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I have my credit card so I'm going to buy one, or fools rush in! Building a 1/43rd step by step. Part I
by Peter Radcliffe © 2006
The origins of 1/43 scale are the early dinky toys, which were originally produced as accessories for O gauge model railways which were popular at the time, this was a real "bastardisation" of a scale being 7 mm to 1 foot!
O gauge lost its popularity but by then Dinky was established and the scale stayed as the standard for diecast toys although for some strange reason most commercial vehicles were made in 1/50th. One of the problems that has long faced model makers and collectors is that
the range of subjects has always been limited. Diecast and plastic kit manufactures are in the main large organisations that produce products at very reasonable prices. To do so they have to be subjects, which have a mass appeal otherwise sales, would not recover the expenses of masters and pattern making etc. Thus many of the subjects that appeal to enthusiasts are not modelled and thus the only option was to scratch build or "chop" an existing model.
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