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Let's Talk about Scale!
Let me start by saying that I am really enjoying this 1/42nd scale, and that is the reason for this post. I have been looking into building more and more stuff in this scale, and that has shown me a few things about my cars that are slightly off (For my taste). While I was planning my next build, a proper Hulkbuster smashing one of my super-cars ;), I remembered the scene where he catches a car that has been hurled at him. This car is an average four-door family sedan (I cannot see what brand). The car is about a foot (from what I can see) taller than Hulk or the Hulkbuster (somewhere between 2/3 to 1-1/4 studs taller than the big-fig). So I took my smallest car, the Innocenti, and my largest, the Veyron, and turned them on their bumpers. The Bugatti was 5-1/2 studs taller than the big-fig, which I expected, but I am not super happy with (I would like 4 or so). The surprising fact was that my Innocenti was a full stud taller than the big-fig. Now I am not a scientist, but a 2-door Innocenti should not be the relative size of a 4-door sedan. So, now comes the bit about scaling, and I would enjoy reading opinions on this. In my mind, while I want a level of scale correctness that matches the real cars, I also want them to look good next to a minifigure. So, I am fine with the scale of my supercars, but when next to a minifigure or big-fig, I don't like that there is so little size difference between a small car like the Innocenti and a Prius or whatever. However, how do I make the small cars...smaller? That is, without sacrificing major details? Thanks for reading and any ideas are appreciated!
Let's Talk about Scale!
Let me start by saying that I am really enjoying this 1/42nd scale, and that is the reason for this post. I have been looking into building more and more stuff in this scale, and that has shown me a few things about my cars that are slightly off (For my taste). While I was planning my next build, a proper Hulkbuster smashing one of my super-cars ;), I remembered the scene where he catches a car that has been hurled at him. This car is an average four-door family sedan (I cannot see what brand). The car is about a foot (from what I can see) taller than Hulk or the Hulkbuster (somewhere between 2/3 to 1-1/4 studs taller than the big-fig). So I took my smallest car, the Innocenti, and my largest, the Veyron, and turned them on their bumpers. The Bugatti was 5-1/2 studs taller than the big-fig, which I expected, but I am not super happy with (I would like 4 or so). The surprising fact was that my Innocenti was a full stud taller than the big-fig. Now I am not a scientist, but a 2-door Innocenti should not be the relative size of a 4-door sedan. So, now comes the bit about scaling, and I would enjoy reading opinions on this. In my mind, while I want a level of scale correctness that matches the real cars, I also want them to look good next to a minifigure. So, I am fine with the scale of my supercars, but when next to a minifigure or big-fig, I don't like that there is so little size difference between a small car like the Innocenti and a Prius or whatever. However, how do I make the small cars...smaller? That is, without sacrificing major details? Thanks for reading and any ideas are appreciated!