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As a side note, when we acquire scans of vintage models through friends or over the internet, there's often the question of the intended size of a completed model. Without the original page, the size and scale of the model is at best, a guess.
The models in Tom's post were designed to use a vintage, Scandinavian matchbox as their base. That's all well and good, but how big were the matchboxes? The modern American boxes I use to light my old propane torch measure 2" long by 1 3/8" wide. This looks to be the same size as the vintage matchboxes, but can anyone say for sure?
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It's true that we can't always be confident in the size of the scans we find on the internet. But in this case as some of the scans I started with were full pages I believe the size I provided will be the same as the original when printed at 100%. As a guide, the drawn box around the matchbox models should be 8 3/4" wide when printed.
As for the matchboxes themselves, the Swedish boxes seem to be mostly 56x36mm. There are many vintage ones for sale on ebay and who wouldn't want a box of Impregnated Goblins?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/9-MATCHBOX-...8AAOSwkydfjYfb