Dimensions Of A Matchbox Car

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.

Dimensions of a matchbox car.

Matchbox 1 75 picture box era regular wheels 1961 1970. 4 out of 5 rating 20 reviewed by 20 add to list opens a popup. 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. Although considered 1 64 scale even the actually scale can vary quite a bit anywhere from about 1 50 to 1 80.

It all depends on the car. Matchbox star car collection. Matchbox 1 75 moko regular wheels era 1953 1961. 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. Matchbox major packs accessory packs roadways. A small car like an original vw beetle works out to 1 58 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. A human is approximately 1 1 16 inches 27 mm tall in 1 64 scale. In millimeters ideally but convert if you have to. The brand grew to encompass a broad range of toys including larger scale die cast models plastic model kits.

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. 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. Hot wheels and matchbox cars and trucks vary considerably in size and there is no standard dimension. Then divide the length of the original by the length of the matchbox car.

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

Then measure the matchbox car. Matchbox 9 car gift pack find at retail offered price of the product is 9 79.