O scale cars?

try die cast direct

www.diecastdirect has a lot of 1:43 cars that look great on O gauge layouts.

Amazon.com has many more: more than anyone else I have seen.  Select the sub-area in Amazon for "Toys and Games" then enter 1:43 XXXX, where XXXX is the year in the search bar to get all cars of that year model, or 1:43 Porsche to get only Porsches, etc., on 1:43 1964 Porsche to be specific, etc.   Amazon has about 25,000 different models available.  Everything from $9 models of 1955 Ford Fairlanes to $125 models of Facel Vegas.  Quite amazing, the selection.   

I have about 250 diecast cars with about half on the layout at any one time: here are a couple of pictures I posted recently that show some of them.

Go to eBay "diecast & toy vehicles". Type in "1/43". You will then be given 71,887 choices.

I made this inventory of just whats is available from three sites, for the time up to 1959 this morning.

https://ogrforum.com/t...14#20999198166402614

Try PLASTRUCT. They have 1:48th scale automobiles listed on their website.

Andrew

MB Klein aka modeltrainstuff(dot)com is still running a pretty good price on their Yat Ming 1/43 die cast cars.  At $5.99 each I picked up a few for my modest layout, thanks to the tips here on OGR.  I was worried they might be a bit large for my semi-scale setup, but they fit in very nicely and have nice detail.

I've seen similar die cast cars in the toy aisle at Walgreens, CVS and even Kroger for about the same price.

Robert

As to the Plastruck cars, wellI love Plastruck - must have literally 20assorted pounds of their products upstairs at this moment - but their cars are terrible: I think they are just meant to be "representative" of cars in architectural models, etc..  This is their 1:48 "Falcon"

Thanks for this tip Robert. You type in Yat Ming to find them, at least I did, they have 55 of them.
I ordered 9 cars a 53 Ford PU., 34 Ford PU., 50 GMC PU., 50 Stude., 55 Ford, 48 Ford PU., 67 Camero, 57 Ranchero, 48 Ford SW. woodie.
9 for $53.91 + $12.52 shipping = $66.43 total or $7.38 each. I have 17 cars now, I'm just starting my collection.

which is proportioned better for O gauge, 1/43 or 1/48?

Are the 1/43 a bit too large? or close enough?

Glad you found that information helpful Dennis...just passing on the info about the good deal on Yat Ming at MB Klein that I learned about on this forum  ...and while I was remembering their prices and placing an order with MBK I went ahead and bought 4 more I don't have   They have nice detail.

I sincerely hope I didn't divert the OP's (littleevan99's) thread.  I'm never quite sure how literal folks are when they say "O Scale"...I know there are those looking for more "scale" accuracy than myself.

I really thought the Yat Ming's were going to be too large at 1:43, because as I understand it O Scale is generally referred to as 1:48.  So this kind of goes to Bluegill1's question, at least for the Yat Mings I purchased...

@Bluegill1, The Yat Mings fit with my O scale plans which is really all semi-scale in equipment at least.  The 1968 Mustang is ~4.125" (or 4 1/8 inches), and the original shows on wiki to be 183.6".  So if I'm doing the ratios correctly 183.6/43 = 4.269" which seems pretty close.  I really expected the 1:43 to be a bit large but by the look of them they're just about right for my needs...(picture probably does a better job of depicting this).

Robert

Three-rail track is about 1:45, so don't sweat 1:43 cars. Also, a Arttista sitting/driver figure sits in a 1:43 top-down 1:43 convertible just right when you view the top of the figure's head relative to the top of the windshield.

In regards to you question...What 1:48 cars???

1:48 cars don't exist. You buy 1:43 or you buy nothing. A lot of them are not exact scale. I have a 63 Corvette thats the same size as a GTO both made by the same company.

It's true that scale can vary a bit within cars described as "O" or 1:43. For instance, the New Ray (aka Nu Ray) cars are actually 1:48, but I find them a bit "cheap" looking, and they are all top-down convertibles.

A few years ago a Forum member posted a photo comparing the size of male 6' "O" figures offered by various brands. THAT was a eye-opener, which ranged from small MTH to large Preiser.

Some of the New Ray are even smaller than 1:48.  I measured one - I think a late '50s Caddy  or something that was truly monstrous in real life - to be about 1:53.  I think new ray has casting die equipment of limited length as so they fit the model car to the mold, not the other way around.

Try Alibaba if you want to order your scale autos in bulk from China.

http://www.alibaba.com/

There you can search for specific scale automobiles.

Andrew

Falcon Service

Alibabe generally requires more quantity than I want.

Maybe this guy would part with a few of his O scale cars. I think he might be an Ali Baba shopper! Quite the novel display method he has, too.

Might take a while to scrape the bugs off though...

P.S> Would he get 1,000 tickets if busted speeding?

1/43 is British O scale and a popular collectors scale. It is about 10% to large for American O (1/48) To most people visually they look fine,  There is a much larger assortment than 1/48. Heavy trucks and buses are usually 1/50 scale or S scale 1/64