What scale vehicles are you using for your layout?

Ron045 said:

I find it difficult to find reasonably priced 1:48 vehicles.

Most are 1:43 and 1:50. I think 1:50 look better.

Ron

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Diabolik said:

I am just curious what scale/type of vehicles you all are using on your platform? I guess technically 1:43 would be ideal but it seems like 1:48 are much more common and affordable. I bought a couple of 1:48 vans and have been trying to decide if I like them or not. Being 100% realistic isn't tops on my list, but I at least try to keep the scale of most things correct.

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gunrunnerjohn said:

Actually, at least in the US, 1:48 would be ideal, but they're far harder to find than the ubiquitous 1:43 models, at least anywhere I look! Since you're in the US, where do you find all those 1:48 vehicles?

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gunrunnerjohn said:

I'm actually looking for vehicles from the 1930's through the 1970's.

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Diabolik said:

I seem to find more 1:48 Where are you getting the 1:50 from?

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Ron045 said:

I usually wait for them to go on sale at Rite Aid or CVS at 2 for $6 or buy one get one free which still ends up being $6. Most are 1:43 with a smattering of 1:50. I've never seen 1:48 on their racks.

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Lee Willis said:

Well, Brooklin makes gorgeous 1:43 models of "plain-jane" cars from the 1930s through the 1950s, including, they claimed at one time, at least one model of a Buick from every year from 1931 through the mid 1960s. You have a lot of choose from. Of course, they cost a lot of money - list price usually is over $150 although I managed to find nearly all mine for between half and two-thirds of list price, and occasionally one priced like "normal" diecast models, mixed in with them at swap meets. I think you get what you pay for: they are detailed - just wonderful models, always all-metal except for the tires and windows, and nearly indestructible. Most important, though, they are good models of cars you generally cannot otherwise find made as models (not many models of a bottom on the lineup base Plymouth coupe from 1936, but Brooklin makes one). Here are four slides of some of mine from a posting I did about four years ago. I had a lot of them back then and many more now.

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gunrunnerjohn said:

I'm afraid my budget doesn't support $150 single vehicles, even if they're discounted to $100. 😟

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rrman987 said:

The trick I find is (obviously, duh) to NOT group mis matched proportioned (1:43 and 1:50 and 1:??) vehicles and certainly not next to out of proportioned people ("jolly green giants" next to small vehicles and vice versa).

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