1:43 car kits

[Smoke Wagon]

Has anybody put a 1/43 car next to a 1/25 car to compare relative size? I don’t have the kit on hand yet, but I got the idea to turn an AMT 1/43 ‘48 Ford into a 1/25 scale pedal car. 

[bisc63]

To give yourself an idea of how it will scale, as a rule of thumb you can use a metric tape and each mm will equal 1 inch at full size for a 1/25 scale comparison. This will ballpark it for something that small. Example: Body length of my 1/43 AMX model is 110mm,  means a full size vehicle of 110 inches, or 9-ft.,2-inches in 1/25. Too big for a pedal car, I'm afraid.

[Can-Con]

It would be a huge pedal car. 

At 1/43, it would be over 1/2 the size of a 1/25 car. Somewhere over 7 and 1/2 feet in real life

Something like this,,

Edited February 20, 2022 by Can-Con

[Smoke Wagon]

15 minutes ago, bisc63 said:

 

To give yourself an idea of how it will scale, as a rule of thumb you can use a metric tape and each mm will equal 1 inch at full size for a 1/25 scale comparison. This will ballpark it for something that small.

 

I hadn’t thought of that, neat method and thank you. 

[Smoke Wagon]

17 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Something like this,,

Hey I remember those! That guy in the Southwest who creates dwarf cars. I learned about him a couple of years ago, if I recall correctly, a refrigerator was the starting point on his first build. 

[Russell C]

3 hours ago, Smoke Wagon said:

...That guy in the Southwest who creates dwarf cars. ... a refrigerator was the starting point on his first build. 

Ernie Adams, Dwarf Car Cruisers: https://www.dwarfcarpromotions.com/

Edited February 20, 2022 by Russell C
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[peteski]

Thinking without doing any calculations Matchbox or Hot Wheels models (around 1:64) would probably be better for making a 1:25 scale pedal car.

[Phirewriter]

Hot Wheels as a matter of fact make this...

[bytownshaker]

Check out the train dept at your local hobby shop for HO scale (1/87 I believe ) cars. They are approx 1/2 to 1 inch long.

[Smoke Wagon]

Got my 1:43 Ford in the mail today. You guys are correct, it is just over half the length of a 1:25 car. Not big enough to be a dwarf car, but not small enough to be a pedal car. Included in the photos is the Revell 1:25 ‘48 Ford convertible for scale reference.

It doesn’t quite fit into a pickup bed either.

[peteski]

For a 1:25 dwarf car a 1:32 scale model would likely be the right size.

[bytownshaker]

Here's a Comparison of 1/24? Ferrari GTO diecast and a 1/43 and 1/87 (HO Herpa) Ferrari F40's.

 

[Casey]

There were some resin cast pedal cars produced in the late '80s/early '90s, too, so those might be worth seeking out.