Airfix 1:48 Scale releases for 2012
January 3, 2012 by beerogre
If you're looking for some cool 1:48 scale vehicles for your modern warfare game, then check out some of these offerings coming from Airfix... new for 2012!
Here's a few of the models I like the look of...
1:48 scale isn't an exact fit for 28mm, but if you're looking for big vehicles, like tanks. Then the slight difference isn't that noticeable. If you're in the mood for kitbashing some of these models for heroic scale. I think you'll find the results can be quite impressive.
I'm particularly interested in the two new single storey buildings... if the price is right... I'm sure you'll see a lot of them on a gaming table near you soon.
Of course if you're a 15mm gamer, then Airfix has you covered too... just take a look at these bridges in 1:76 (which is about 20mm or thereabouts).
You can check out the entire Airfix 2012 release schedule here.
How well does 1/48 match 40k/WHFB scale ….
It varies between manufacturer, but airfix is generally quite close with the actual vehicles, though the guns, controls etc often look a lot smaller than you’d expect.
40K/WHFB is so-called Heroic Scale (sort of 30-33mm or more sometimes).
1:48 scale will give you impressive sized tanks, very similar to the size of the standard 40K vehicle… which don’t really seem to conform to a given scale.
If you hold a proper 1:56 scale (or 28mm) tank and hold it up to a 40K vehicle it will look pretty weedy, but a 1:48 scale tank will probably be about the same size.
Think they could work well with Infinity?
That Coyote looks great. Need to look over the full line of tanks they have.
I’d like to see it as an Ork Trukk. Not having much of a visible ‘shell’ makes it look sort of ramshackle, so it’s a definite possibility for conversion.
Exactly my thought 🙂
Looks promising enough.
Like the look of the potential scenery pieces! I wonder if Airfix will be kind enough to send you guys a sample or two to do an unboxing with cheeky wee scale comparison video…
Really would need to see pics of the models against an heroic mini to see if it would work. Once yo go off scale, the ‘rightness’ of the look becomes very subjective. Some people easily overlook variance of scale that is apparent in detail areas, whereas for others, the details are what they focus on.