Plastics

[Shahbahraz]

Ok, so i recently purchased a 1/48 Me 109 for a scenario, and it included plastic ground crew and Luftwaffe officers.

The quality of these is just far beyond the other plastics I have used - why can't we get plastic figures more like this?

[Etranger]

The cost of producing such detailed injection mouldings probably comes into it. Also compare the 1/35 'New Generation' Dragon figures with their older ones, or Tamiya's offerings over time. Even the largest companies have a learning curve.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

How do the figures look next to normal 1/56 (28mm) stuff?

[Etranger]

How do the figures look next to normal 1/56 (28mm) stuff?

28mm is a height, not a scale & it may of not be 1/56. Bigger - 1/48 is around 40mm tall for a 6 footer. 1/35 is around 54mm high for a 6' man. (ie 54mm, although that was originally 1/32) If I wasn't lazy and having my dinner I'd walk down to the storage cellar and pull one out to give you a more exact reading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scale_model_sizes

[Etranger]

The plastic figures are also considerably 'skinnier' than most 28mm figures.

[Shahbahraz]

All of the above is correct, these are slightly taller than most 28mm, closer to the 'heroic' 32mm, and much smaller heads, hands and torso than most wargames sculpts. But they look incredibly natural. I suppose one thing might be that in the wargames sets you need a multiple figure sprues, and each sprue is reproduced several times. This set has 7 figures only.