Allegheny48 posted:I recently purchased 2 of the Menard's bi level auto carrier flatcars each with 6 of their brand of die cast vehicles. My intentions were to replace the vehicles with ones from the early 1960's. However I am unable to find die cast autos from that era in either 1/48th or 1/50th scales. I am beginning to think that what Menard's (and others) use are 1/43rd scale vehicles. If I am figuring correctly the difference between the two scales is 5 actual feet per 1 model foot. Any thoughts on this?
If Menard's would put era-correct vehicles on these auto carriers, they'd probably sell a lot better. I know I'd be a lot more inclined to buy more. But that's just my opinion, what do I know about marketing?
On the other hand, I know quite a bit about consuming. I'm heavily into that.
Or not. 
