Bachmann figures

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Does anyone know the scale of Bachmann's "Large" scale figures?

[Jon D. Miller]

Scale?  Who knows?

Using the fireman and station agent as examples they are as follows.

In 1:24 they are 6' !"

In 1:22.5 they are 5' 9"

In 1.20.3 they are 5' 2"

So they can be whatever scale you want them to be.

Now in the case of that little grey clad engineer figure it looks like a rather small ten year old with a very old looking face.  Kid must have had a hard life

Since Bachmann started out with almost all its Big Hauler line in the 1:22.5 range the figures were probably intended to be of that scale.

The Bach Man may be able to give you a more educated answer.

At a scale 5' 2" they sure look too small for the 1:20.3 equipment.  Or in this case the railroad hired a lot of short people.


One of the "Enthusiastic Children"

JD

[NarrowMinded]

Let me throw my 2 cents in, don't forget people have gotten taller over the last 100yrs more so then other centuries so a 5'2 engineer on a 19th or early 20th century loco might not be that unlikely. unless the railroads had guidelines I havn't heard of. but judging by the lack of space in some cabs I would say smaller would be better.

NM
Just my 2 cents