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The '''1:64 scale''' is a traditional [[List of scale model sizes|scale for models and miniatures]], in which one unit (such as an inch or a centimeter) on the model represents 64&nbsp;units on the actual object. It is also known as the "three-sixteenths scale" since 3/16 of an inch represents one foot. An average human is approximately {{convert|1+1/16|in|mm}} tall when represented in 1:64&nbsp;scale. 

==Popularity==
The 1:64 scale originated by halving the common [[1:32 scale]], which was known as "standard size" in some hobbies.

This smaller scale became successful because of its relative size in comparison to other toys, the fact that it is a derivative of the 1/16 scale, and because small hands easily hold them.<ref name="Vossler">{{cite book|last1=Vossler |first1=Bill |first2=Andy |last2=Kraushaar |title=Toy Farm Tractors|year=2002 |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=978-0-89658-511-9 |pages=54–56 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S5aozh-U90wC&q=1:64+Scale:+The+Miniature+Replica&pg=PA54 <!--|accessdate=27 February 2011--> }}</ref> The 1/64 scale models will generally have less detail than a 1/16 scale models.<ref name="Vossler"/> Moreover, "1/64 coincides with the [[S scale]] of model railroading, part of the consideration of why 1/64 became an established size."<ref name="Vossler"/>

Currently, the 1:64 scale is most commonly used for automobiles and other vehicle models. It is also a popular scale for model railroads and toy trains and has been used for ship models. In addition, 28mm military and fantasy figures are a popular size for tabletop gaming. They are sometimes scaled out to 1:64, although opinions on the actual scale of 28mm range from 1:48 to 1:64, with 1:56 being the most common.

==Die-cast vehicles==
Many die-cast automobiles and commercial vehicle models for collectors have been made to a strict scale of 1:64. However, for much of the [[die-cast toy]] market, 1:64 is only a nominal scale. Though collectors and manufacturers loosely describe popular lines of die-casts as 1:64, toy vehicles are usually made to "box scale." This means that the model's size is determined by the standard packaging size (formerly a cardstock box, now usually a clear blister card). Therefore, models of a 1959 Cadillac and an Austin Mini-Cooper designed to fill up the same packaging space will have different actual scales. Nevertheless, for passenger automobiles in many die-cast lines, 1:64 is a reasonable approximation. Brands of [[die-cast toys]] in and around this scale include [[Hot Wheels]], [[Ertl Company|Ertl]], [[Greenlight Collectibles|GreenLight]], [[Auto World (brand)|Auto World]], [[Code 3 Collectibles|Code 3]], [[Johnny Lightning]], and [[Jada Toys]].

[[File:INNO64 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Millenium Jade.jpg|thumb|INNO64's Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Millenium Jade (Scale 1/64)]] 
Outside the US, brands like [[Matchbox (brand)|Matchbox]], [[Maisto]], [[Siku Toys]], [[INNO Models]], [[POP RACE]], Norev, [[Corgi Toys|Corgi]], [[Tomica (toy line)|Tomica]], [[Autoart]], Edocar, [[Kyosho]], [[Tarmac Works]], iscale, [[Time Micro]], Make Up Models, [[Majorette (toy manufacturer)|Majorette]], [[TrueScale Miniatures]](MINI GT), [[LCD Models]], [[Schuco]], [[Welly (company)|Welly]], [[CM Model]], among many others, are available in this scale.

==Photography==
[[File:MINI-GT NISSAN GTR IN DUBAI CREEK.jpg|thumb|right|1/64 [[TrueScale Miniatures]](MINI GT) Nissan GT-R at Dubai Creek during sunset]]
Over time, 1/64 scale diecast models have also become an object of [[photography]] as a hobby, where photographers use inanimate diecast models and [[diorama]]s to create life-like action scenes which provoke the feelings of movement and emotion. It usually involves taking close up shots of them and editing them to bring the pictures to life. [[File:HW GR SUPRA.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hot Wheels]] Toyota GR Supra at a park]] Oftentimes diecast photographers can also use natural sceneries such as forests, mountains, or their backyard as a photography ground, depending on each photographer's imagination. Techniques such as [[color grading]], [[forced perspective]], [[rule of thirds]] and [[focus stacking]] are commonly used to enhance the details and realism of models.



==Model horses==
[[Breyer Animal Creations]]'s brand Mini Whinnies, introduced in 2005, are the smallest scale of Breyer model horses at 1 1/2" high for adults and 1" for foals (1:64 scale). Initially produced by Creata Winner's Choice and sculpted by Candance Liddy, they are aimed at young collectors and usually sold in easy-to-carry packages and playsets; they are currently sold as blind bags.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.breyerhorses.com/collections/freedom-series/products/mini-whinnies-series-3-individual-bag |title=Mini Whinnies - Series 3 - Individual Bag}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.identifyyourbreyer.com/identify/MiniWhinnies/mwmolds.htm |title = Identify Your Breyer - Mini Whinnies Molds}}</ref>

==Slot cars==
[[File:AuroraAFXMatador.jpg|right|thumb|[[AMC Matador]] 1:64 slot car]]
Small-scale [[slot car]]s are often sized to fit a standard motorized chassis and, thus vary somewhat in scale.

The mechanisms have increased in size over the years to generate more power. The so-called "HO" sized slot cars,  introduced in the 1960s at about [[1:76 scale]], now average around 1:64&nbsp;scale.

Pictured is an early example of an approximately 1:64 slot car built by [[Aurora Plastics Corporation|Aurora]] around 1972, as part of its AFX line. This first-generation [[AMC Matador]] coupe [[NASCAR]] race car replica is designed to fit on an enlarged chassis for a nominal HO track.

The 1:64 slot car lines include Micro [[Scalextric]] from the maker of the pioneering [[1:32 scale]] slot cars. Tomy-Aurora and [[Life-Like]] also produced cars that average close to 1:64. Mattel's die-cast Hot Wheels Racing series and the Winner's Circle also have made die-cast scenes of 1/64-scale pit crews and race officials that look right with the appropriate NASCAR slot car models.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schleicher |first=Robert H. |title=Racing and Collecting Slot Cars |year=2001 |publisher=MBI Publishing |isbn=978-0-7603-1024-3 |page=89 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lzSghMfseccC&q=Mattel+diecast+1:64-scale+pit+crews+and+officials&pg=PA89 <!--|accessdate=27 February 2011-->}}</ref>

==Wargaming==
Metal figures for tabletop [[wargaming]] and [[Role Playing Game|role-playing gaming]] are usually not described by scale ratio, but by the approximate height of a human figure, in millimeters. Manufacturers gradually enlarged the standard 25&nbsp; mm figures of the 1970s, first describing them as "large 25s,"  or "heroic 25s." By the 1990s, they were called 28&nbsp; mm. figures, and have largely replaced 25s as the standard size for role-playing and many military games. Accessories scaled to match 28&nbsp; mm gaming figures are generally built to 1:64 scale. More accurate to 1/64 scale car models would be the 20mm figures, or approximately 1/72.

==Model trains==
[[File:Amer Flyer Royal Blue crop.jpg|right|thumb|American Flyer ''[[Royal Blue (train)|Royal Blue]]'' locomotive from the 1950s in S gauge]]

From the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, 1:64 was a popular scale in the U.S. model railroad market, called [[S scale]] or S gauge. It remains a modestly popular scale, with a dedicated following. [[A. C. Gilbert Company|A.C. Gilbert]], a major toy manufacturer, challenged the predominant [[O scale]] ([[1:48]]) manufacturers such as [[Lionel Corp.|Lionel]] with a fully developed line of 1:64 scale and semi-scale equipment marketed under the [[American Flyer]] brand. Because they were 25% smaller than traditional O scale models, they ran on a two-rail track that was more realistic than the traditional 3-rail O gauge track. These features would become standard characteristics of model trains in later years when the even-smaller [[HO scale]] ([[1:87]]) took over the model train market from both the O and S scale trains. The S-scale survives currently with a small number of manufacturers producing scale equipment for hobbyists and collectors who seek out the 1950s-era American Flyer equipment to run trains on nostalgic layouts.

Since the 1930s, O scale (1:48) train manufacturers, including Gilbert, Lionel, and [[Louis Marx and Company|Marx]], have produced bargain or introductory lines of undersized toy trains to run on O-gauge track with very tight curves, known as [[O scale#O-27 gauge|0-27]] track. Though sold as an O gauge, the bodies of these undersized cars and engines were often scaled to 1:64 proportions. The origins of Gilbert's S-gauge equipment can be traced to its American Flyer O-27 line of 1938 and after.

==Ships and boats==
Kit manufacturers such as [[Tamiya Corporation]] have also used 1:64 as a scale for boats and small ships.

==See also==
* [[List of scale model sizes]]

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