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

I used a mat for some. My car show sits on a painted green plywood sheet. I'm not to handy and I have no room to do work on the layout, no workshop, or even area large enough to do work. I had to do it on the tables my layout is on, arranging the work in sequence. What I have is a rather toy train series of layouts, one 027 gauge, one mostly "O" gauge, a trestle oval where my trolley runs, a circle with 2 sidings where my Yankee commuter trains run. I have D&H  passenger and freight trains. I also have the car show which mimics the AACA car show in Spencer,NC which is where the NC Transportation Museum and Yards are. Then I have a section with cabooses, a representation of those in the Red Caboose Motel in Lancaster, Pa. I stayed in the Reading caboose so that's there. All in all, I'm happy with the result, and while it's not as intricate as many others it serves to bring back memories for me. Oh, and I've put hoboes on my D&H freight and people on other parts of the layout.

@lee drennen posted:

If there’s a Hobby Lobby near you guys they now have the Atlantis White 3000 Sinclair tanker 

I like the truck Lee, and I have a Hobby Lobby not too far away. I don't see the scale mentioned on the box - do you know what it is?

 That is a very nice weathering application Ray'.. Looks great'..👍

@Lionelski posted:

I like the truck Lee, and I have a Hobby Lobby not too far away. I don't see the scale mentioned on the box - do you know what it is?

I have two of them and on the side of the box, it states 1/48 scale and the length is 10.25 inches.
I plan on a total repaint in red.  It's what I remember seeing.       D.

John it’s close to Scale O but more towards 1/50 will work. Here’s one I’m working on with one of those Lionel o27 piggyback thailers that actually measures to be 1/50. 

Ray. That Bulldog is awesome 

Here it is with a Mack B Corgi set of fronts 

This is the original red version at the upper left. Looks like the same two guys are still working the truck !

Hi everyone, I thought I might post for your review and enjoyment another member of my "Japanese Tinplate Trucks" club.  This one is a cement mixer and the rubber wheel friction drive actually turns the mixer tank on the back as it propels the truck along.  This one unlike the Mobile Pet Shop I showed earlier is a little closer to O-scale.  I have placed an actual 1/48 size person near the cab door to show the scale comparison.  The working end of the truck is quite realistic, the chute for the concrete swivels and moves up and down as it would on a real truck. Rear even has the registration plate.  The mixer moves at a realistic rotational speed.  The downsides are that there is  no real cab interior, not even a steering wheel and the cab doors are only hinted at and not really there.  Another acquisition from a trip to Kadena AFB on Okinawa, Japan (actually it belonged to the US when I was there).

Have a happy weekend everyone.

Don

Got my goodies from Don Mills models. Super clean and sharp. Looking forward to adding them to the Corgi Mack.

Wow, West Side Joe'... That was really fast service.  You just ordered this stuff.  What a very good outfit'....  Looking forward to seeing your results on your Corgi Macks'...👀

Joe. One thing I forgot to tell you Don ships fast. Nice goodies thanks for posting now let’s see them one a B Mack 

Hi everyone...hey I went to "Hobby Lobby" to get one of those Atlantis White Sinclair Tanker kits (winter project) and I was successful although I got the last one they had on the shelf.  What I wanted to say to everyone, as we now approach the Christmas season, Hobby Lobby is jam packed with "stuff" you can use to "Christmasize" your layout and ALL of it is offered at 40-50 % off the marked price.  I usually add some temporary Holiday decoration to my layout for the holidays and have an "around the tree" set running as well so these bargains were of interest to me.  Anyway just FYI if you need any of this Holiday stuff.

Don

I just yesterday found a car....no pictures yet... that is / was made by Tomte Lardal (?), Stamanger (?), Norway.  It is made of semi-soft canary yellow rubber-like material with a soft transparent windshield.  It is a pretty good representation of a T-bird convertible with quad headlights, a hood scoop, flat top "eyebrows" over the headlights, long low fins, and round quad tail lights with flat "eyebrows" over them.  I can't remember the year but the quad headlights weren't seen much before 1963.  The sides are a swoop and spear thing that I recall seeing, but don't know when.

This car is a bit small for 1/48, but a bunch larger than 1?64.  It has a couple of people cast into the front seats and a dog laying on the back seat.

I'd like to 1. identify the year, 2. identify the maker, 3.see if I can find more cars like this, and 4. put some skill, luck, and work into painting it to use in one of my scenes.

Any help from anyone, anywhere will be appreciated.

JFWIW the one I'm seeing my mind's eye was pink and white, common colors for Edsels and Turnpike Cruisers.

>>???? Forty Rod, where did you find this car?  There must be a photo of it on the site you found it... Maybe you can copy and paste the pix. And then post it  here.  Then I could identify the year for you....

I found it in a thrift shop for fifty cents.  Couldn't pass it up.  I'll try to get it cleaned upa bit a take a picture of it.

Ok, a bit of Dawn and some warm water and it looks much better.  No how do I get these pics from my iPhone to this site?

Tom

I found a ton of them on eBay for $4.99 to over $300.00, various sizes and all made in the 60s.  Mine is a 1962 T-Bird (it really isn't, but I still can't pin it down) in what they say is 1/43....not even close, but I can use it as a background car.  Needs a new windshield unless I can figure out how to un-warp this one.  There is a bilious green one on eBay for $5.99.

@Forty Rod posted:

Ok, a bit of Dawn and some warm water and it looks much better.  No how do I get these pics from my iPhone to this site?

 

Tom

Tom it is very simple'... Send the pix to your email.  Then open it and save it in you photo files.  Then bring up this thread.  Then left click on below right, ADD Attachments...  Then just follow the prompts....

Okay, let's assume I have no idea how to send this to my e-mail (which I don't.  I've been working with computers since 1966 and still don't know diddly-squat about them) and go from there 

BTW, I found a book with pages of paper and it appears that this is a model of a '58 or more likely a '59 car.

I'd still like to send pics of things and stuff when I can, though.

Tom

Laughed at these postings, since l have used computers, as tools, since my employer sprang for Zenith!! desktops.  I am not enamored with electronics.  Directions for posting pictures remind me of asking directions on a 1920's dirt road: "go past Uncle Elbert's farm, turn left at the third white house, then two miles past the end of the fence line, and you are almost there".  I have seen that White truck, but like railroad models, l want the year that White was first offered printed on the box.   An Alco PA nosed up to a E-8 at Promontory Point is not an accurate historical model. 

@Forty Rod posted:

Okay, let's assume I have no idea how to send this to my e-mail (which I don't.  I've been working with computers since 1966 and still don't know diddly-squat about them) and go from there 

 

BTW, I found a book with pages of paper and it appears that this is a model of a '58 or more likely a '59 car.

 

I'd still like to send pics of things and stuff when I can, though.

Tom

Here's how I do it, anyways. Put your name, phone number and e-mail address in your phone book on the iPhone and close it out.

Go to your phone book on the main screen and click on your name. When the screen comes up, click on your e-mail address and a "New Message" screen will open up. Type "FYI" in the "subject line" and tap the blank screen. Then lightly tap again and you should get a black bar with an arrow on the right. Tap the black bar arrow and you should get another black bar that says "Insert Photo or Video". Tap that and your photos should show up at the bottom. Click the one(s) you want to send and tap the blue arrow on the right to send. If you get a message about size, hit "actual size" and it should go through to your e-mail box.  

Open your e-mail and save the picture to your desktop. When you write your message in the Forum, hit  "Add Attachments" on the bottom right and follow the prompts.

This is a model I found in an antique/flea market store in a little town in Arkansas a few years back.  The road grader is by Joal, a Spanish maker. It had lost its grader blade and had only one tire.  The paint on it was still fine. I got it for $5. I made a new blade for it. The missing tires were a problem. So, I looked up Joal on line and asked about replacement tires and their cost.  After two weeks or so passed by with no word, a little package from Spain was in my mailbox. A full set of new tires for the road grader was inside, as well as information about other Joal die cast models. No charge, with a nice letter about my interest in Joal. Now my 'Cat'  wears a full set of new shoes.  Here it is on a Westbrook flat car that dates from 1949!  A train show truck-less 'junker' find that I  got for $3.  I should change those tie-down chains to something more realistic.

Someday. . . .  S. Islander  

Corgi Mack with Don Mills Models goodies added.The turn signal lenses are punched out from colored plastic sheets with the type of hollow core punch used for making eyelet holes in leather.The rear view mirror surfaces are cut out from those shiny silver anti static bags used for hard drives and memory chips.

Looks Great!!!

How ironic is this?

Joe that Mack turned out looking very good. Thanks for posting

Anyone gotten one of those "Duel" movie prime movers by IXO?

A pal of mine scored one and it looked great. Outside the timeframe for my layout though

Lee. My brother bought one and says it detailed right down to the little mirror on the radiator. I bought the Green one that was released before the duel one

@lee drennen posted:

Lee. My brother bought one and says it detailed right down to the little mirror on the radiator. I bought the Green one that was released before the duel one

Anyone have any photos of this baby???😬

This truck was made by New Ray. I gave it a custom paint job and custom decals to create a White Pass and Yukon Route truck, perfect to represent the company's trucking division.

Tom. Those old White Pass Truck were neat nice looking truck and paint job thanks for posting

Guys.  Here’s all the Peterbilt’s Diecast Direct has to offer some will be out at the end of the year  

Here you go Ted

Tom the WP&Y Truck is just as good as the diesel you made.

Hello everyone...Well since time is frozen on my layout to "sometime" in the 1950's, I discovered this 1953 Chevy Belaire Convertible at Hobby Lobby.  The box said "Scale Model" but nowhere on the box did it show the scale they were talking about.  I took a chance and took it home to compare with some known scale models and it appears to be somewhere around 1/43 -1/48 although just a little big.  However it fits in well in my McDonald's parking lot , so I'm pleased especially since the price was only $7.99

Here is a side view, I really liked the treatment of the convertible top, looks realistic with the "folds".  The characteristic Belaire side trim is neat and even the trim under the gas cap.

Here is the rear view, the taillights are quite accurate and the trunk trim. The bumpers are a little too bright for my taste but in the rear its not too bad.

Here is the front view, with the prominent Chevy "bow tie' and the hood ornament.  The grill is OK but all that shiny chrome makes the front a little too shiny for me.  I may try to dull that up some in the future.  Note the windshield wipers however, that's a neat touch of realism.

Well there you are friends, my small towns newest auto.  Man the neighbors will be jealous and whispering -where did the owner get all that money, especially with the recession (1950's) and all? ...who knows, maybe he bet on the horses!

Have a great weekend

Don

Don. Thanks for posting and the review I’ll have to go over to Hobby Lobby and check them out. What section of the store was it in?

Lee it was in section with the plastic models and such. I “found” the cars while I was looking for the gas truck kit that has been talked about on this thread.

Best of luck

Don

Got my DD order in on Friday that I had placed awhile ago and, not to belabor the issue, but was very disappointed in the size of the "O Scale" orange bottle truck as seen on the '51 Kenworth Flatbed truck alongside a '51 Chevy Illinois Terminal MOW pickup truck. It is way off of anything close to "O" scale. Too much of a hassle to return it, so I'll put it in the back of the layout and rely on "forced perspective" to make it look as good as possible.

OTOH, very pleased with the MOW pick-up with chrome wheels, opening doors and tailgate and a couple of track ties. The Kenworth came with the flat bed painted a dark green, which I'm not fond of, so that will get painted black and maybe detailed a little.

Richie I was too disappointed with that truck I sold it that week  I got it. It’s so out of scale it’s really about 1/55 scale I post somewhere here warning not to buy it that it was not to scale

Hi, Lee - I saw the post and warning, but I had already placed the order and figured I would see what it looked like in person. I'll probably end up just giving it to my 7 year old grandson. I've given him a lot of my 1/64th scale stuff.

At least the Kenworth and IT pick-up look good.