Dimensions Of A Matchbox Car

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Dimensions of a matchbox car.

Although considered 1 64 scale even the actually scale can vary quite a bit anywhere from about 1 50 to 1 80. The ford thunderbird stock car has come out in the following 1 66 scale versions. Lesney products matchbox series range of small diecast vehicles appeared in 1953 and were one of the classic ranges of playground carpet garden and sandpit toys. The brand grew to encompass a broad range of toys including larger scale die cast models plastic model kits.

Matchbox 1 75 picture box era regular wheels 1961 1970. A small car like an original vw beetle works out to 1 58 scale. Matchbox star car collection. Ideally the cars are built to a 1 64th scale however after owning many cars over the years you start to see that this is more of a rough guid.

Don t be surprised if the number deviates from 64. Matchbox is a popular toy brand which was introduced by lesney products in 1953 and is now owned by mattel inc which purchased the brand in 1997 the brand was given its name because the original die cast matchbox toys were sold in boxes similar to those in which matches were sold. The scale originated by halving the very common 1 32 scale which was known. Matchbox regular wheel gift sets service stations.

In millimeters ideally but convert if you have to. It all depends on the car. Then divide the length of the original by the length of the matchbox car. A human is approximately 1 1 16 inches 27 mm tall in 1 64 scale.

Matchbox 1 75 moko regular wheels era 1953 1961. Matchbox 9 car gift pack find at retail offered price of the product is 9 79. In this video a mattel toy car designer explains the process of creating a toy car from measuring the dimensions to the scale 1 64 used to create realistic looking cars. 4 out of 5 rating 20 reviewed by 20 add to list opens a popup.

Hot wheels and matchbox cars and trucks vary considerably in size and there is no standard dimension. Quick view matchbox marine rescue shark ship opens a popup. The gokart they made is only about 2 inches long at the most but then some of the semi trucks they have made are over 3 inches long or over 6 inches long with trailer. A large 4 door car like a ford crown victoria works out to 1 70 scale.

1 64 scale is a traditional scale for models and miniatures in which one unit such as an inch or a centimeter on the model represents 64 units on the actual object it is also known as three sixteenths scale since 3 16 inch represents a foot. With no pretence at even attempting to use a common scale matchbox toys were individually sized to fit a matchbox and were sold in matchbox styled packaging.