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Mack_JB · 01-09-2018, 07:18 AM

Let's math it out. I got out a plastic Mk. V and a HVY to measure with my calipers:

Mk. V = 3.275" long; 1.81" wide (over rear treads); 2.225" tall.

HVY = 1.129" long; .61" wide; .444" tall. So a real world HVY would be 28'-3" long; 15'-3" wide; and 11'-1" tall. So someplace in-between the sizes of an actual German 'Tiger II' and the prototype 'Maus'.

Winchell Chung's artwork states a Mk. V is 25.5 meters long, and a real Abrams is 7.93 meters long (from Wikipedia).

If we use Chung's 25.5 meter length, the SJG plastic Mk. V mini is to a scale of 1:306.58 -- if we instead say it is truly 1:300, than a 'real' Mk. V should be "only" 24.95 meters long.

Going with 1:300 scale still (since that is the accepted and stated goal of the minis), the Abrams would be 1.036" long; .48" wide; and .32" tall. So roughly 90% as long as a HVY, but about 80% as wide and tall.

01-09-2018, 07:18 AM	#6
Mack_JB Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: St. Louis, Missouri	Re: Mark V in HO scale? Let's math it out. I got out a plastic Mk. V and a HVY to measure with my calipers: Mk. V = 3.275" long; 1.81" wide (over rear treads); 2.225" tall. HVY = 1.129" long; .61" wide; .444" tall. So a real world HVY would be 28'-3" long; 15'-3" wide; and 11'-1" tall. So someplace in-between the sizes of an actual German 'Tiger II' and the prototype 'Maus'. Winchell Chung's artwork states a Mk. V is 25.5 meters long, and a real Abrams is 7.93 meters long (from Wikipedia). If we use Chung's 25.5 meter length, the SJG plastic Mk. V mini is to a scale of 1:306.58 -- if we instead say it is truly 1:300, than a 'real' Mk. V should be "only" 24.95 meters long. Going with 1:300 scale still (since that is the accepted and stated goal of the minis), the Abrams would be 1.036" long; .48" wide; and .32" tall. So roughly 90% as long as a HVY, but about 80% as wide and tall.