1:64 Diecast Display Guides

A single 1:64 diecast supercar displayed alone in a lit wall-mounted case, shown in side profile with a key hook underneath

How to Get a Diecast Model of Your Own Car

Search the chassis code, not the model name. Then match colour, personalise a close casting or commission a custom - and what to send a builder.

How to Get a Diecast Model of Your Own Car

Search the chassis code, not the model name. Then match colour, personalise a close casting or commission a custom - and what to send a builder.

A single red 1:64 car lit in a wall-mounted display case beside a shelf holding a neat row of other diecast cars

How to Keep Diecast Cars From Rolling Off a Shelf

Park cars parallel to the edge and check the shelf isn't tipping forward. Six fixes ranked, plus what not to stick to a tyre.

How to Keep Diecast Cars From Rolling Off a Shelf

Park cars parallel to the edge and check the shelf isn't tipping forward. Six fixes ranked, plus what not to stick to a tyre.

A white 1:64 diecast car with clean white paint under UV-free cool white lighting

Do Diecast Cars Rust? What Actually Corrodes (a...

A diecast body can't rust - rust is iron oxide and the body is zinc alloy. The steel axles can. How to tell rust, white corrosion and zinc pest apart.

Do Diecast Cars Rust? What Actually Corrodes (a...

A diecast body can't rust - rust is iron oxide and the body is zinc alloy. The steel axles can. How to tell rust, white corrosion and zinc pest apart.

A displayed hero piece on a shelf beside labelled storage boxes holding the rest of a collection

How to Sell a Diecast Collection Without Gettin...

Search this question and almost every result is a dealer who wants to buy your collection. We don't - so here is what they would rather you didn't know before...

How to Sell a Diecast Collection Without Gettin...

Search this question and almost every result is a dealer who wants to buy your collection. We don't - so here is what they would rather you didn't know before...

A blue 1:64 diecast car photographed under even lighting

How to Insure a Diecast Collection (What to Pre...

Policies differ, so this is not advice on which one to buy. It is the documentation any insurer will want, which almost no collector has ready - and which is...

How to Insure a Diecast Collection (What to Pre...

Policies differ, so this is not advice on which one to buy. It is the documentation any insurer will want, which almost no collector has ready - and which is...

A wall-mounted lit display case holding a single 1:64 model car

What Size Is a 1:64 Diecast Car?

Divide the real car by 64 and most castings land between 60 and 80 mm - but 1:64 is a nominal label, not a promise, and that gap is what...

What Size Is a 1:64 Diecast Car?

Divide the real car by 64 and most castings land between 60 and 80 mm - but 1:64 is a nominal label, not a promise, and that gap is what...