Originally Posted by
bobward
Just for the people who might read the Grauniad. 1/72 means that one inch (or centimetre) on the model is equal to 72 such units on the real thing
or to put it another way, the pilot standing next to the Spitfire would be just over an inch tall (with a moustache about 3/16 of an inch wide)
. . . and had it been a Bf109, then the pilot would have been a little under an inch tall