RAFM Starship miniatures

[kristof65]

Anyone have an idea on what scale RAFM did their line of Traveller spaceship minis in?

For some reason, I'm having trouble with my math, and the answer I keep getting by measuring them can't be right.

 

[captainjack23]

Anyone have an idea on what scale RAFM did their line of Traveller spaceship minis in?

For some reason, I'm having trouble with my math, and the answer I keep getting by measuring them can't be right.

Yes. I'm not sure if they ever specified, but it's somewhere around 1:1350 or 1:1400. I was ding some custom stuff of my own and discovered the very cool fact that at those scales, a 1cm3 cube of Green stuff equals 100 displacement tons (1350/1400 m3).

And lo and behold, most rafm ships can be modeled to their traveller specifications by using 1cm3 = 100dT !

 

[kristof65]

Thanks! My guestimates were between 1/1200 and 1/1500, based on the fact that the Ad Astra/Mega Miniatures Free Trader was 1/1000th. My math kept trying to tell me that the scale was 1/670th, which I knew wasn't right - must be using the wrong formula.

That ratio is very handy to know - that means you can do a scratchbuilt model up, then do a volume test on it to discover its "true" tonnage, without having to worry about it before hand.

 

[captainjack23]

Thanks! My guestimates were between 1/1200 and 1/1500, based on the fact that the Ad Astra/Mega Miniatures Free Trader was 1/1000th. My math kept trying to tell me that the scale was 1/670th, which I knew wasn't right - must be using the wrong formula.

That ratio is very handy to know - that means you can do a scratchbuilt model up, then do a volume test on it to discover its "true" tonnage, without having to worry about it before hand.

DING ! Yes, a volumetric flask works wonders - I now know the tonnage of all kinds of things at 1:1400.....