Today the market is flooded with toys of different make and companies from Japan, China, Germany, US have mastered the scale model detailing to match their markets and pricing. The scale ratio plays an important role in the detailing of the scale model. The size gets smaller and smaller and the details become more complicated to create. That’s the reason why smaller scale models are more expensive compared to larger ones. The scales can be in the ratios like 1:8,1:18,1:12,1:32,1:43,1:64,1:87, etc. Most of the bike or motorcycle scale models are in the ratio of 1:12 and 1:18, while the popular four-wheeler models are in the ratio of 1:43 and 1:64, while the popular ratio for train scale models and dioramas are 1:87 & 1:100 While you may also find scale models of aircrafts in the ratio of 1:200. More the number on the right the smaller the scale model compared to the original 1:1 scale. Then there are DIY kits for which the Japanese companies are very famous for. The models are given in disassembled forms along with their plastic die runners, which needs to be cut out and assembled with special glues. These Kits are very popular with hobbyist and they prefer it as the details are very high and they can be custom painted and they have the liberty of increasing the details with their own skills and materials. This high level of modelling turns into serious business as it requires hours of patient work. It is not possible for companies to do such scale models on mass quantities as it requires hours of dedicated and skilled work and robust packaging which again makes these model very expensive. Some companies have mastered this by making the models in plastic with minimum number of parts and still making it look detailed.