Jim Baumann asked me to post something here...I prefer not to pigeon hole 1/1250 apart from the other.larger,"conventional" modelling scales,as I think of it as just another branch of ship modelling,and nothing more.Each of us has our opinions on that...
It is true that the larger part of followers are collectors more than modellers,and the number of ships that have been produced in metal is vast.The difference between 1/1250 and 1/1200 is enormous,not in size but concept and quality.
I build mostly post war RN,and some USN as well as modern merchant ships. This is a couple of my recent models,less than 25mm/1" long.They are 70's-80's RN harbour tugs,only just recently retired.
The upturned tin of Humbrol is the regular 14ml type...sorry about the dust!