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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: A backhoe operator faces forward: how should you compose the display?

A backhoe operator faces forward: how should you compose the display?

Conceptual illustration: A mining truck’s payload number is not a load rating for the model

A mining truck’s payload number is not a load rating for the model

Conceptual illustration: Model safety cables and lifting eyes: detail is not a load-bearing promise

Model safety cables and lifting eyes: detail is not a load-bearing promise

Conceptual illustration: Choose a shelf height that shows the detail you bought the model for

Choose a shelf height that shows the detail you bought the model for

Conceptual illustration: Reading weathered cab windows: dust, wiper paths and the intended scene

Reading weathered cab windows: dust, wiper paths and the intended scene

Conceptual illustration: Clip-on or screw-fastened model tools: know what a change involves

Clip-on or screw-fastened model tools: know what a change involves

Conceptual illustration: Front shovel or backhoe: make the excavation scene readable

Front shovel or backhoe: make the excavation scene readable

Conceptual illustration: Rolling tracks do not mean working rollers on a diecast model

Rolling tracks do not mean working rollers on a diecast model

Conceptual illustration: When a model listing says powered: check what is actually powered

When a model listing says powered: check what is actually powered

Conceptual illustration: Buying an Evolution set for its booklet: resolve conflicting contents

Buying an Evolution set for its booklet: resolve conflicting contents

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