I am not sure, but Braille is the printed language for the blind. "Braille" perhaps means the Braille scale vehicle are so small that they could only be felt.

Basically this term and what it refers to seems to have changed over the years. Years ago it always seemed to refer to scales larger than 1/72, the inference being that you had to move up to "Braille Scales" as your eyesight failed. Some people referred specifically to 1/48 as the original "Braille Scale." As things seem to currently stand, the term today (at least in many model shows) refers to any scale 1/72 and smaller (1/76, 1/87, 1/100, 1/144...). I've also read that there are derogatory terms that small scale devotees use for 1/48 and larger scales such as "Toe Scale" (you can find parts with your toes) and more recently "LEGO Scale".

Cheers,
Jan

Would "Lego Scale" refer to anything other than stuff built out of Legos ?

That's really interesting. I've never heard the term Braille Scale used that way (to refer to scales larger than 1/72). I wonder if there're regional differences to the usage, then.

I don't hang out with airplane modelers like I used to, and I've never heard either of the terms "Toe Scale" or "LEGO Scale." Are those very recent or have they been used for some time? I'll have to remember to ask the wingy-thingy fans at our next IPMS meeting about those. I've never heard any of the small-scale builders at our AMPS meetings use them either (and about 1/3 of our members build primarily smaller scale armor).

I was thinking along those lines ,, but ?
It's completely new to me as I'm just getting back into the hobby .
Does anyone know how long the term has been around ?

Personally --I think you need to get to 144th or smaller to get to "blindingly small"

Some ship model scales can go down to 1/1200. So that's petty much 'Braille Scale'. ..