Entex Corvair Monza GT 1/25 kit is it true 1/25

[Jack L]

it looks small I have nothing to scale it to . Thanks Jack

[Mark]

Have you got any specs on the actual car (length, width, wheelbase)?  If you can find any of that information, checking the scale of the kit will be cake.

[Jack L]

pics but no specs been looking

[Ace-Garageguy]

6 minutes ago, Jack L said:

pics but no specs been looking

WHEELBASE 92"

LENGTH 162"

HEIGHT   42"

[Jack L]

thanks Ace it over a scale foot to small in the wheel base and more in OL. length too bad now to find the 1/20 one maybe it will be closer

[Mark]

I'd bet it's closer to 1/32 scale, with the 1/25 scale description being an error (or done deliberately to get people to buy one).

[Ace-Garageguy]

I dug out the kit.

Its wheelbase is 85.73mm approximately, about 3 3/8", or 3.375"

The real car's wheelbase of 92" divided by the kit wheelbase of 3.375" gives a scale of 27.26 to 1, or approximately 1/27 scale.

No telling why such an oddball scale was used, or why it's labeled as 1/25.

Still, it's close enough to be stretched to correct the dimensions with a reasonable amount of careful work.

 

Edited August 22, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy

[Dave Van]

Entex had a LOT of kits labeled 1/25 but were 1/28, a scale the Japanese loved. Most Entex kits of the era are just reboxed kits. 

[Snake45]

11 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I dug out the kit.

Its wheelbase is 85.73mm approximately, about 3 3/8", or 3.375"

The real car's wheelbase of 92" divided by the kit wheelbase of 3.375" gives a scale of 27.26 to 1, or approximately 1/27 scale.

No telling why such an oddball scale was used, or why it's labeled as 1/25.

Still, it's close enough to be stretched to correct the dimensions with a reasonable amount of careful work.

 

I have diecasts that scale out to 1/26 and 1/27. If they're shaped right (and if they weren't I wouldn't have bought them), I let them sit proudly on my 1/25 scale. They "fit in" better than the 1/24s, to my eye. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

I have diecasts that scale out to 1/26 and 1/27. If they're shaped right (and if they weren't I wouldn't have bought them), I let them sit proudly on my 1/25 scale. They "fit in" better than the 1/24s, to my eye. 

Yup, but I still have a difficult time getting my head around why accurate measuring, scaling, and labelling seems to be such an elusive goal.

I've got lotsa stuff marked 1/25 that isn't, 1/24 that isn't, ad nauseum...and kits that include parts in a couple of kinda close scales.

I'd prefer to live in a world where numbers have absolute objective meanings, and not fuzzykindasorta gibberish.

Must be one of those geezer things.  

[Tabbysdaddy]

They seem to think scaling is in the same category as horseshoes and hand grenades. 

[Fabrux]

9 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I'd prefer to live in a world where numbers have absolute objective meanings, and not fuzzykindasorta gibberish.

Must be one of those geezer things.  

Don't worry, it's not just a geezer thing.