Somewhat scarce these days, 30mm at one time was a scale of choice for many. British authors Charles Grant and Peter Young had large collections of Seven Years War figures. 30mm was during the 50s and 60s a fairly standard scale. The scale was small enough to avoid concerns about weight or cost that went along with 54mm figures. The larger 54mm figures in use for gaming were either hollow core castings or some form of plastic or resin. 54mm figures in solid metal were usually confined to jars on the shelves of collectors.

Today, 30mm figures are a rarity. 28mm is close enough in size and much more widely accepted. It is still possible to find the scale, there just seems less reason to look. One source in England (of course) is Spencer Smith.

Colonial

• Jack Scruby British Colonial 30mm

  

  Back in the 50s and 60s, the perfect scale 30mm which in the end never really caught on except in a back handed fashion when 25mm transformed into 28mm.

  The Scruby figures are pretty simple and rather plain.  They have a toy-like appearance and the poses seem a bit stiff but overall they are respectable figures.  There is not much surface detail but enough to allow a reasonable paint job especially on figures this large.

  One thing that should be apparent is that Jack Scruby offered a lot of historical ranges in a lot of different scales.

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