Model Cars - Car Culture at Your Fingertips!

Model car is actually an indispensable part of the car culture, is a car enthusiasts are keen to study, collect, play with the playthings, exquisite and delicate model car is completely a piece of art with collection value. Hiway Model Gifts Co., Ltd is a high quality OEM diecast and resin model manufacturer in China since 2008 with a professional team has more than 15 years experience, we can provide best service to produce the model car you require.

For those who have been in contact with model cars, you may know that model car manufacturers will face a lot of complicated and tricky problems from getting the license, determining the material and process, to opening the model, producing, preserving and transporting, and the model car itself is not as simple as it looks.

First and foremost, there are two basic questions about the model car.

1.What is a model car?

Model car is a scale model made strictly in accordance with the shape, structure, color, and even interior parts of a real car. In the eyes of many car enthusiasts, the model car is a representative of the real car, and we know the toy car is different, the model car more pursuit of the selection of materials and the production process on the fine, different materials of the model car in the storage also need to meet different conditions, many model cars also need to be as the real car as the same as the maintenance on a regular basis.

2.What are the dimensionsof the model cars specified?

As we all know, usually the larger the size of the model car, the more space is available for play, and the model car is often made more fine, on the contrary, the smaller the size of the model car, the less details can be opened and closed and rotated. The size and scale of model cars, including toy cars, are usually decided according to the degree of market demand for model details. The scale of model cars commonly used in the industry is usually larger, with full-size, 1:4, 1:5 models being the main ones, and the main purpose of these models is to design and manufacture cars, or to simulate certain situations in actual use.

Used for people to collect, play with the model car size is usually not big, before World War II European car and truck models generally follow the scale of the train model, that is, 1:87, the length of 1-2 inches, but the actual size of the car and the train is far from each other, so 1-2 inches in size of the model car will soon not be able to satisfy the needs of the people on the fine degree of the model car manufacturing. Subsequently, the scale of 1:43, the length of 4 inches or so of the model car appeared in people‘s eyes, engineering machinery, commercial vehicles follow the 1:40, 1:50 and other ratios for production.

Soon, the 1:43 scale model car was well received by the European market due to its small size and fine production, some careful manufacturers also developed a scale of 1:60, the length of the model car in about 3 inches, this kind of product is not only suitable for children to grasp, but also in the same size of the box can be placed in more products to improve the profit, but also reduces the cost of transportation accordingly. As people‘s demand for the fineness of the model car continues to improve, such as 1:35, 1:38 such as larger size model cars have been introduced to the market one after another, and has been successful.

At present, most of the model cars we see every day are in 1:18, 1:24, 1:43 or 1:60 size, and occasionally we can also see 1:12, 1:10 oversized models. The scale of the model cars in the American market is different from that of Europe, and 1:25 scale model cars are the most popular among American consumers.

Then, let’s learn something about model car’s history.

As we all know, the first birth certificate of the modern internal combustion engine automobile was born in 1886, and there is information that soon after the invention of the automobile, the first scaled-down version of the "automobile" appeared in Europe, but because of the shape of this small car like a toy at that time didn‘t get people‘s attention. model car was first recognized to the early 1900s, 1914 is the Ford Model T in the continental United States in the era of galloping, in order to compete with rivals General Motors Group, Ford decided to Ford Model T for each of the buyers to give a proportionally reduced model car, but who did not expect that year, Ford this in order to promote the play of the "small means" actually hit the ground running. However, no one expected that Ford‘s "small means" for the promotion of the year actually a hit, people at the time of such a delicate, interesting small car love, this inexpensive "gadgets" for the Ford Model T also made a lot of credit for the hot sales.

Ford Model T model in the United States set off a small wave of many manufacturers for the red, and soon many brands in the automotive industry began to follow suit, one after another to launch their own brand of model cars. In 1923, Citroën Automobile Company followed the trend and decided to produce a number of wooden model cars as a prop for the publicity of the new car, in order to increase the degree of simulation of the model car, Citroën directly to the automobile design drawing directly to the manufacturer of the model car.

In the early days, the main materials used to make model cars were usually clay and wood, but it was soon discovered that similar materials could be used to make beautiful models of cars, even better than before. Soon, the method of building a body out of plaster or steel, and then filling and gluing the seams with mud, came into use. With the outbreak of the World War I , many model cars were used as props in realistic sandboxes, and the types of models produced changed from small cars to trucks, vans, and a variety of military vehicles.

In addition, there is another interesting phenomenon, the model cars of the World War I period seldom completely replicate the existing real car, and many models are not the same as any of the cars on the market. The specific reason for this situation is still unclear, but some sources say it is due to the model car manufacturers at that time for the metal casting and molding technology can not reach the degree of precision reproduction of the actual car, and enterprises are also subject to the production environment and the speed of the needs of the time.

At the same time, a new material very suitable for making model cars appeared in people‘s eyes, this alloy with zinc element has the characteristics of durability, easy to shape, in the 1930s, many automobile manufacturers and model car manufacturers began to try to use this material to produce model cars. Especially after the end of the World War II, the zinc alloy model cars built with molds gradually became the main force in the American model car market.

However, Europe was less interested in zinc alloys at the same time, and the share of plastic models soared in the European model car market during this period, and continued to do so until the mid-1950s. Subsequently, the Japanese market began to produce tin and pressed steel model cars, and in the 1970s began to produce large quantities of cast molds. It was during this period that a large number of model car manufacturers emerged in Europe, the United States and Japan.

All in all, Model Car is a popular collection, which can not only let people experience the charm of the car, but also can be used as decorations to embellish the home. At Hiway, we have strong OEM/ODM capabilities, over about 90% of our business comes from OEM orders. We are confidence that we will continue this successful co-operation experience with your company also by our high quality standard, good service, fast delivery time with reasonable price.If you want to find how we support your OEM/ODM needs, contact us right now.