In my travels to Germany I always by one or another toy from Bruder because they have an excellent quality. Unfortunatly their scale is 1:16, some few items are 1:20. Nevertheless I used them in my 1:18 dioramas as you can see in the following example:
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/Klausmerkel/Modern Brazilian Farm Scale 1_18/
I use only certain toys from Bruder, like tractors. First of all, tractors and certain civil construction vehicles are produced in a very large variety of size and therefore a model 1:16 does not appear to be out of size unless you are a specialist in farm equipment. Secondly, figures of scale 1:18 normally fit into a 1:16 model much easier. If someone wants to buy farm equipment at scale 1:18 I know only the manufacturer Schuco as a very expensive source. I have a Fiat tractor 1:18 from Italiery but they did not continue models of that scale.
Why scale 1:16? The answer is easy: That scale is a standard for the largest models of construction and agricultural vehicles. Bruder does not produce models at scale 1:16 because in Germany e.g. the action figures 1:18 are not being sold. There is no market for such figures in Germany because parents consider these figures to be so-called "war toys", thus unfit to contribute to the upbringing of a kid.
My recommendation: You can use Bruder toys as I did it but first of all not all are fit for scale 1:18. You have to chose carefully. Secondly, you need to place them in your diorama in a way that the oversize does not appear.
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/Klausmerkel/Modern Brazilian Farm Scale 1_18/
I use only certain toys from Bruder, like tractors. First of all, tractors and certain civil construction vehicles are produced in a very large variety of size and therefore a model 1:16 does not appear to be out of size unless you are a specialist in farm equipment. Secondly, figures of scale 1:18 normally fit into a 1:16 model much easier. If someone wants to buy farm equipment at scale 1:18 I know only the manufacturer Schuco as a very expensive source. I have a Fiat tractor 1:18 from Italiery but they did not continue models of that scale.
Why scale 1:16? The answer is easy: That scale is a standard for the largest models of construction and agricultural vehicles. Bruder does not produce models at scale 1:16 because in Germany e.g. the action figures 1:18 are not being sold. There is no market for such figures in Germany because parents consider these figures to be so-called "war toys", thus unfit to contribute to the upbringing of a kid.
My recommendation: You can use Bruder toys as I did it but first of all not all are fit for scale 1:18. You have to chose carefully. Secondly, you need to place them in your diorama in a way that the oversize does not appear.
