Automobiles/ Trucks 1/43-1/50 scale let’s see them

I Wish Neo  would come down to a reality level so  guys like me at least buy them once in awhile 

p51 posted:

I found an internet photograph of what the u.s. government license plates looked like on civilian type vehicles during World War II. So, I made a copy of them to scale, and put them on the 35 Ford after changing the number. They're really tough to read, but at least it's the right kind of plate.

Great job on the plate and what a awesome pic for a bonus! 

lee drennen posted:

I Wish Neo  would come down to a reality level so  guys like me at least buy them once in awhile 

Lee if you scour Ebay very carefully, you can find some nice brands on there on occasion.  I have found brand new units for a quarter to half the price off retail on some nice cars.  I also make offers, even if the ad doesn't ask for offers.  Many times the seller will comply to your offer...

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

I Wish Neo  would come down to a reality level so  guys like me at least buy them once in awhile 

Lee if you scour Ebay very carefully, you can find some nice brands on there on occasion.  I have found brand new units for a quarter to half the price off retail on some nice cars.  I also make offers, even if the ad doesn't ask for offers.  Many times the seller will comply to your offer...

Thanks I’ve scored a few Franklin mint like that but they’re broken and I have to repair them nothing major though

Greetings Everyone,

This is my first and only fire truck and one of my first LED installations.  It's a Corgi 1/50 scale Squad "1" with 34 LED's installed.

Chief Bob (Retired)

Greetings All,

Here's a Department of Transportation Snow Plow Truck.  It is a New Ray 1/43 scale model with 18 LED's installed.  It is self contained with a power switch and a 9 Volt battery concealed inside the salt bin along with all of the electronics.

Chief Bob(Retired)

PUFFRBELLY posted:

Greetings Everyone,

This is my first and only fire truck and one of my first LED installations.  It's a Corgi 1/50 scale Squad "1" with 34 LED's installed.

 

Chief Bob (Retired)

Wow Bob, Excellent'.  All sides, front and rear look like the real thing'... Beautiful'..

Variety of types and functions...

Jesse   TCASeems I need to improve my focusCamera or eyes??   LOL!!

Bob.  Another outstanding project they both are awesome I can’t decide which one I like. Great job

Jessie.  Thanks for posting your fine vehicles I guess out of all of them I have to choose the Allis chambers scaper. 

Here’s a solido Cadillac I’m really thinking about repainting  it that yellow is to much for me 

lee drennen posted:

Here’s a solido Cadillac I’m really thinking about repairing it that yellow is to much for me 

Lee, the yellow paint is what makes that lemon shine!

(Not really true. Only kidding. Didn't really mean it).

Studebakers. I thought they were strange-looking when I was a youngster. I still do but have them on my layout because they are perfect for the early 1950s. I am also pretty sure that they didn't come in metallic-blue paint in those days.

MELGAR

Vincent. No harm I know your kidding thanks

Mel. Nice pics thanks for posting them.My mom and dad had one just like ours he liked that car. I think he said it was grayish. I’ve got that blue one it’s nice and it seems to fit well up front with the other 1/48 here’s a pic of it in front of my 1/48 Mack B81

           In the 1960s, This was a poor kid's first car' .                             

The above was converted from the below road champ.

5 bucks at Diecast Direct, during their last sale of new older stock. Bought 2,  55 Chevys,

2, 57 Fords, all police cars for custom/conversions.... 

Those '55 Chevrolets looked a lot better when they were new...

MELGAR

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

           In the 1960s, This was a poor kid's first car' .                             

   

The above was converted from the below road champ.

5 bucks at Diecast Direct, during their last sale of new older stock. Bought 2,  55 Chevys,

2, 57 Fords, all police cars for custom/conversions.... 

I musta been REALLY poor because I had a '57 Chevy in the 70's.    Outstanding job on the weathering!

Chief Bob (Retired)

Mel,

They were very pretty and popular.  My oldest sister's husband had a 56 , and he would let me drive around the back roads several years before I was old enough to legally  drive.  Was a fun car to drive around .  Could take a real beating and kept on ticking....

Jessie, I really like both the White Open top bus and the AC motor scraper.  I've got three of those White open tops, from different National Parks and Skagway, AK but I had to settle for a Lionel flat with a "rubber" Ac scraper.

Quarter Gauger 48.  Thanks for posting those neat pics. My first vehicle was a 1970 International pickup the year was 1986 I was 16 loved that truck 

Mel. That’s a beautiful 1955 who makes it? 

Joe. I had to settle for the Lionel AC dozer I plan to detail it up some day. 

PUFFRBELLY posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

           In the 1960s, This was a poor kid's first car' .                             

   

The above was converted from the below road champ.

5 bucks at Diecast Direct, during their last sale of new older stock. Bought 2,  55 Chevys,

2, 57 Fords, all police cars for custom/conversions.... 

I musta been REALLY poor because I had a '57 Chevy in the 70's.    Outstanding job on the weathering!

Chief Bob (Retired)

Bob, thanks'...  Don't feel bad.  My first was a 59 Plymouth, in 69, $200 off a used car lot in Waterbury, CT.  Push button drive 4 dr sedan, Belvedere. It was a completely fades out Lt blue. I hand painted it with a brush jet black.. Looked pretty good.  It also was the oldest car in my High School parking lot..... A real poor kid's car...   But it was all mine....  

Here's an Alabama State Trooper Tahoe I just finished for Lionlman.   He liked the first one I built for him and decided he wanted another.

Chief Bob (Retired)

lee drennen posted:

Mel. That’s a beautiful 1955 who makes it?

Thanks Lee. The '55 Chevy Bel-Air model is 1:43 and made by Vitesse.

MELGAR

Mel.  Thanks for another great shot of that car. 

Bob.  Another great creation the city of St. Louis has some of those as well as the City DOT 

One I really like, but not "quite" a vehicle...….  But love the detail and importance they played in all our railroad history in America, along with use in building the Panama Canal.   Hmmmm… that would interesting to model.... lots of trains and rails in the construction.....    And it is 1/48

Jesse    TVA

So here’s another Chevy😎.  A bridal couple ventured out of the deli, creating a disturbance and abandoning their 55 T-bird in a no parking zone, so the local constabulary was called in to restore the peace.  More at 11....

Forgive me if I posted this here already (from back before I re-did the road surface), but this is the one auto I did the least modification to as it was what I wanted already. Just some Dullcoat and light weathering (it even had the right license plates already in place):

That said, I haven't bene able to confirm white is the right color for a wartime TN State Patrol car. They might have been yellow but I can't confirm that.

I have yet to find a correct figure that matches their uniforms in that timeframe, but someday I'll have a trooper for this!

Jesse.   That’s a nice looking shove. Thanks for posting it 

Don. Nice looking pics I’m going have to get one of those cop cars. You need to call a tow truck and tow that car to the “Dough Hill” impound (my layout) 

Lee.  I don’t think you have posted this before nice pics as always keep posting we all like your stuff 

1930 Chevrolet AD Deluxe Delivery by ERTL. Under the track.

MELGAR

Mel

nice car and a beautiful setting I really like that pic 

A 1921 Fordson tractor arrived from Russia.  Advertisement claims 1:48.  Now I need to learn how to weather something.  I wanted a steel wheeled tractor. 

Going to rebuild this Mack B fire truck I dismantled it and plan on stripping it and repaint it and add some Don Mills components to it I’m going to try to get these on the layout by the weekend.

Here’s a couple of my favorite Mack fire trucks. Mack C and B 

Another Mack favorite of mine. I bought it off of EBay and in the box was a note saying it was bought at the Mack museum in Allentown Pa. 

Well, if you are going to show cars, you might as well show car lots.  JD Motors  has a model of every car I ever owned.  All in the correct color as well. (Its not that hard to repaint most die cast cars)

The sign is a nod to the fact that my layout is set in 1956, but a lot of the cars were built after that.

Lot's of trucks in and out of the local metal works S/R dock'

Okay John, this one is for you'

That’s a great interior!   Now I’m inspired to up my game😎

" Closing the deal on a brand new Tucker! "

John Sethian posted:

Well, if you are going to show cars, you might as well show car lots.  JD Motors  has a model of every car I ever owned.  All in the correct color as well. (Its not that hard to repaint most die cast cars)

John,

Your layout modeling is superb. The road elevations in the background, the angles and contours of the earthworks, and that great retaining wall have a look of authenticity and familiarity.  I could swear that I saw that very scene in drives around where I live.

And how lucky that models have been made of cars you have owned.  I can say that about my first VW but that's about it :-).

Thanks for an inspiring post.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Tomlinson Run..Thank you

And thanks also to everyone else who contributed to this thread.  Throughly enjoyable reading!