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Would Revell, Tamiya and the rest manufacture tanks in the same scale as GW does for Imperial Guard? What is Imperial Guard scale?

No. They are not the same scale.

40K is chibi scale:



Perfect match for your alternative 40K tanks in terms of proportions... (that may actually be the one that I have seen used before too).

Anyway, 40K is so messed up when it comes to any sort of scale, you might as well forgetaboutit.

Your best bet is to go ahead and find something that is roughly the right size in terms of foot print, throw away anything that people would touch (weapons, hatches, tools) and pick up some schedule 40 pipe to fit it with some guns...

Or use some bits and smaller tubing...but a bit of schedule 40 is pretty close for a lot of them too.

thank you!

I looked into this a while back, and I found that 1/48th scale is the closest, but a bit on the small side. However, if you get large 1/48th scale heavy tanks (Like Tigers, King Tigers, Conquerors, IS's, etc.) they'll fit in reasonably as MBT's. I just finished putting together a Jagdtiger I'm building for my Dad for Christmas, and it's about the same size as a Rhino. Like Sean said, I'd probably toss any tools though, since they will be on the small side. Hope that helps!

 Sean_OBrien wrote:
No. They are not the same scale.

40K is chibi scale:



Perfect match for your alternative 40K tanks in terms of proportions... (that may actually be the one that I have seen used before too).

Anyway, 40K is so messed up when it comes to any sort of scale, you might as well forgetaboutit.

Your best bet is to go ahead and find something that is roughly the right size in terms of foot print, throw away anything that people would touch (weapons, hatches, tools) and pick up some schedule 40 pipe to fit it with some guns...

Or use some bits and smaller tubing...but a bit of schedule 40 is pretty close for a lot of them too.

Thats is an adorable tank.