Traveller Starship Miniatures - Scale Preference

[Patron Zero]

All due credit to manufacturers of licensed miniatures of Traveller items, past and present, in particular starships for tactical-strategic use.

Is there a preferred scale for starship miniature amongst those whom employ such ?

I've seen all sorts of scales applied to other genre starships and come away scratching my head.

The reason I ask is I'm looking into producing some Traveller starship miniatures at Shapeways or Ponoko, such for my own personal use, and seem to be looking at possibly 1/450 or 1/900 for smaller vessels, 500 tons and under.

Does anyone know of the scale Andrew Boulton used for his Shapeways models ?

Thanks in advance for any replies and suggestions.

 

[David Johansen]

I really liked the "scale" of the RAFM figures but I'd probably like them a bit smaller, maybe 75%, and on a sliding scale so the fighters and capital ships aren't the scale but the fighters are still significantly smaller.

 

[Patron Zero]

In regards to that, there should be two scales, fleet scale for vessels that qualify as being referred to as capital ships and something other (label yet determined) for anything 2,000 tons or less.

Fighters are likely the smallest craft to be represented but do deserve representation, why not such appearing in the 2,000 ton or less group ?

 

[whulorigan]

In regards to that, there should be two scales, fleet scale for vessels that qualify as being referred to as capital ships and something other (label yet determined) for anything 2,000 tons or less.

In T5, the names of the two "scales" of vessel are designated:

1) ACS - Adventure Class Ships (< 2500 tons)
2) BCS - Battle Class Ships ( > 2500 tons)

 

[navanod]

Andrews scout measures 2.124 w x 3.77 d x 0.962 h (in cm), which is 1:1000. Makes for nice round numbers in the math. IIRC, the RAFM traveller mini ships were around that scale as well, as are my current experiments on Shapeways (give or take).

 

[Patron Zero]

whulorigan, thanks for that info, a little thin on my T5, works with what I was thinking.

navanod, my thanks also for both bits, simplifying the math for me is always a good thing.