Scale Length for 1/35 Antennas

Yes, I am wondering about this also..

On my Tamiya Pz IV ausf D instructions, it says to make it 5cm high. It looked kind of short though.

Tamiya can be a bit problematic with their cm measurements....in the Wirbelwind kit they provided some string for the tow cables and dictated a 14.5 cm length. I duly followed that instruction and cannot possibly duplicate where they say the cable ought to go.

5 cm on a radio antenna sounds about right. I know modern antennas are much longer and more of the whip-type vs. a thicker/rigid mast antenna. I'm hoping someone has a reference that specifies the actual length and can do the scale conversion from there if necessary.

I would agree with these conclusions. 5 cm, +/- and couple mm, seems about right for a normal German vehicle antenna. Also, the antenna guard on the side of my PzKpfw IV Ausf G is about 4.9 cm long.

I do have some references on scout vehicles that quote them using 3 meter antennas. These would scale down to about 8.5 cm.

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