Is your layout in need of 1/48 scale vehicles & figures?

I'd like to be assured that a vehicle is claimed to be 1:48 scale, actually is.

TM Terry,

then I would suggest you read the part names, as the scale of each vehicle is listed there!

Thank you,

Mike

@Mikado posted:

TM Terry,

then I would suggest you read the part names, as the scale of each vehicle is listed there!

Thank you,

Mike

They list their "claimed" scale. Too much Missouri in me.

They could list the actual full size vehicle dimensions and I'll decide the scale of their product. But that is a costly method of achieving a 1:48 scale fleet.

The Outback Toy Store - https://www.outbacktoystore.com/   has several sizes of cars, trucks and farm related equipment from O to HO, there might be a slight scale difference, but only the purist would balk at some of the things they have that no one else have if the scale is just a bit off.  I got a nice set of Allis Chalmers tractors for flat car loads that look accurate.

@TM Terry posted:

I'd like to be assured that a vehicle is claimed to be 1:48 scale, actually is.

Terry:

Well said. The vast majority of vehicles that have been manufactured and are available in the marketplace are 1:43 or 1:50. There are very few that are 1:48. I have a ton of vehicles on my layout and I don't believe that a single one is 1:48.

Pat

I was in Walmart a few years ago in the toy aisle where some toy vehicles were. I saw one that was somewhat smaller than the rest (it was a model of a full-sized American sedan, actually a police car ISTR) and bought it. When I got it home and removed it from its box, 1:44 was cast into the plastic floor. It is no more 1:44 than the Kitty Hawk is a destroyer. It scaled out to very close to 1:48 so one can not always depend on what is marked on the box or item and is significantly smaller than my Road Champs 1:43 police cars. I wish that they had more of that car.

Even the difference between 1:50 and 1:48 can be noticeable. The green R&T PCC is 1:48 and the red Corgi is 1:50:

Even allowing for the derailed car and camera angles, the difference is noticeable.

Folks; Mike Reagan with MTH Parts & Sales posted this “heads up” that they have 1/48 scale figures along with 1/48 and 1/64 vehicles.

Perhaps if you want to direct readers to an alternate source you should start a new thread and not hijack Mike’s. Just sayin…

Curt