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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: An excavator folds lower but gets longer: measure both limits

An excavator folds lower but gets longer: measure both limits

Conceptual illustration: Design a removable scene insert for different model attachments

Design a removable scene insert for different model attachments

Conceptual illustration: When the number underneath a diecast model differs from the box

When the number underneath a diecast model differs from the box

Conceptual illustration: Will a 20-foot container fit a 40-foot diecast trailer?

Will a 20-foot container fit a 40-foot diecast trailer?

Conceptual illustration: Planning a mixer-truck display around the chute

Planning a mixer-truck display around the chute

Conceptual illustration: Lowboy model parts: gooseneck, flip neck and axle boosters

Lowboy model parts: gooseneck, flip neck and axle boosters

Conceptual illustration: Aerial bucket truck or service-crane model: which scene are you building?

Aerial bucket truck or service-crane model: which scene are you building?

Conceptual illustration: Checking track compatibility for a road-rail excavator model

Checking track compatibility for a road-rail excavator model

Conceptual illustration: A repositionable dozer blade is not always a moving joint

A repositionable dozer blade is not always a moving joint

Conceptual illustration: Plan clearance for an underground-model tunnel

Plan clearance for an underground-model tunnel

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