But once you get past that, 1/48 is 50% larger than 1/72. 1/72 scale is exactly twice the size of 1/144, or 100% larger. If we want to make an aircraft analogy, 1/16 is like jumping from 1/48 straight to 1/24. If you run the numbers, it’s over 24″ long. Just to give you a sense of how massive the Abrams is in 1/16. When you move into Tigers and T-72s and M1s, you quickly progress into the realm of the ludicrous. The same cannot be said for most other tanks. Blowing it up by 100+% makes it big, but not too big. Like the Renault FT, it’s miniscule in 1/35. Thing is, though, the 38t is a tiny tank. If 1/16 meant a ready availability of tank kits about this size, I’d be excited. So with 1/16 scale being all over the place lately, thanks to Trumpeter’s new M1A1 and Tamiya’s incoming M1A2 Abrams, you’d think I’d be rather excited. In many ways, 1/35 is kinda like 1/48 in the aircraft world (and 1/48 armor is like 1/72 aircraft and so on). Even modern MBTs like the Abrams lack a strong sense of presence. No, not because of cross-display issues with 1/32 or anything like that. For years, I’ve lamented that we’re pretty much stuck with 1/35 scale when it comes to armor.
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