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Randall Olson
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Saturday February 9, 2019 at 12:54 AM
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Its funny, Paul, your photo appears to show quite a discrepancy between the Fords
When I measured these cars, there was a very small difference in length in favor of the Brooklin but it was not more than 4 scale inches. Widths were very close. I wonder if the wood paneling and many details of the wagon, not to mention the larger but airy greenhouse entertains the eye whereas the eye scans and scans over the slab-sided Ford sedan as it journies from left to right? In other words, the slight scale difference is exaggerated by the optical effect of the broad expanse of bland metal of the sedan.As for measuring the cars, I can't explain the discrepancy of models that come out even from the same builder. I once had a Conquest 1957 Buick sedan that I thought was around 1/42.5 and later bought a Conquest 1957 Buick wagon based on the same master that looked more like 1/43.5. The discrepancy between these two models from the same builder was attributed to mold size inconsistencies(?) And temperature differences when the body was extracted.
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