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25/10/2019 1:09 pm
25/10/2019 2:34 pm
For whatever reason, my DM '60 convertibel IS longer than my DM '59 Series 62 'white' convertible...
... which are the only '2' BIG 1:24 Caddys I've got in my collection. They are both in 'single', stackable, display cases. I had to have a different style display case for the '60.
Did DM make a mistake 'in scale' of one or the other?
...I have no idea.
Topic starter
25/10/2019 3:03 pm
Can you back them up against a book or something then take an Aerial view. Curious how much longer
That very odd to me being I THINK these were based off modified 59 tooling. My guess is they added too much to the quarter panels when they redid it to be a 1960 rear clip
25/10/2019 3:54 pm
I use a 'flip-phone' - camera no good. You might get a quicker response from Rick Hanmore. My...
... '59 and '60 are displayed 'at the bottom' of separate 'stacks' and on different shelves.
Like I was saying, the '60 would not fit in the same case that I had the '59 in... so, it is longer.
25/10/2019 5:23 pm
Phil...I have TEN '59 Cadillac's in 1:24 scale, and they ALL fit in my standard plastic cases. But,
DM '60 Cadillac's DO NOT, and yes it's because they are just a tad longer.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
25/10/2019 5:26 pm
And Billy, you made my point. You had to get a different case for the 60 Caddy, different from your regular cases. I wasn't going to do that. I wouldn't be able to have ONE car in a different style case.
Thus, I passed on the 60 and sent it back.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Topic starter
25/10/2019 5:34 pm
Oh I see. So did the1960 just BARELY not make it in??
25/10/2019 5:44 pm
NO Phil...I could not put the cover on the base. It would not go down.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
25/10/2019 8:01 pm
George; yes - I 'WAS' making your 'case'...pardon the pun! LOL! And I...
... also understand your 'display' frustration.
I try to have groups of the same type of case so that it displays in a uniform fashion. I don't have a curio case -and- only a couple, 'smaller' 1:24, wall-mounted cases.
'Presentation' is part of the hobby too.
26/10/2019 6:22 am
The DM 1959 Cadillac red convertible I have fits into an
AMT standard display case but my DM 1960 Cadillacs won't fit.
26/10/2019 8:16 am
We are so on the same page about "presentation being part of the hobby" Billy. I have all of my 1:24 scale cars in the exact same size plastic cases, and I can stack them on top of one another. I have the them all displayed in wood cabinets that I had built specifically for the cars.
So there was just no way that I was going to have ONE car (two if you count both the convertible and hardtop versions of the 60 Caddy) in a different size/type plastic case.
The good thing is that it was a 60 Caddy, that to be honest, I'm not that fond of. Now had it been an Oldsmobile of any year, and it didn't fit in a 1:24 case, then I'd have had a real decision to make.
Thankfully since 1:24 scale seems to have died, I'm thinking I won't have to worry about that possible scenario anytime soon.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota