In scale modelling, scale-grouping does not appear to be used to give names to particular scale-bands.

The nature of scale model-making allows for any viable scale to be used with almost any subject, but it is common for the largest subjects (usually capital ships and similar) to be modelled in very small scales down as low as 1:3200. Smaller scales are used, but not normally for modelling kits – they are usually the reserve of pre-assembled models.

In wargaming, there are micro scales, which are basically those from 6mm to 10mm man-height, and there are sub-micro scales, which cover anything smaller. Generally they are split between genres or theatres of battle, such as naval micro or space micro. This tends to reduce the number of individual scales used by the hobby, compounded by the fact that opponents need to place models of the same scale on-table.

The sub-micro scales from scale modelling that are of most interest to a wargamer fall into two distinct bands -
- there are the very small scales including 1:3200, 1:3000, 1:2400, and 1:1200, and
- there are the intermediate scales sometimes referred to as 2mm wargaming scale (though this is an incorrect conversion) such as 1:700, but mainly 1:600.

The 1:1200 scale is mostly used by wargamers for naval gaming with sail ships from Ancients up to around the time of the American Civil War, and for steam-assisted, or steam-powered, naval gaming up to around WW1.

The 1:1500 through to 1:3200 or smaller scales being primarily used for naval wargaming with propeller-powered ships that emerged at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.

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