carsonbparker -

So, considering you are trying to make a full GHQ set, do you find the battleships, carriers, and heavy bombers (without stands) to be too large for the standard Global and/or Anniversary map?

Perhaps if I tactfully choose only a few large battleships and carriers and stuck mostly to the medium-smaller ones + support carriers.

,David

Thank you all for your valuable contributions.

Wolfshanze - you have given me some insight on the differences between the OOB units and HBG units in terms of scaling. Good to know and something I will keep in mind.

Considering that HBG and GHQ both scale based on realistic dimensions, they should both be more similar in dimension then either are to OOB.

CWO - I appreciate the links and will check them out.

Leather - I suppose this brings into question the viability of certain units on the board. For example, certain large heavy tanks and especially bomber planes might clutter the board too much. Does this appear to be a problem with appropriately scaled units? Even sea units, I would imagine, in the smaller channels.

John - I will try to find those videos. Much appreciated! Can you tell me, however, if the feeling of handling metal pieces differs significantly from handling plastic pieces?

,David

Hello,

I’m new here.

I apologize is this question has been asked before somewhere on the forum: I need to know before I start investing in miniatures if mixing and matching, for example, HBG and GHQ and CinC miniatures is a bad idea. That is - do they match well together when painted?

I am aware that GHQ are generally of a higher definition than HBG - but what about scale? I know they are both suppose to be 1/285th. But does that ring true? Peering at some of the plane models gives me the impression that HBG models can be a bit smaller. Am I being delusional?

What about material? Are they both made of different materials? If so, is this obvious when handling them on the board?

Do the differences in definition/quality really stand out when all put together?

I tend to be particularly anal about consistency and I don’t want a frankenstein set with clearly a mixed bag of pieces.

Anyway, if this post is ignorant or too generalized, please let me know.