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Scale Model Collecting Guides

Plan your display, identify model editions and understand materials, scale and features with practical collecting guides.

Scale Model Collecting Guides
Conceptual illustration: Identify a race-model livery: event, year and number belong together

Identify a race-model livery: event, year and number belong together

Conceptual illustration: 1:43 versus 1:18 model cars: calculate the size difference correctly

1:43 versus 1:18 model cars: calculate the size difference correctly

Conceptual illustration: Scissor, gullwing and conventional model doors: identify the movement first

Scissor, gullwing and conventional model doors: identify the movement first

Conceptual illustration: Tire lettering and wheel detail: inspect them as separate features

Tire lettering and wheel detail: inspect them as separate features

Conceptual illustration: Why a dark-blue or green model may look black in your cabinet

Why a dark-blue or green model may look black in your cabinet

Conceptual illustration: A removable model roof needs a storage plan, not just a fit check

A removable model roof needs a storage plan, not just a fit check

Conceptual illustration: Leather-look, fabric and flocking: read miniature interior claims carefully

Leather-look, fabric and flocking: read miniature interior claims carefully

Conceptual illustration: Pusher and tag axles on mixer models: read the configuration from the side

Pusher and tag axles on mixer models: read the configuration from the side

Conceptual illustration: Printed, molded or perforated grilles: what close-up model photographs reveal

Printed, molded or perforated grilles: what close-up model photographs reveal

Conceptual illustration: Model dimensions and display-base dimensions are two different footprints

Model dimensions and display-base dimensions are two different footprints

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