Help with civilian vehicles close to 1/56 for VBCW? (Update 03 June)

[Mick A]

This link should help you out chap-

http://veiculosemminiatura.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/escala-de-modelos-matchbox-serie-models.html?m=1

I personally find Lledo vehicles to small. The thing to remember the vehicles back then were huge, if you ever see a vintage vehicle go and stand next to it...

[white knight]

In my experience, the Lledo ones look roughly 1/50 scale, while the Matchbox ones are more around 1/60.


These are the Lledo ones (don't have pics of the matchbox ones, but I got those to go with a true 25mm ~1/60 scale project):





And the plastic figures that come with some of them might give an indication of scale too:


Also, as a general rule, vans and small trucks will always be smaller than cars within the same brand due to the fit-in-the-box scale, so Lledo vans will likely be closer to 1/55-1/60. Demonstrated here (back row):

[grant]

Like those Lledo ones a lot!

[joekano]

Well, I made some test purchases based on all your help, and here's what I ended up with.

First up, here is my resin Lanchester Armoured Car for Comparison:


Matchbox Y31-B 1931 Morris Courier:


Lledo DG 020 Ford A Stake Truck:


Overall I think they look good.  If you want to see how these look compared to real life photos, you can find additional info on the blog:
http://majorthomasfoolery.blogspot.com/2013/05/diecast-vehicles-for-vbcw.html

Thanks for the help everyone!

Chris

[pocoloco]

Many thanks for the scale photos, very useful.

[joekano]

Two more vans

Lledo  DG 034 1932 Dennis Delivery Van


Lledo DG 016 1934 Dennis Parcels Van


http://majorthomasfoolery.blogspot.com/2013/05/diecast-vehicles-for-vbcw-part-ii.html

[joekano]

A few more:

Lledo DG 043 1931 Morris Van


Lledo DG 013 1934 Model A Van


http://majorthomasfoolery.blogspot.com/2013/05/diecast-vehicles-for-vbcw-part-iii.html

[joekano]

Some more vehicles:

Lledo DG 029  1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom II


Lledo DG 025 1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer


http://majorthomasfoolery.blogspot.com/2013/06/diecast-vehicles-for-vbcw-part-iv.html

[pocoloco]

That Rolls-Royce looks especially fine 

[joekano]

Another Lledo car:

1936 Packard Ambulance