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Delta II Rocket and Launch Pad Spacecraft. It is made by Dragon and is 1:400 scale (approx. 11cm / 4.3in high). The USA planned to phase out all expendable launch vehicles (ELV) after the Space Shuttle entered service. However - the Challenger accident of 1986 changed all that - and the Delta program was restarted. Termed Delta II - these rockets have made nearly 150 successful launches since 1989 - making it the most reliable system in service. As an ELV - each rocket can only be launched once. Among the Delta II's missions are the launching of GPS Block II satellites - Kepler telescope - Deep Impact space probe and several Mars missions for NASA. The latter includes the Mars Phoenix lander in 2007.

The Deep Impact Mission is a NASA space probe for studying the composition of the comet interior - by releasing an impactor into the comet and then taking measurement by a flyby probe. The mission was the first to eject material from a comet's surface - which gained quite large publicity from the media - international scientists and amateur astronomers.

Diecast models are manufactured to various scales based on measurements taken from the actual vehicles. The rule to remember is the higher the scale number, the smaller the model!

So, 1:2 scale quite ltierally means it is 1/2 (half) the size and 1:4 scale means it is 1/4 (quarter) the size.  Here is a rough guide to the size of our models although this will vary depending on the size of the actual vehicle. Please note that the scale and size of models differs per department. Please refer to the individual product page to find out the estimated size of the actual model you would like to purchase.

Bikes

1:32 scale will be approximately 5cm long
1:24 scale will be approximately 8cm long
1:18 scale will be approximately 10-12cm long
1:12 scale will be approximately 14-18cm long
1:10 scale will be approximately 20-28cm long
1:6 scale will be approximately 30-38cm long

Cars

1:64 scale will be approximately 6cm long
1:43 scale will be approximately 10cm long
1:24 scale will be approximately 15-25cm long
1:18 scale will be approximately 20-30cm long
1:12 scale will be approximately 30-40cm long