I can understand why Tamiya figures are smaller than that of, say, Dragon. They are after all based on Japanese sizes. However, when I compare Tamiya's US Weapons sprue, most of the items are tiny compared to the accessories that come with Dragon models. The guns are all the same sizes, but why are the grenades, spades etc so much smaller?
And which companies version is more accurate? I honestly have no idea.
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Harry

The Tamiya weapons are scaled to the size of the Tamiya figures. The best way to determine which rifles, e.g., are more accurate is to get the length of a prototype and see which model comes closer to being 1/35. The M1 Garand is 1103 mm long. An exact 1/35 replica should be 31.5 mm long.

Cheers, Al.
Yeah, I found that the guns are the same, yet things like pistol holsters, grenades, spades are much smaller. Problem is, I don't know the real life 1:1 scale size of these items.
And would I get away with using the smaller Tamiya parts alongside the larger Dragon ones?

Thanks,
Harry

I think the general rule of thumb is it is ok to use different manufactures figures since people are different sizes in real life. However, equipment is a different story. all the equipment on the different figures should be the same size or else it could be very noticable. You can do this in one of 2 ways, measure everything out like Al suggested, or do the more simple approach and use the same equipment for each figure from one manufacturer, therefore all holsters from Tamiya or all grenades from DML.

Sean

Thanks guys. Yes, it make sence to use just the same make.
Anybody know which ones (DML v Tamiya) are technically more accurate size wise?

Thanks for all the help so far.

You can get a good idea by using google to find the size of, for example, M1911 .45 caliber. Then divide by 35 to get the correct size.The holster is only marginally larger so the one the measures closest will be the one to use. If you can get the official name of the rest of the equipment, you can do the same. (That's how I got the length of the M1 in my first post.)