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

Here is a '53 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible I picked up at Hobby Lobby on Saturday. It's already a selling at a premium on eBay. I paid $7.99. I saw a red on one eBay as well as the cream that I got. Slightly smaller than 1:43/1:50 but cool anyway. (I spent five minutes or better trying to find the scale on the package.) It's about the same size as my 1981 Cadillac Seville which is in the same color as the full sized one in my garage. (How cool is that?" Also pictured is the Lionel Barrel Loader I just finished. (I need to fabricate the missing ramp extension that was missing from the loose parts in the kit.) Rubbing Tuscan Red paint onto the "wood" makes it look a little more real. (I went ahead and used some plastic from a frozen food item I had used as a spray paint "touch up) container, then glued some card stock on the edges and a little paint. It doesn't look too bad for home made and twenty minutes work.) 

Picked these up the other day ……. that B&M delivery van is about the shiniest piece of diecast I've ever come across. I may mask it off and shoot it with a layer of dullcoat.

Four Photos for Today:  1) Edsel with smootchers,  2)US Mail Jeep, 3)US Mail Jeep & 1947 Renault w/53 Chevy pickup, 4) today's traffic on Patsburg Ave. 

I was going to add some shots of my full sized Seville but I "updated" Windows the other day and evidently, some things have "changed." Anyhow, my full sized one is the exact color combination of the model. Thanks to Rob, the PRR sign guy who helped me with the sign on the building.  As a side note, the nose of the "real" car is pointing to the roadbed of the PRR (Vandalia) RR tracks that remain. (About 75 feet away.) 

If you were older than 8 years old on this date in 1963, you remember where you were.  Here's the Norev model of the Kennedy limousine. I just leave it in the box.

Great model of JFK's limo - on 11/22/63 I was in Omaha , 2 weeks  before my Air Force discharge.

Recently bought this nice 1/43 1953 Hudson Hornet on E-bay 

Oops - that is a 51 Hudson 

Gem, nice car, just be careful in cold weather.  Sometimes they don't want to start, even after new spark plugs installed'....😏

Probably have to choke it! LOL - thanks for the reply - who's the cute blond in the photo?

GEM posted:

Probably have to choke it! LOL - thanks for the reply - who's the cute blond in the photo?

That's Adeena' She is my go to girl, and appears in many of my models....😁

She just loves to work'...😉, and loves cars'..💖

Lucky’s Service’s Mack wrecker has been called to tow away a brand new ’41 Ford from right in front of Lipnick’s. A CNJ tender is visible as #107 passes through town.

MELGAR

MELGAR posted:

Lucky’s Service’s Mack wrecker has been called to tow away a brand new ’41 Ford from right in front of Lipnick’s. A CNJ tender is visible as #107 passes through town.

MELGAR

👨🏽‍🦰 Wow Mel, that sure is a real fine looking wrecker'... Nice scene'..👌😁

MELGAR posted:

Lucky’s Service’s Mack wrecker has been called to tow away a brand new ’41 Ford from right in front of Lipnick’s. A CNJ tender is visible as #107 passes through town.

MELGAR

Two very sharp-looking vehicles, Melgar!

Some vehicle pics from around Patsburg.

Some really great scenes - gives me some good idea as I prepare to reconstruct my layout after moving this year - Thanks!

Downtown Motors sale and service

Patrick, 👀 this is very clever'....(LMAO)...😃

 Sidehack',, Nice shot and scene'...

sidehack posted:

Downtown Motors sale and service

That's a gorgeous scene, sidehack.  I don't know which parts I like best: The guy with the tire, that nice Branch COE, or the D&H (you can never go wrong with that line :-).

Tomlinson Run Railroad

MELGAR, nice scene with the "41 being towed

one of my favorites is this Model A

sidehack posted:

MELGAR, nice scene with the "41 being towed

one of my favorites is this Model A

That is a beauty! I have been looking for an O scale (1:43 to 1:50) Model A and haven't found one so far. I see that B&A caboose in your photo. One of my favorite railroads.

MELGAR

Vehicles doing their thing in Patsburg.  In the bottom two photos I used mirrors to add depth to the scene. 

I have one of these on the way, a 1/43 scale Chevy WW2 1.5 ton truck, out of Estonia. They're only marketed for Eastern Europe (beats me why, as I think they'd sell well over here). In the states in 1943, they had plenty of them so I was surprised to see a decent model in the scale I want, finally.

When it gets here, I will strip off the Russian markings. I already have decals for a truck like this (like I used on the other WW2 vehicles on the layout). I might get rid of my 1/43 scale Studebaker S-series 2.5 ton after this model is in place, as I don’t have a lot of room and those weren’t very common. All these larger trucks were only sold in Eastern Europe, oddly (even the GMC CCKW, a very common truck in the US). I ordered all of them from across the pond and none came cheaply...

TRUMPTRAIN

Really like those beer trucks but the horse drawn wagon is great. I am modelling a loose simulation of the building on the right of the main brewery left. There is a horse and loaded wagon in the center. Your use of mirrors is a nice touch.

Did someone say "beer truck" ?

sidehack posted:

MELGAR, nice scene with the "41 being towed

one of my favorites is this Model A

Thank you for taking my back home so many decades ago.  My friend restored Model A's.  His own was paint a similar dark green.  On a summer evening I was there, he said let's go for a ride.  We must have drove around for the better part of 2-hours.  We were the envy of everyone passing by.

Ron

Certainly can't claim this as scale, although it's close to 1/43...a Corgi Cooper-Maserati from roughly 1967 or so:

Can't vouch for the set-up or the livery, but it's a very cool toy. Lean the driver right or left and the steering rack cuts in that direction. Ingenious...

PD 

I heard Beer trucks too!!

The bulk milk truck.  

Dewman51 posted:

I heard Beer trucks too!!

These trucks are very nice, espescially  the  Yuengling

I only have one old one right now

trumptrain posted:

The bulk milk truck.  

I can't believe I still remember this, but an old Mad Magazine when I was a kid mentioned a Dairy called, "Moo Juice Dairy" and if I had modelled anything with whimsey, I would have put that name on the side of such a truck...

From a while back. Autographed by Neil Young but never bothered to get Dick Kughn's signature.

p51 posted:

trumptrain posted:

The bulk milk truck.  

I can't believe I still remember this, but an old Mad Magazine when I was a kid mentioned a Dairy called, "Moo Juice Dairy" and if I had modelled anything with whimsey, I would have put that name on the side of such a truck...

Lee - wonderful idea!  You have inspired me.  Moo Juice Dairy is now on my list of things to create.   Many thanks!  

Getting those Christmas presents unloaded.  

trumptrain posted:

p51 posted:

trumptrain posted:

The bulk milk truck.  

I can't believe I still remember this, but an old Mad Magazine when I was a kid mentioned a Dairy called, "Moo Juice Dairy" and if I had modelled anything with whimsey, I would have put that name on the side of such a truck...

Lee - wonderful idea!  You have inspired me.  Moo Juice Dairy is now on my list of things to create.   Many thanks!  

Let me know if you ever do. The original idea came from their "Facts of Life" parody in Mad Magazine. I just looked it up, the reference was in "The Yaks of Life" in the December 1982 issue, according to Wikipedia.

I have no idea how I can remember that so clearly!

I just got my 1/43rd scale Chevy 1.5 ton truck, out of Estonia. I was very surprised, as I got the model in just 12 days from the order.
Hopefully, with some of that testors Evo stuff, I can remove the few markings on this thing and go to work on it right away. I'm very, very happy with the quality of this model, and though it wasn't cheap I'm very glad I got one!

Here is a German Super Tiger on a US Flat Car as a capuured German Tank.

sidehack posted:

MELGAR, nice scene with the "41 being towed

one of my favorites is this Model A

This is a great looking model and one of my favorite early Fords.  I'm curious about the accordion-like attachment at the back of the running board.  Can someone please enlighten me? Thanks.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Sidehack can you tell us who made your Model A?  Thanks, I had to use a 32' and paint the grille shell to make a fake Model A, 5 window for my barn find scene.