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Miniature 1:18 scale projects for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas

 

See also Lundby, Mobilia and Lisa as well as 1:16 which is very close in scale.

 

Lundby Stockholm

 

 

Karl Edo Spook's living room
Lundby Schlafzimmer - bedroom " blue heaven"
1960er 1970er Schallplattenspieler für Lundby/Barton/Lisa Puppenhäuser

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Links to miniature 1:18 projects

  • photo albums, blog posts, webpages

 

1:18 in blogs

  • Blogs concentrating on 1:18 or categories/labels about it in blogs

Pubdolls

 

1:18 miniature groups

  • Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to 1:18.

1/16 and 1/18 scale @Flickr

 

1:18 Supplies for sale

  • Supplies needed for making 1:18 projects.

 

Miniature 1:18 for sale

  • Do you have a section for 1:18 in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.

 

1:18 books

  • Books about miniature 1:18 projects (also books with chapters about them)

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Instructions for miniature 1:18 projects

 

Miniature 1:18 printables

 

1:18 wallpapers

  • Wallpapers that go well with 1:18 projects

 

Other 1:18 printies

  • Book/magazine covers related to 1:18

 

1:18 links

  • links to sites showing how to make items related to 1:18

 

Miniature 1:18 videos

  •  Videos about miniature projects related to this subject

 

Research/ Inspiration about 1:18

 

1:18 Tips/Hints

  • Sources differ on whether the same miniatures are 1:16 or 1:18. This scale range was widely used from the 1940s to the 1970s by Marx, T. Cohn, Renwal, Plasco, Ideal, Petit Princess/Princess Patty, and other brands. The modernist Imagination Dollhouse of the 1970s was 1:18-ish, as were Caroline's Home, Smaller Home, and the Fisher Price dollhouse #250 from 1978.
  • Tyco, Fisher Price, and Polly Pocket have all included the 1:18 size in their line at one time or another. For additional people, the Fisher Price Adventure Series and Construx figures are compatible, as are figures from Star Wars, the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line, 21st Century's Extreme Detail military heroes, Blue Box firemen, and Ertl hunting figures. Many of these lines also include buildings and accessories, ranging from the very pink (Polly Pocket) to the very camouflage (Extreme Detail). Hearthsong's Halfpenny dolls offer a folksier 1:18 alternative.  Lundby is the current major producer of 1:16/1:18 dollhouses and people (the Lundby company say they're 1:18, but in reality they're closer to 1:16, see comment below) In general, adults are about 4.5"/11.2cm tall (Lundby height. Polly Pocket people are 3 3/4"/ 9.5cm)
  • Many of the smaller re-ment furniture room sets will also fit the 1:16/1:18 scale.

 

Size Examples

  • Ceilings will be 6" to 7-1/2" high. (15cm-19cm)
  • Doors will be 4-7/8" high. (11.7-15cm)
  • An adult doll who fits will typically be 4" to 4-1/2" tall. (9.5-11.5cm)
  • Rooms will usually be 6" deep or more. (15cm)
  • "Ordinary" dollhouse furniture seems too big, but half-scale (1:24) furniture is too small. Plastic 1:18 furniture was made in the 1950s-1970s by Renwal, Marx, Plastco, and others; Lundby continues to make wooden 1:18 furniture.
  • Small cottages with 7-1/2" to 8" (19-20cm) ceilings can often be furnished either way (1:12 or 1:18), depending on your goals for the house. With a couple exceptions noted below, Greenleaf and Corona Concepts products are nominally 1:12, but some of the smaller cottages can look good with 1:18 furniture.

 

Ideas about what is needed for 1:18 projects

 

 

Links to inspiring pages

 

 

Ideas for shop names dedicated to 1:18

 

 

Videos about the subject

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments (9)

pubdoll said

at 10:44 am on Jul 27, 2010

Hi. I have just sent a letter to Lundby complaining that they say they're 1:18 scale. In reality they're somewhere between 1:16 and 1:15 judged by the height of their dolls and the height of their kitchen benchtops.
Here is an outtake from the letter I sent (translated from Norwegian):

"I see you write on your homepages that the Lundby furniture and acessories are in 1:18 scale. But your dolls are all 11.2 cm which would mean they are all more than 200 cm tall, while they in 1:16 scale would be 179cm, which fits better. Earlier Lundbywas sold as 1:16 scale and the size of the houses haven't changed since then. If anything the size of the furniture and accessories has the recent years been larger instead of smaller. I collect Lundby houses myself and always use 1:16 when I'm calculating the size of the things I buy for them. It fits both the height of the kitchen work tops and with the avrage sitting height on the chairs. (5.7cm height on the kitchen work tops fits well with a real life height of 91.2cm) !"

Since there is a lot of new modern houses coming in the 1:16 scale and furniture makers like Minimodernistas and ELF have said they want to make furniture for theses houses I think it's important to get the info about the scale right :-)

johanna janhonen said

at 7:04 pm on Jul 27, 2010

Go girl - very good that you contacted Lundby and nice that you shared with us :). Keep us posted about their answer too Helene.

johanna janhonen said

at 7:09 pm on Jul 27, 2010

Centimeters are more familiar to me than inches so it would be nice if all the measures on this page would be told in both of them.

pubdoll said

at 10:28 pm on Jul 27, 2010

Hi Johanna. I have put in centimeters all around now, but they're not an accurate translation of the inches but adjusted a little to fit my experience.

johanna janhonen said

at 2:48 pm on Jul 28, 2010

thank you :). maybe you could help filling the 1/16 page next? And congrats on winning in the lottery (my daughter picked the winner) - contact Marottesud e.g. via Flickr or Facebook to get your prize :).

Julie Butler said

at 5:08 pm on Jun 23, 2011

pubdoll said

at 3:35 am on Jul 30, 2010

Wow, I never had expected to win this, thank you so much, and thank your daughter too! About the 1:16 page, I'm more than happy to assist when I get the time.

Julie Butler said

at 5:14 pm on Jun 23, 2011

Hi can someone help me please - I have an old 1970's gothenburg lundby house which was mine when I was little, however I would like to breath some life back into it for my daughter to play with. However I am stuck with the scales, I believve mine to be a 1/16 scale but the modern furniture for the smaland (as the gothenburg is now known) is 1/18 scale. If I was to buy both the kitchen units for the Smaland, would it fit nicely into my gothenburg. I am also stuck as to whether or not to keep the retro look going and buy more old barton furniture. I know it is personal choice but I cannot choose....... HELP will the new fit in the old nicely or am I best sticking with the old on the old. Please please help and advise as to what I should do.

johanna janhonen said

at 11:07 am on Jul 7, 2011

Sorry Julie for not answering earlier. I am not expert in scales although I have a Lundby myself. For me 1/16 and 1/18 are so close to each others I would mix them. I am also mixing old and new (just like in my own home), choose the best out of each and make your dream home :).

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