@Mixed Freight posted:I hate to burst everybody's bubble, BUT........................................................................
Almost a year ago, I ordered a Menard's O-27-sized O-gauge flat car with a 1955 Pepsi Cola beverage truck load (and still in their catalog as of a week or two ago). Thinking it might be 1/48 or even 1/50 scale, I was initially disappointed when I first got it. While a really cool truck, it is NOT 1/48 scale, or even close to it. No scale is indicated on the bottom side of the truck, as you might find on some die-cast vehicles. And although I still haven't verified the exact scale, I believe it is probably much closer to 1/64 scale than anything.
The Classic Metal Works 'Whistle Soda' and the 'O-So Grape' trucks look to be the spittin' image of the Pepsi truck on my Menard's flat car. With that in mind , then they are NOT 1/48 scale either.
Sorry to disappoint.
Paul,
There is a yellow Coca-Cola delivery truck being advertised and sold as 1:50 as printed on the lower right of the package. I ordered two and like you was disappointed when they arrived. While 1:50 is printed on the packaging, the truck is close to 1 1/2 inches wide which puts it at 1:64. I sold them to an S Scale modeler. Until the mid 1970s, the standard width of freight trucks was 96 inches, or two scale inches. Short of two inches it is a 1:49 or smaller. Wider than two inches it is a 1:47 or larger gauge.
To be sure, it may be prudent to ask the seller the width of the model or the wheel base or the length over all and compare that to the prototype vehicle.
John
