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maisto mercedes ml 320...to small?


bkvj
08-13-2004, 11:33 AM
my maisto MB ml 320(1/18) is a bit small, when i put it next too my porsche carrera, the length is even and the hight is a bit higher and when my dad rides in his carrera, and a friend of us to and they ride next too each other, his ml is much longer then our carrera?

when i put my ml to one of my friends 1/24 aston martin db5, the car;s are almost even in lenght, this doesn't really fit eh?

Gafoto
08-13-2004, 01:03 PM
There's a good chance that the ML isn't to scale. Maisto tends to shrink its trucks down to size to fit into the boxes better (Hummer H1, Ford Explorer Sport Trac, and apparently the ML are all victims). Not much you can do about it.

NOS_racerX
08-13-2004, 01:07 PM
count it as 1:24 like garret said its maistos bad... dont worry about it.. i used to have a horribly scaled maisto somethin.. cant remember

Gafoto
08-13-2004, 02:58 PM
count it as 1:24 like garret said its maistos bad... dont worry about it.. i used to have a horribly scaled maisto somethin.. cant remember
Well not quite 1:24, probably more along the lines of 1:19 or 1:20. The difference between a 1:18 and a 1:19 car is pretty major. I think newer maisto cars are better on scale issues. Most companies seem to have their measurements down pretty close. The only company that seems to still be off scale badly are Jada cars.

badassgrandam99
08-22-2004, 04:40 PM
Welly's 1:18 Avalanche seems to be off scale a bit too... especially when i put it next to my 1:18 2004 F-150 by Beanstalk Group...

mike@af
08-22-2004, 05:00 PM
Some Maisto models are a bit off.

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