I said: "Many manufacturers label their vehicles as 1/64th scale when they actually are too large or too small. In the real world, a Cadillac, Chevy, and Corvair are NOT the same size. Unfortunately, some manufacturers make them all the same size. I like to know for sure that vehicles really are 1:64th scale before I post them. For all of you that have Hot Wheels (the collector type, not the $1 variety) and JL vehicles (or any other brand) that I don't have posted, would you help me and help the rest of you by sending me dimensions?"
And the FIRST caller is ERIC REIS who sent me an Excel spreadsheet containing dimensions of many of his vehicles along with the prototype size of several of them. I added some of my vehicles to his list and loaded the spreadsheet to the shared files section, inside the MHRREAST folder. Your additions/corrections to the list are welcome. Send the data to me in an e-mail note, or download the spreadsheet, enter your new data into it, and send me the new spreadsheet. To make it easier for me, delete any lines of the spreadsheet that do not contain any new data. Most of the prototype dimensions are from http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/?country=US I must tell you not to trust this data 100%. I've noticed a few dimensions that don't make sense, such as 1953 Corvette being larger than a later Corvette..... but this is a start!!! In the spreadsheet, the most useful size columns are "model % of correct size". If this number is 100%, then the model is EXACTLY 1:64th scale. Larger than 100% means the model is oversize. In the CALC SCALE columns, a 66 means the model is 1:66th scale, smaller than 1:64th scale. Ted Larson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
