Automobiles/ Trucks 1/43-1/50 scale let’s see them

Coach Joe:  to me it does not look too far off 1/43.  Remember that IRL that 53 Ford would have been shorter, more narrow, and higher than a Dodge Charger R/T as most modern cars moved in the direction of lower and longer in progress from the 50's.  You could get the length of the actual car likely from the internet and compute the actual scale.  P.S. thank goodness you didn't by a "Super Bird" Dodge or it would really look long (LOL).

Best Regards

Don

Coach Joe,

First of all, that Charger looks great.  I think you can get away with it just fine with the Ford and the nifty Walker tow truck (boom?).  Next to the Matchbox, it seems too off scale but some of that may be due to the camera angle/lens.  Of course, it all depends on your "standards" <-- See what I did there?

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Coach - it definitely looks a little larger than 1/43rd scale, but I think it will look just fine with your other cars with a little work on how you stage everything and a little forced perspective.

Some cars are always going to be bigger than others, even in the same scale. After all, a 1/43 Vega is going to be a lot smaller than a 1/43 Bonneville.

Don I do have a Charger Daytona with the wing squirreled away.  I wish it was handy because it would reside close to these two I bought.

Lee, once I looked at the pictures it did look closer to the First Gear 1:32 tow truck than it did to my eye in person.  Sitting next to each other I thought it too small but in the picture it looks right. 

I think these two nice looking cars are going back to the store.  I've got enough vehicles of various sizes that I don't need to holding on to more if I can't use them with the trains.

Thanks to everyone that chimed in.

Here’s the tanker picking up a load of crude oil from the holding tank in the background, while a worker checks the quality of the pump’s output. (Hey, it’s my world and that’s the way it works!)

Hi Ted, been waiting to hear from you. It was a new challenge to put leds a switch and battery inside the old dinky but I think it works. Thanks for the kudos.

Coach, I think that Charger is acceptable, I think you can pull it off with careful placement. I say go for it.

And Artie, beautiful scene with your new tanker. Looks great.

Joel

Joe, just looking at the photos, and from experience, I would guess the Dodge is a 1/40 scale.  Many sold in stores are in that scale.  If you go back a few pages, I posted how to measure these cars to get the scale.  I don't have the formula with me as I am up at my summer house working'... 1/40 will fit in with most of your 1/43 and smaller vehicles'...

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Here’s the tanker picking up a load of crude oil from the holding tank in the background, while a worker checks the quality of the pump’s output. (Hey, it’s my world and that’s the way it works!)

Artie. Nice pic. Looks good and the figs look great makes a nice scene. Thanks for sharing with us and the build.

Thanks, Lee, and again, the advice on the painting.

Artie

Servicing the charger!!

Just got a catalog from that Die-cast co.( I don’t want to mention names- not sure if they advertise here), and they have a sale on small items, such as 1/48 garage tools, tires, sacks, track gang tools, milk cans, oil barrels, and such. It turns out there were more options on their site, than in the catalog.

Hi guys, great photos, Joe I am sorry about the car size. I always look when I am at walmart to see if there is something that will work and sometimes its a hit and others its a miss! LOL But I have learned that the distance from the web of my thumb and index finger is 5" and I know thats about the right scale!

Sorry I havent commented sooner as I have been busy with the house and dog!

Here is my collection of the three LCCA sets of die-cast vehicles:

I also posted these photos on a separate thread but it belongs here:

@Artie-DL&W posted:

This is the new Atlas 1/48 Jeep, which I ordered from Nicholas Smith Trains. Very nicely detailed model. I compared it to the Jeep’s from Menard’s, and it’s very slightly larger. It’s leading an expedition  to recover a downed UFO from Area 51.

Atlas advertises that the Jeep is 1/48, but it is actually 1/43.

The Menard's Jeep is actually 1/48, but they still refuse to ship it to California.

@stangtrain posted:

Here is my collection of the three LCCA sets of die-cast vehicles:

I also posted these photos on a separate thread but it belongs here:

I like that Mack R Mixer thanks for posting

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Just got a catalog from that Die-cast co.( I don’t want to mention names- not sure if they advertise here), and they have a sale on small items, such as 1/48 garage tools, tires, sacks, track gang tools, milk cans, oil barrels, and such. It turns out there were more options on their site, than in the catalog.

Artie. If it’s Diecast Direct there a sponsor

Joel and Ted, thanks for your input.  If the Charger and Road Runner had been bought for general placement on the layout I believe they would work, however the intended use would have them next to other muscle cars of that era that unfortunately just got stored so a direct comparison wouldn't be easy at this time.  So rather than hold onto them and hope the work in the future I've decided to return them.  If the scene I've got planned ever makes it to a layout it'll be fine without the extra vehicles.

Thanks, Lee, yes, it’s Diecast Direct.

@coach joe posted:

Joel and Ted, thanks for your input.  If the Charger and Road Runner had been bought for general placement on the layout I believe they would work, however the intended use would have them next to other muscle cars of that era that unfortunately just got stored so a direct comparison wouldn't be easy at this time.  So rather than hold onto them and hope the work in the future I've decided to return them.  If the scene I've got planned ever makes it to a layout it'll be fine without the extra vehicles.

Coach - if you're looking for a '60's 1/43 Charger that won't break the bank, it looks like DD has a couple on their website - like this example.

1:43 Bullitt - 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, Greenlight Collectibles: Diecast Direct, Inc.