"Cars for '60s Spy Fi in 25/28mm scale ?" Topic

Hi folks,

Maybe you can help with this one: Does anyone know a brand/scale to look for when trying to find toy cars for 60s ( ish ) Spy skirmish gaming/RPG ? I can seem to find earlier period cars for interwar pulp, but the later period is eluding me. Usually I just use die cast toys, so I'd like to go with that for this too.

Thanks!

I can think of two brands

Durago diecast
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Sloppy Jallopy

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Cheers
Matt
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Try Diecast Direct in KY. diecastdirect.com

So what scale do you use for 28mm?

1/64 seems too small and 1/43 seems to large. And I don't see any between 1/48 and 1/56.

Diecast Direct has autos in 1/55 (mostly from the Cars movies) and 1/50.

I check the diecast car rack at all the Michael's stores I pass and sometimes find a suitable 60's era vehicle (or 50's for the scenery).

I will echo what saltflats said. Check the racks at craft stores and cvs or similar. They are generally around 1/43 scale.

Hello Komerade

If you're doing 1960s-70s games based in the US, I've found 1/43 has more choices, and works fairly well for the larger 28mm/32mm miniatures – especially those with plastic slotta bases.

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For UK or European cars, I would look for Corgi or Dinky.

Regards,
Keith F.

If you look at where the roofline of the car is relative the the infantry minis, 1/43 works very well with 28mm on plastic bases (nominally 1/56 scale). That 3mm thick plastic slotted base effectively makes that model 168mm (over 6.5"!) taller.

I see what you mean about more available 1/43. I would have thought that overlarge, but the thick base should even things out a bit.

Thanks all for your tips.