Hi Peter aNd welcome to the forum.

Two choices…either find out what sort of length the original was and work out the scale of your boat, or make some card figures to mount on the boat until you get the right look.

make the card figures to commercially available sizes so that you can buy some figures of a similar size. Charity shops have, er, fireman Sam figures usually, which come in different sizes to compare, for instance.

Ashley

Hi Peter,

Assuming your Fire Float is the 34" version, it's around 1/18th scale as the original fullsize boats were 46ft long

So your 6ft fireman needs to be 4 1/2" tall, as Ashley says charity shops if your lucky to fine Doctor Who figures?

DM beat me to it

Regards Ray

Edited By Ray Wood 2 on 17/03/2020 16:59:22

The Bruder figures are listed as 1:16th

Colin

An interesting scale issue this one: I always thought these 'fire' launches were around 60-70 feet in length….ie about the same length as the ASR launches based on British Power Boats and Vosper Thornycroft designs. (My Dad skippered one in WW2…).

My own little effort is 16" length and 1/48 Revell Airmen when held up against the wheelhouse door looked just bang on. Maybe my cabin is 'not quite right' but, as it's just fun scale, I tend to go on whether it just "looks right".

On the other hand, I know men who are 4' 8" tall and others who are nearly 7 feet ! What do we do with scale here ?

Dave

For RAF crew, I used a mid-to-dark blue (not as far as "deadly nightshade" but perhaps a shade or two lighter).

Black boots /shoes and a bit of dirt on mechanics overalls etc. If they're traditional fire crew, there are a number of different cues eg in the Fleet Arm Arm we had guys with white overalls and orange or buff jackets….have a look at some photos on the net for further ideas.

Dave