Model Scale Guide

Many of our customers can get confused over the scale sizes when purchasing diecast models..
The scale is basically how many times smaller the model is from the real thing.

Obviously not all cars are the same size in real life, so the example above is a rough guide only.

You can roughly estimate the size of your model as follows:-

Aircraft

• 1:400 scale will be approximately 8-15cm long
• 1:144 scale will be approximately 15-20cm long
• 1:72 scale will be approximately 12-25cm long
• 1:48 scale will be approximately 23-30cm long

Bikes

• 1:24 scale will be approximately 8cm long
• 1:18 scale will be approximately 10-12cm long
• 1:12 scale will be approximately 14-18cm long
• 1:10 scale will be approximately 20-28cm long

Buses

• 1:76 scale will be approximately 10-15cm long
• 1:64 scale will be approximately 14-20cm long
• 1:50 scale will be approximately 16-23cm long
• 1:24 scale will be approximately 28-32cm long

Cars

• 1:64 scale will be approximately 6cm long
• 1:43 scale will be approximately 10cm long
• 1:24 scale will be approximately 15-25cm long
• 1:18 scale will be approximately 20-30cm long
• 1:12 scale will be approximately 30-40cm long