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1:18 scale diecast replicas are 1/18th the size of the real vehicle. Most popular in this category are 1:18 scale automobile replicas – usually made out of Zamak zinc diecasting alloy [ 1 ] with plastic parts. " 1:18 scale" is the colloquial reference to this class of toy or replica.
Bauer Exclusive – metal die-cast in 1:18 and 1:12 scales. BBR Models – Luxury Italian 1:18 & 1:43 scale model manufacturer. Offers both diecast and resin models; Bburago – Italian, made by the brothers who made Mebetoys and Martoys. Made 1:18 scale diecast popular. Beeju – British company making plastic trucks and buses [9]
By the 1990s, 1:18 scale die-cast cars became very popular in the United States, but the popularity of that scale waned approaching the millennium. By 1990 also, NASCAR stock car racing enjoyed increasing popularity in the US, and a large number of racing-related NASCAR die-cast cars and trucks, painted in the colors of the racing teams ...
In the 1980s and 1990s, car and trucks were well proportioned and had interesting features, but models were a bit too heavy on details that could have been rendered more delicately or accurately. Chrome spears along the sides of 1950s cars, for example, were sometimes too thick and unrealistically embedded in grooves in the die-cast body.
Aluminum Model Toys (AMT) is an American brand of scale model vehicles. The former manufacturing company was founded in Troy, Michigan, in 1948 by West Gallogly Sr. AMT became known for producing 1:25 scale plastic automobile dealer promotional model cars and friction motor models, and pioneered the annual 3-in-1 model kit buildable in stock, custom, or hot-rod versions.
Dinky Toys was the brand name for a range of die-cast zamak zinc alloy scale model vehicles, traffic lights, and road signs produced by British toy company Meccano Ltd.They were made in England from 1934 to 1979, at a factory in Binns Road in Liverpool.
A range of 1:43 scale cars was offered. Some of these were a bit more crude than the smaller sized cars. For example, a late 1970s Toyota Celica fastback was a bit more rough and toy-like than other Playart offerings. Some offerings were in plastic. Cars in 1:20 scale (or about 8 inches long) were also produced.
B.R.M. Formula 1 race car. This car, in the F1 series was the first to be made by Efsi. Previously they had been sold under the "Bestbox" label – a name reminiscent of "Matchbox" Among EFSI's first vehicles were a set of 1960s Formula One cars including Ferrari, Brabham, Honda, Lotus, and Cooper Maserati.