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Two Measures of Scale. The size of a miniature, relative to what it is a replica of, is known as the scale of the figure. For no particularly good reason, two different systems are used to rate scale. Some scales are given as a ratio, variously written as either a ratio (i.e., 1:300 or 1.300) or a fraction (i.e., 1/300).
1 For example, with a 1:300 scale miniature, if the miniature is 1 long, then the original was 300 in length. In spoken English, you would say 1/300 as one [pause] three hundred scale..  Other scales are simply listed as a certain height, such as 15mm or 54mm.