Dimensions Of A Matchbox Car

The scale originated by halving the very common 1 32 scale which was known.

Dimensions of a matchbox car.

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. Matchbox regular wheel gift sets service stations. After the video ended i asked about what type of math the designer was talking about proportions measurement scale and what was the scale they used. Then measure the matchbox car.

In millimeters ideally but convert if you have to. 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. It all depends on the car. Matchbox 1 75 moko regular wheels era 1953 1961.

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. Then divide the length of the original by the length of the matchbox car. Matchbox star car collection. Matchbox major packs accessory packs roadways.

Matchbox 1 75 picture box era regular wheels 1961 1970. Hot wheels and matchbox cars and trucks vary considerably in size and there is no standard dimension. A human is approximately 1 1 16 inches 27 mm tall in 1 64 scale. 4 out of 5 rating 20 reviewed by 20 add to list opens a popup.

Matchbox 9 car gift pack find at retail offered price of the product is 9 79. A large 4 door car like a ford crown victoria works out to 1 70 scale. Quick view matchbox 9 car gift pack opens a popup. 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.

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. 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. A small car like an original vw beetle works out to 1 58 scale.

The ford thunderbird stock car has come out in the following 1 66 scale versions. 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.