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How to Collect Vintage Toys by anna dawson
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If you have the inclination to collect antique toys or vintage cars, I recommend you to begin your collection with toys that bring back fond memories from your past. There are many styles of car models, like tin-plate car, plastic cars or die cast models. Some are made as toys for kids, some are made solely for adults. Between the adult car models, there is precious items worth for collecting. No matter toy grade or collector items grade, the common properties are realistic aesthetic look, detailed patterns and heavyweight hand feel. Early stage models are mainly sold as toys. Among those toy grade models there are some worth for collection. There are no specific reasons for car model collection. Some collected car models include popular brand and classic brand name. Being sale down to be produced in the form of car model, the realistic car must be very famous in the past or present days, and this is the interest of the car model collection. The scale down ratios of model vary from 1:87 to 1:4. There are more details on a large ratio model than a smaller one. Some ratio of 1:64 and 1:36 are mainly used for toy models. You cannot expect too much details from these ratio models. In order to minimized production cost, the windshields in some car models are molded in deep tinted color so that the simplified decoration inside cannot been seen easily. The most popular ratio is 1:18, which the best scale for present the details of the car. Anson and Ertl are experts in manufacturing 1:18 ratio car model. For example, the Cadillac V16 from Anson has realistic engine chamber and door locks, like a real car. The tires are also scaled down from 18 inches real tires, the most amazing which logo is printed on the small tires. It is very difficult to replicate the numerous details of a real V16 engine, but you can see such replica in the battery operated toy cars. How to evaluate antique toy car: 1. From the aesthetic outlook. The molding technique can easily be examined. By employing latest technique, the molding precision is getting higher and higher. The outer shape of the car is protected by patent and should be granted by the car manufacturers before the model maker uses it for car model sculpture. Some car models do not acquire the patent so their outlooks are deviate from the real one. 2. From the material using of the chassis. Some chassis are made of plastic material, some are die casting. However, metal chassis are more precious than plastic. 3. From the moving features and details. Moving doors, engine cover and luggage covers are features. The replicating details of engine, the material of tires is rubber or hard plastic, decoration details are copied from real cars, lamp are transparent material or only painted, the steering wheel can be moved you battery operated ride ons car.
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