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1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302

1970 Chevy Camaro Z28

these cars look more like 1/43 scale cars then 1/64 scale cars, Anyone know what scale they really are?

They are 1:64 scale. You can also run them with only one or both traction magnets removed. The stock tires are pretty grippy but you can also use aftermarket rear tires.

Best regards,
Brian

Hi Brian

They just look so big.

I will be sending you a order soon for some track parts.

Turn the voltage down!

Turn the voltage down! :auto-crash: :auto-nx:

I was thinking taken the magnets out and running 10 to 12 volts. Leave magnets in for the younger ones.

I'm grateful to AFX for moving things forwards.....

I love the looks of these cars and will buy many more form dealers on this forum. Thanks for the information

The two cars mentioned are built on the long wheelbase (1.7”) chassis, same as the full size NASCAR cars.
To keep things in proper perspective, they should have used the shorter (1.5”) chassis. Mustangs have shorter wheelbases than Fusions. This would have resulted in a body sized like the Auto World Mustang. That Mustang fits on the AFX chassis but sits with an exaggerated rake due to the angled AFX body mounts.

Disregarding and generally hopscotching over the semi colon in the middle of the scale ratio is the problem with modern H0.

:hand: The scale ratio is the proportion. The work either reflects the denominator accurately in all dimensions, or it doesnt.

:naughty: Discussing so called "proportionality" indicates by default that at some point not all the dimensions in the numerator were free to move at the prescribed ratio. If they did, ya wouldnt have the question in the first place. ;)

So the operative question is, " Why it doesnt/didnt...?"

Answer? Fixed wheel base and fixed axle width on an off the rack chassis.

Smooshing and cramming stylings, which dont feature an identical length to width ratio, as that of the "one size fits all chassis"; means that ANY stylings deviating from the fixed in stone chassis ratio, get more googly or funhouse as the styling differential decreases/increases. Modern H0 in a nutshell.

The factory chose to increase the wheel base rather than decrease the axle width.

The reason they look puffy or chubby is because they are. "Increase" means bigger! :lol:

If you a stickler for accurate scale "HO" scale is not the one for you, 1/32nd cars are mostly made to scale, but even those may be somewhat distorted in one dimension or the other. As long as you have to use a standard chassis with a fixed length and at most a couple of wheelbases cars with different bodies are not likely to be the same scale. When the Mega G car was introduced some performance was sacrificed to get a modern sports prototype car that was at least more realistic, even if it was not actually HO scale. If you are into trains HO scale is 1/87th, few HO slot cars have been nearly that small. The first popular HO slot cars were the Playcraft ones that Aurora introduced into the US market as their Model Motoring cars. The earliest cars were actually 1/76th scale, over the years HO cars got bigger and some people now refer to them as being 1/64th scale. The newer cars are still not to any scale however. There are a lot of 1/64th diecast cars around, compare those to the same thing as an HO car. If you compare a diecast 1/64th NASCAR body to any any HO scale NASCAR type slot car body you will probably find that it is longer and narrower.

Spot on Rich.

I just purchased a 1.64 diecast LMP from Spark. Even if fitted to the smallest HO chassis out there, the HWP, it is too small.

One has to realize that race cars are getting longer and wider as times go by. I was shocked when I saw my first Audi at an American LeMans Series race.
Some quick search for prototype vs. “1/64” scale wheelbase: Ford GT 40 95”/1.48”; Jaguar XJR5 102”/1.59; Audi R8 LMP 106”/1.65”. The Ford is almost spot on; the Jag is in the middle; the Audi is a tad under.

As for die cast, I put an Action Chevy on a 1.7 chassis and it fit perfectly . Very comparable to the AFX bodies. Put an AFX next to an Auto World and they’re not the same.
Greenlight and Auto World are advertising cars as perfect 1/64 scale, but they’re not always in proportion.

What I don’t hear complaint about are this tiny front wheels and tires. Talk about out of scale....

We accept much, when racing this scale.

The AFX cars are not 1/64th scale, and their length scales and width scales are not the same - but the are not 'bigger' and to me they look better than all the stumpy stuff.