Dimensions Of A Matchbox Car

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Dimensions of a matchbox car.

Matchbox major packs accessory packs roadways. It all depends on the car. Matchbox star car collection. Then measure the matchbox car.

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. 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. Hot wheels and matchbox cars and trucks vary considerably in size and there is no standard dimension. 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.

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. Matchbox regular wheel gift sets service stations. A large 4 door car like a ford crown victoria works out to 1 70 scale.

Matchbox 1 75 moko regular wheels era 1953 1961. The scale originated by halving the very common 1 32 scale which was known. 4 out of 5 rating 20 reviewed by 20 add to list opens a popup. A small car like an original vw beetle works out to 1 58 scale.

Quick view matchbox 9 car gift pack opens a popup. In millimeters ideally but convert if you have to. Don t be surprised if the number deviates from 64. 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.

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

Quick view matchbox marine rescue shark ship opens a popup. Although considered 1 64 scale even the actually scale can vary quite a bit anywhere from about 1 50 to 1 80.