Who so ever asks this question is a lover of cars or other vehicles, or planes or ships or history. If this is you, this means that you already have personal tastes, nostalgias and preoccupations. You are not just passing bye, you are impressed by the things that surround you. You have a collectors’ heart.
Every collector started with his first item. So don’t let your self intimidated by some huge collections out there. In time, you’ll get experienced and the number of models will grow too. And one good thing, we don’t have to spend all money when we start.
First define what you love the most. Who likes cars, probably enjoys trucks too and would appreciate a military diorama. But remember, you can not collect them all. There are many beautiful things but if you want to get a real collection you have to be specific. Some collectors focus on vintage cars, some on motorcycles other military planes. The smaller the niche the better you can focus on your future diecast scale collection.
Second, it would be really useful to decide on a scale range 1:18, 1:23 or smaller. If you like vintage cars, and see a “beauty” on ebay you would be tempted to buy it. But try to imagine a shelve of 10-50 cars all the same size or … a shelve with one small model, another bigger another medium size.
If you still get different scales of models in your collection, the best thing is to display them on different shelves, according to scale. So you will end up having more collections according to scale.
Well, that’s it! The diecast scale world is a beautiful world. Share your collection with others, make new friends, be happy and wise …
