What is the scale of Danbury Mint White 3000?

[LDO]

I know they call it 1/24. Jimmy Flintstone offers a resin cab and calls it 1/25. I have both and took measurements. The bumper/grille popped off the diecast. It snapped right on to the resin truck. 

Anyone know what the true scale is?

[Richard Bartrop]

This is why I don't lose a lot of sleep over 1/24 vs 1/25, because the deviations from the actual scale tend to wipe out any difference.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Unfortunately, a lot of "scale" models aren't very exact.

Those headlights represent 7" round sealed-beams.

Guesstimate and measure the "glass part". If it's right at 7mm, you're very close to 1/25.

If it's closer to 7.4 mm, you're closer to 1/24.

EDIT: At least the headlights. Who knows about the measuring and dividing capability of whoever did the rest of the tooling? Those don't seem to be requisite skills in the industry anymore.

Edited March 9, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[LDO]

Yeah the resin cab is obviously a copy of the diecast. I want to make a custom toy hauler, but I just couldn't butcher that nice diecast. That's why I ordered the Flintstone piece. I suppose no one will bring calipers and tell me something is .045" off. 

Thanks

[Ace-Garageguy]

26 minutes ago, LDO said:

Yeah the resin cab is obviously a copy of the diecast...

That's interesting in light of how much has been written about the ethics of casting copies of other folk's work here.

[redneckrigger]

I have a resin cab by Flintstone, a resin one by Rick Manz, a few of the Danbury ones, and one resin one by Ron Cash. The resin ones are all a bit different in one way or another. The Danbury ones does look similar to Flinstones, but is, at least to my opinion, not exactly the same. The one in my avatar is by Manz..............a VERY hard piece to work as it was of a grainy resin, and was brittle. But, that was built 30 years ago and still survives.

Edited March 11, 2018 by redneckrigger