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What Scale diecast cars should i use for village display?
Any Villagers out there? Basically I want to start purchasing cars for my Winter Display of Lemax and Dept 56. What size diecast cars should I buy to fit. hope someone can help My son uses O scale products for his Dept 56 displays. O scale is a train scale. So you should be able find these cars at a better hobby or train store. Of course [...]
How long or large, in inches, is a 1/43 scale diecast car model?
I want to buy a die cast model of a certain car, but I do not know the exact size of a 1/43 scale car. I have a 1/18 scale, and would like to know how large a 1/43 would be. How small is it compared to a 1/43 scale? 1/43 is close to hot wheel size so that's about 3 inches long or so. Hubby has a few 1/43 and they are a tad bit bigger than a [...]
What is diecastscale.org all about?
This is the diecast scale collectors resource platform. And we are many. Some have a huge collection of diecast scale items. Some have just a few. Some have a lot of knowledge about the diecast scale business. Others are just collecting them for fun, for the beauty of things. Maybe, one is looking for a gift, to give to a kid or to an adult [...]
Why do we collect diecast scale models?
There are two aspects that make diecast scale collecting so interesting: the items and the people. First, there are so many types of vehicles that are downsized to a diecast scale model: cars, trucks, motorcycles, air planes, boats, carriages and the list will always remain open for more. Also people are attracted to old or new diecast scale [...]
