I recently bought three Edison Giocattoli models: the Italian Sahariana, the Trattore and the Lancia Lince. I was wondering whether anyone else who has bought the Lancia noticed it's very small size, despite it's supposedly 1/43 scale. I don't have my models accessible right now or I would take a picture, but placed side-by-side, there is a striking difference in size in the Lancia compared to the other two. Shortly after I bought these (internet retail), I also put my 1/43 JFK limo, which has figures included, next to these three and there is no way one of those figures could fit inside the Lancia. It is just too tiny.
I know scales are not always perfect, but the Lancia model is really, really small compared to all my other 1/43 models. It's almost as small as a matchbox model. Here's a page on ebay that shows all three, although the small size of the Lancia is not apparent.
So, anyone else notice this and know the reason for it?
Here's a picture of the Lancia armored car:  |
Here's what I dug up online under Italian Armored Cars of WW II. The Lancia had a crew of 2. Its length was 10feet, 6 inches; width was 5feet, 8 inches and height was 5feet, 4inches. By way of contrast, the Sahariana had a crew of 2-3. Its length was 18 feet, 10 inches; width was 7 feet and height was 6 feet. Lastly, the Autoblinda had a crew of 4. Its length was 17 feet, 1 inch; its width was 6 feet, four inches and its height, depending on the mark, was about 8 feet. Based on this, the Lancia was indeed a much smaller AC.