I love 1/43. I've actually been slimming down my 1/18 collection for more 1/43 & 1/64. They are easy to stack in their display cases. Also, like you mentioned, the details are very good on 1/43, hell even 1/64 is stepping it up. I took a magnifying glass to my 1:64 inno nsx and I noticed needles on the instrument cluster!
@Understeerking 2023 models! You must live in a mansion 😅 I own x8 :18 models and would love to buy more haha. But yes, space savings wise, :43 scale is the way to go. Having owned :24 scale, I kinda might not want to go there. It's in an odd scale haha. I don't know how to explain it.
Personally I don't like them for a few reasons, first the price range is wild which is good when a model is cheap and good detailed but it simply not worth when the model cost 300 euros or more, and the level of details it's not always up to the price. Second point is mixed, you can find almost any car you want in this scale, this means you probably will end having much more models than in 1:18 and end paying for some those 300 euro cars. Third point, the expensive ones are really hard to resell, not many people are willing to pay lots of money for a 1:43 , that means if you buy a expensive model and change your taste or the model didn't meet you expectations you are going to keep that model or sell it at loss. For those reasons I aborted my 1:43 collection early on and focused on 1:18 .
I actually think many high-end 1:43 is overpriced. Let's take Ignition Model, for example. A 1:18 IG averages for $280-350 depending on where you buy and the model itself. 1:43, which is more than twice as small as a 1:18 averages $185-250. I have seen many Ignition Models where the 1:18 is only $50-75 more. Companies like LCD are proving that we've been taken to the cleaners price wise for years. How can the LCD Zonda Barchetta be $210, and any one of my Initial D 1:43's be the same price? All 3 IG Initial D's have HORRIBLY detailed interiors. I think things need to change before 1:43 really takes off in the States. Americans will always go big, especially if the value proposition is better. I'm not saying all 1:43 is overpriced, but many, many are. Another example of the pricing disparity is r/c cars. I understand that models tend to have more 1:1 details, but considering with r/c you get engineering marvels for the same price as a model tells me we've been getting raped for far too long. I paid $500 (a piece) for an Arrma Felony, LMT Grave Digger, and Traxxas 79' Bronco crawler. I also paid $500 for a BBR F40, which is completley static. Somethings gotta give in the model hobby side of car collecting. To digress. I like all the points you made on 1:43's. Many are very similar detailed as their 1:18 counterparts. The space saving is very nice.
I love 1/43. I've actually been slimming down my 1/18 collection for more 1/43 & 1/64. They are easy to stack in their display cases.
Also, like you mentioned, the details are very good on 1/43, hell even 1/64 is stepping it up. I took a magnifying glass to my 1:64 inno nsx and I noticed needles on the instrument cluster!
Interesting
@Chris December I have 2023 model currently, majority of them at 1/18😅. So I need more room haha.
@Understeerking 2023 models! You must live in a mansion 😅 I own x8 :18 models and would love to buy more haha. But yes, space savings wise, :43 scale is the way to go. Having owned :24 scale, I kinda might not want to go there. It's in an odd scale haha. I don't know how to explain it.
I love :43 vs :64. I predominately collect :18 and :43 now. I agree with your keypoints. Even in the :43 scale, Makeup Models reign king.
I definately love this scale
My favorite scale, I build and collect in 43
That's cool! Would love to see your builds.
Personally I don't like them for a few reasons, first the price range is wild which is good when a model is cheap and good detailed but it simply not worth when the model cost 300 euros or more, and the level of details it's not always up to the price.
Second point is mixed, you can find almost any car you want in this scale, this means you probably will end having much more models than in 1:18 and end paying for some those 300 euro cars.
Third point, the expensive ones are really hard to resell, not many people are willing to pay lots of money for a 1:43 , that means if you buy a expensive model and change your taste or the model didn't meet you expectations you are going to keep that model or sell it at loss.
For those reasons I aborted my 1:43 collection early on and focused on 1:18 .
I lv all scales.
1/43 scale is the best one for collecting model cars. 😄
I actually think many high-end 1:43 is overpriced. Let's take Ignition Model, for example. A 1:18 IG averages for $280-350 depending on where you buy and the model itself. 1:43, which is more than twice as small as a 1:18 averages $185-250. I have seen many Ignition Models where the 1:18 is only $50-75 more. Companies like LCD are proving that we've been taken to the cleaners price wise for years. How can the LCD Zonda Barchetta be $210, and any one of my Initial D 1:43's be the same price? All 3 IG Initial D's have HORRIBLY detailed interiors. I think things need to change before 1:43 really takes off in the States. Americans will always go big, especially if the value proposition is better. I'm not saying all 1:43 is overpriced, but many, many are.
Another example of the pricing disparity is r/c cars. I understand that models tend to have more 1:1 details, but considering with r/c you get engineering marvels for the same price as a model tells me we've been getting raped for far too long. I paid $500 (a piece) for an Arrma Felony, LMT Grave Digger, and Traxxas 79' Bronco crawler. I also paid $500 for a BBR F40, which is completley static. Somethings gotta give in the model hobby side of car collecting.
To digress. I like all the points you made on 1:43's. Many are very similar detailed as their 1:18 counterparts. The space saving is very nice.