Scale Die Cast
Scale Die Cast
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 NASCAR DIECAST 1 18 SCALE LOT OF 63  US $950.00
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 NASCAR DIECAST 1 24 SCALE LOT OF 33 US $650.00
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 NASCAR DIECAST 1 64 SCALE LOT OF 140 US $550.00
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 TERRY LABONTE 1 241 181 43 SCALE DIECAST REPLLCA COLLECTION US $315.00
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 BOBBY TERRY LABONTE 1 241 181 43 SCALE DIECAST SIGNS POSTERS WALL CLOCK US $275.00
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 Set of 10 NASCAR 124 scale die cast Reflections In Gold 24K 50th Anniversary US $250.00
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 Lot of DieCast Nascar Hotwheels Collectable Cars 124 Scale Martin Kenseth SALE US $247.00
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 NASCAR DALE EARNHARDT 8 124 SCALEVINTAGE AND RARE DIECAST CAR US $237.50
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 NASCAR DALE EARNHARDT 15 124 SCALEWRANGLERVINTAGE AND RARE DIECAST CAR US $237.50
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 1 24 1 25 Scale Nascar Diecast Display Case US $229.00
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 Jeff Gordon 7 Car LOT 124 scale diecast US $204.99
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 Nascar Jeff Gordon Various Scales Diecast Lot of 4 Various Years US $200.00
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 Jeff Gordon Collective 1 641 24 scale Die cast cars and other Memorabilia US $350.00
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 ACTION JEFF GORDON 1 1992 BABY RUTH FORD THUNDERBIRD 1 24 SCALE DIECAST RARE US $199.99
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 HUGE lot 11824 scale JEFF GORDON diecast cars BV$790 US $199.95
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 HUGE lot 11824 scale JEFF GORDON diecast cars BV$875 US $199.95
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 HUGE lot 11824 scale JEFF GORDON diecast cars BV$830 US $199.95
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 NASCAR DALE EARNHARDT 3 WINSTON CUP SERIES 124 SCALEDIECAST CAR US $190.00
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 16 PC LOT DALE EARNHARDT JR ACTION WINNERS CIRCLE 164 143 187 SCALE DIECAST US $174.99
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 22 Jac Haudenschild 118 scale diecast sprint car Radioactive 1999 GMP NIB US $174.99
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 6 Mark Martin Folgers Vintage series Team Caliber Owners 124 scale diecast US $174.99
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 2006 Dale Earnhardt International Motorsports Hall of Fame 116 Scale Diecast Ca US $169.99
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 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 5 Car LOT 124 scale diecast US $164.99
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 DALE EARNHARDT 3 GOODWRENCH SERVICE PLUS CAR 1 18 SCALE DIECAST MADE BY ACTION US $159.98
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 Hot Country Nascar Alan Jackson Steel Die Cast Car 124 scale 1 of 2500 RARE NEW US $159.95
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 4 BILL ELLIOTT 1 18TH SCALE DIECAST MIB RARE GROUP US $149.99
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The History of Scales in Plastic Kits
A scale model is a replica or copy of an object that is either larger or smaller than the original. Commonly the scale model is a smaller version of the original and is produced to provide a guide for making a full size version or as a hobby or toy.
Model makers often make models for the following professions;
For architects who require a smaller version to build from.
For engineers to evaluate design performance at an early stage
For salesman to provide scaled down versions of an item for demonstration
Film makers to recreate elaborate sets
Toy makers and hobbyists make a wide variety of models including die-cast models, injection moulded, model railroads, fantasy creatures and remote control vehicles etc for their own enjoyment.
Scales and Size
Hobbyists' scale models are from those created by the companies which made the full-sized products. Originally, a "scale" was a physical measuring instrument. First among scales are the rulers that are triangular in cross-section and called architect's scales or engineer's scales. The terminology used was of this manner: "scale size to full size", or the reverse. An architect's scale was used to make the first affordable models: doll houses and their furniture. Its popular scales for these miniatures were "one inch to the foot" and "one-half inch to the foot"; there is also "three-quarters inch to the foot".
The proportion of the model to the prototype was originally called "size", as in "full-sized" or "half-sized", as used on a blueprint for making something that would fit on a workbench.
Phrases used are those of "larger" and "smaller" scales. The scale of 1/8"-to-the-foot is a larger scale than 1/16"-to-the-foot, even though the denominator is smaller. So a larger model is made to a larger scale. You can remember this in that a full-size, or full-scale, model is larger than a half-size model.
The History of Plastic Model kits
For aircraft recognition in the Second World War, the RAF selected models to the scale of "one-sixth inch to the foot" (which was two British lines, a legal division of length which didn't make it to America, besides being a standard shipyard scale). Although some consumer models were sold pre-war in Britain to this scale, the airmens' models were pressed out of ground-up old rubber tires. This is of course the still-popular 1:72 scale. It wasn't predestined to succeed; there were competitors.
The US Navy, in contrast, had metal models made to the proportion 1:432, which is "nine-feet-to-the-quarter-inch". At this scale, a model six feet is about half a statute mile; and seven feet about half a nautical mile.
About the Author
Chris Tyrrell writes for ABC Modelsport who stock a wide variety of plastic kits and radio controlled toys. Visit the website for more details.