in 'A Bridge Too Far'. I wonder however whether this was another way of saying "I'm getting too old for this jumping-out-of-aircraft-into-enemy-territory game"...?
I have seen many photos of allied paratroops circa 1944/45 where height does not seem to be an issue, some in fact clearly being quite tall.
At risk of using the Strelets Forum to discuss A N Other's set of figures, I think the PSR have clearly identified that the scale is wrong with respect the Mars set, since the weapons are also too small for 1/72.
A quick search of the internet has thrown up the following information about the height and weight of an 'average' US soldier in WW2:
'In the US Army during WWII, logs were kept by the Quartermaster Corps of what sizes of clothes were issued for supply purposes, as well as by the Medical Corps for statistical purposes. It was found that the average male inductee was 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighed 144 pounds; an inch taller and eight pounds heavier than his Great War counterpart. He had a 33 1/4" chest measurement and 31" waist measurement; he could expect to add an inch to his chest and gain anywhere from five to twenty pounds during training. Many inductees were underweight due to insufficient nutrition as they grew up during the Great Depression.'
'In the US Army during WWII, ....... the average male inductee was 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighed 144 pounds; an inch taller and eight pounds heavier than his Great War counterpart. He had a 33 1/4" chest measurement and 31" waist measurement; he could expect to add an inch to his chest and gain anywhere from five to twenty pounds during training. Many inductees were underweight due to insufficient nutrition as they grew up during the Great Depression.'
Indeed! Ask any militaria collector how rare it is to find original uniforms in sizes bigger than 36" chest, 30" waist. Bear in mind also that almost all combat infantrymen were aged 18-22 years, not the portly middle aged men seen in movies and at reenactments that certain companies seem to style their figures on!:face_with_rolling_eyes: