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WZ2
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    November 2009
What the heck?
Posted by WZ2 on Sunday, December 6, 2009 10:47 AM

I have the old Revell Gemini and Mercury kit in 1/48 scale.   I also recently purchased the Revell first man on the moon kit, the one that has the lunar base with astronauts and experiments and such, also in 1/48 scale.

 

But the astronauts in the lunar kit are gigantic compared to the astronauts in the Gemini/Mercury kit. It would seem there's no way both are 1/48 scale.   Anyone know what the "true" scale of these kits is?

 

Chris

  • Member since
    December 2015
Posted by dcaponeII on Sunday, December 6, 2009 8:25 PM
I'll have to check further but don't forget that the lunar astronauts are wearing the PLSS at a whopping 200 lbs or so in 1g.  I think that's quite a bit of additional bluk as compared to the modified flight suits worn for Mercury and Gemini.  I was under the impression that the Lunar Module kit is indeed 1/48 scale.
WZ2
  • Member since
    November 2009
Posted by WZ2 on Sunday, December 6, 2009 8:37 PM

Yeah - I was thinking the same thing about the suits.  But the Apollo guys look like they would stand 2 foot taller than the Gemini/Mercury guys.  !!

 

Chris

 

 

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  • From: SI, NY
Posted by GoFlight on Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:56 PM

Hi,

For arguments sake a 6ft. guy in 1/48 scale would be 1.5 inches tall. Astronauts couldn't be taller than 6ft back in the day (today? Dunno) 

So even if the guy is 5ft9in in 1/48 scale that makes him 1.42 inches, so true 1:48 would be somewhere around there. Too tall or too short is not 1/48

Kevin K.

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