1:200 scale
A popular modeling scale for aircraft, especially large military types.
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The 1:200 scale is a modeling scale used in the model building hobby. A vehicle or building made in the 1:200 scale fits 200 times inside its real-life counterpart in one dimension. A large percentage of models produced in this scale are aircraft models, including airliners and military aircraft.
Quick Facts
- Scale ratio
- 1:200
- Dimensional fit
- 200 times inside real-life counterpart in one dimension
- Three dimensional fit
- 8 million times if packed three-dimensionally
- Weight ratio
- 8 million times less
- Common model types
- aircraft models
- airliners
- military aircraft
- ships
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Background
The 1:200 scale is widely used in model aircraft, particularly for military models such as bombers, cargo planes, and transporters. This scale produces a reasonably sized model—not too big, but large enough to include great quality. Companies such as Hasegawa distribute 1:200 scale airliners and military aircraft.
Flight Miniatures also produces many airliner and military aircraft models in this scale, both die cast and plastic. Ships are also sometimes available in this scale. A bit less popular, but comparable in size, is the 1:250 scale.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: 1:200 scale (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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