Modern Gaming in 28mm; Scale and Scenery

I have received all of my recent orders of cars and was overall very happy with the cars. Though I now have a collection of cars between 1:50 and 1:60.  

Since I have such a variety in scale not all the cars look good beside each other. I am using mainly Wargames Factory figures with a few Cold War and Last Night on Earth. I will be getting Hassefree and Studio Miniatures later on. 

Average Male Height North America; 

69 inches (5 foot 9) or 1753mm

Figure Height; 31mm with base; 32mm

Actual Scale 1:56.5 with base; 1:54.7

But figures are never standing up straight so a half or 1mm could be added. 

Standing Straight; 32mm with base; 33mm

Actual Scale; 1:54.8 with base; 1:53.1

With Cold War or LNOE Base; 1:49 (Height Only)

Average Female Height in North America

64 inches (5 foot 4) or 1626mm

Figure Height; 30mm with base; 31mm

Actual Scale; 1:54.2 with base; 1:52.4

Standing Straight; 31mm with base; 32mm

Actual Scale; 1:52.4 with base; 1:50.8

What does this actually mean?

Every mm on the model corresponds to 2.22 inches 

Overall, the scale without a base is 1:55 for these figures, but an argument could be made for up to 1:53. 

So now side by side comparisons with the vehicles. 

Here is beardy Rick Grimes beside a 1:64 Fiat and a Ferrari. Both are actually exactly 1:55. The same as Rick. 

Here he is beside a Jada "Too Fast Too Furious" car. Advertised as 1:55 they are exactly that. 

Here he is beside a Menard's "Denver Diecast" van. The vans from Menard's I received were all 1:56. The Volkswagen Van is 1:52. 

I did not purchase their cars, but they appear to be 1:48 to 1:50. 

Here is a size comparison of a Jada 1:64 (actually 1:60) police car, the 1:56 SWAT van and a 1:53 police car by FastLane (scale not listed). 

1:60 sounds way too small, and this car does not work well beside my larger scale vehicles but...

Is it just me or does that look exactly right? The cops heads and shoulders are over the top of the cruiser. 

Here is Rick beside a laughably large 1:43 car. Though only slightly longer it probably has double the volume of a properly scaled car. Rick's head is level with the roof of the car. To me these don't work at all. They are enormous. 

Here is a 1:53 police car, another Crown Victoria. Almost the exact right scale. 

Here is Rick with the 1:43, 1:53, 1:55 and 1:60. The black 1:55 is not a police car but is around the same proportions. The 1:43 car is probably 3 times the volume of the 1:55. 

Here is one of the "o gauge" train scenery cars. They are all between 1:50 and 1:51. I have a large number of different coloured trucks made by Welly that are 1:51. I really like these cars but they don't mix well with most of my Siku. Siku does not make very many modern sedans in normal colours but these plastic train cars are about $3 each Canadian. They are a little large but passable. They also have compact cars but the interiors are white. 

Here is Rick beside a 1:56 Toyota LandCruiser by Siku. Probably the largest  Siku at "1:55".

Here is a 1:56 truck by Maisto. 

Here is a Welly 1:51 Silverado, it is a little big, but it matches exactly with the OGuage cars. They are available in multiple colours at every "Chapters". It would also make a good Ford 250 at 1:55. 

I have not purchased larger vehicles yet but a lot of 1:43 transport trucks, buses and construction equipment are actually 1:50 or even 1:55. Realtoy vehicles seem to at least some of the time, actually be 1:55. Tonkin and First Gear are 1:53 and 1:54 but seem very expensive.