Futuristic Models in Japan

[jcf]

https://futuristicmodel.ecwid.com/#

Really cool kits of atmospheric diving suits from 1882 on:

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool, but pricy. Any idea concerning the scale? 

[zenrat]

As a kid, pictures of this sort of diving suit and of early pressure suits (the type worn in high altitude research aircraft) gave me the heebie jeebies.
No idea why.

[Rheged]

As a kid, pictures of this sort of diving suit and of early pressure suits (the type worn in high altitude research aircraft) gave me the heebie jeebies.
No idea why.

Was it something to do with an odd shaped head and funny (weird) eyes?

[loupgarou]

Very interesting. Strange that they mix real-life deep-diving suits with SF items. I'd have expected 2 distinct ranges.

[zenrat]

As a kid, pictures of this sort of diving suit and of early pressure suits (the type worn in high altitude research aircraft) gave me the heebie jeebies.
No idea why.

Was it something to do with an odd shaped head and funny (weird) eyes?

I really have no idea.  The constant volume joints on the diving suits creep me out a bit for some reason but the high altitude suits don't have them.

[Dizzyfugu]

They seem to be pretty tall - maybe 1:10 or 1:8 scale?

[chrisonord]

You could put one fighting with a rubber dinosaur or Godzilla in the middle of a 1/700th scale diorama, a very flat and second hand looking Japanese city dio perhaps

[TsrJoe]

1/20 scale 

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, there are 1:20 figures, but these are explcitly marked. The dive suits are (partly) 6" tall, though, and that's considerably too large to be 1:20?

[jcf]

http://cyberneticzoo.com/underwater-robotics/1910-submarine-armor-chester-e-macduffee-american/

He makes a 13cm figure of Chester MacDuffee, so if he was 5'10" the scale would be 1/12.

Patent:
https://www.google.com/patents/US989530