What Are the Scales of Miniature Shipping Container Models

2020-05-27

Talking about Shipping Container Giveaways, what is the first product that comes up to your mind? --- Miniature Scale Container Model. Let’s find out more about it!

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1.By Scale / Proportion

The most common container models in the market are:

1:10 / 1:20 / 1:25 / 1:30 / 1:35 / 1:50 / 1:87

 

How to calculate the size of the container model on a smaller scale?

Q: I'd like to have 20 cm (7.87") long 20'FT container model, which scale should I choose, and what's the dimension of the width and height?

 

A: Supposed the 20'GP outer dimension equals to:

L 600 cm x W 240 cm x H 250 cm (19.69' x 7.87’ x 8.20’)

The scale is model length divided by actual container length: 20 cm / 600 cm = 1/30

Therefore, The width of the container model is: 240 cm/30 =8 cm (3.15 ")

The height of the container model is: 250 cm / 30 =8.33cm (3.28 ")

2. By material and Usage Scenario

Different materials will be used for making the scale container models for different purposes of business activities.

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1:10 --- display in the trade shows or as office decoration.
Aluminum Alloy

 

ABS Plastic

1:20 --- for the exhibition.

1:25 --- for creative shipping novelty like the Tissue Container, Desk Tidy Container.

1:35 --- economic shipping container gifts for common clients.

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Zinc Alloy

1:30 --- Most popular as business giveaways to medium or high-end customers as collection and branding image promotion.

1:50 --- as the counterpart of the high-end collection of alloy truck models.

1:87 --- Usually in Zinc alloy as the counterpart of alloy truck models

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Why the gifts in shipping container shape are so popular among the shipping & logistics companies? An obvious answer is that container is the most significant element and carrier in the shipping industry.

 

As the most professional container models manufacturer, Micro Shipping has a wide range of products related to container theme, such as some recent new released products below,

Container USB Hub

Container Power bank

Container Silicone Cup Cover

Container Pencil Sharpener with Memo Clip

 

To discover more, follow Micro Shipping on Linkedin and YouTube, you will find something interesting for certainty~

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