Body proportions

[Matt Bacon]

I've just seen an F430 in my high street, and it looked a LOT lower, wider and generally "flatter" than the Fujimi model on my shelf. I've noticed before that the same is true of my Revell R8 - we have a couple of the real things in town, and they look a lot lower than the Revell kit. So, are the kit body-shells off proportion, or are they accurate, and the "flattened" look of the real thing is the product of the difference in perspective between looking at a model from three feet away and the real thing twenty feet away? You could certainly see why a model company might deliberately make the bodies slightly distorted to try and get that "at a glance" impression seeming more "correct"

Anyone know what's responsible?

bestest,

M.

[oldscool]

I've noticed that most OOB models sit higher than the real cars. May have to do with the thickness of plastic parts compared to the real thing and the fender clearance issues that come from this.

gus

[Guest Johnny]

I believe you hit the nail on the head. Could you imagine how thing a body, hood, etc would be in true 1/25 scale?