Hello, been lurking for a while but never needed to post until now. So what I have is a well-built but, not a contest quality 1:48 Scale F-106 Delta Dart. I chose to build it because I like its lines and they looked fast while sitting still on the tarmac. I’d like to display it with a muscle car from that era and found a 1:43 scale Diecast 1968 Charger R/T that would complement it well but not sure if the scale variation would be blatantly obvious?
Like I said it’s not going to any shows but I don’t want to waste the money purchasing it if it’s too large of a scale offset.
Thanks and if you know of any 1:48 scale muscle car era kit’s I’d be interested in that as well.
First, Welcome to the forum. You “Lurker” you. L O L !
You waited 4 years to say something ? That’s willpower ! I cant hold my tongue for 4 minutes… ( just ask my wife ! )
If you put the car in the forground it should help “force” the prespective and lead the viewer’s eye along the length of the display to the plane. You are going to need to leave a little space between them. About a foot or more.
I’m not really that much of an intravert it’s just I could get the answers for most of my questions via a search. Thanks for the reply, sort of what I was thinking but going to give it a go and see if I can come up with a clever way of not only using it to force perspective but to try and break up the vertical element if possible? Perhaps two cars parked in a V quarter panel to quarter panel in a lot overlooking the tarmac with a couple of figures looking down and away at the ramp where the F-106 sits being prepped for flight?
A 1:43 car model displayed with a 1:48 aircraft model will appear 10% smaller compared to the aircraft.
(48-43)/48 = 0.1041
My personal choice is to try to not mix scales with a 10% or greater difference. The visual difference is visually jarring (IMO). However, the display of the models is up to you.