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

Tomlinson Run Railroad,

That is an expanding luggage rack.  Very popular accessory in the teens and twenties.  The car is a 1930 Deluxe roadster (two taillights and a one piece splash pan).

Bill

MELGAR posted:

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

sidehack posted:

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

That looks like a gate which can be extended along the running board, perhaps to keep onlookers OFF the running board when the car is parked. Just a guess on my part.

MELGAR

In that era' many of the expensive luxury cars offered an optional additional  movable step to assist the fairer sex in entering the cabin. 

Chord , Pierce Arrow, Duesenberg, and others, I believe offered this option..   So a nice add on to dress up a Ford'... It was used a a storage rack, like many seen attached to 'Rumble seat'... but on the running board in many cases'.

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

MELGAR posted:

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

sidehack posted:

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

That looks like a gate which can be extended along the running board, perhaps to keep onlookers OFF the running board when the car is parked. Just a guess on my part.

MELGAR

In that error many of the expensive luxury cars offered an optional additional  movable step to assist the fairer sex in entering the cabin. 

Chord , Pierce Arrow, Duesenberg, and others, I believe offered this option..   So a nice add on to dress up a Ford'... It was used a a storage rack, like many seen attached to 'Rumble seat'... but on the running board in many cases'.

Thanks for the replies, guys.

TRRR

I just finished my 1/43 scale Chevy 1.5 ton. I removed the Russian markings for this model only marketed in Eastern Europe (I assume because they didn't get rights from Chevrolet). Then, I did weathering with overlapping layers of dry brushing.

This model was tough to get and not cheap. But it was worth it to have on the layout.

Behind it, a GMC 2.5 ton, which was even thougher to find, from Spain...

replica of wife's Volvo on layout

and the full scale

                 Marci pacing a  C P train...

p51 posted:

I just finished my 1/43 scale Chevy 1.5 ton. I removed the Russian markings for this model only marketed in Eastern Europe (I assume because they didn't get rights from Chevrolet). Then, I did weathering with overlapping layers of dry brushing.

This model was tough to get and not cheap. But it was worth it to have on the layout.

Behind it, a GMC 2.5 ton, which was even thougher to find, from Spain...

Lee, those military vehicles of yours look excellent, thanks for posting them!

John

jgtrh62 posted:

Lee, those military vehicles of yours look excellent, thanks for posting them!

John

Thanks, John. Once I realize the Chevrolet truck existed, it became a quest to get one. There are a few on eBay, but they're well over $100. I found a retail outlet in Estonia that had them. I paid with money I already had on my PayPal, so I didn't have to give them a credit card. I was actually very surprised when it showed up less than two weeks later.

Very realistic weathering!

Gold strikes finding those trucks that were everywhere, but models are denied to the obvious market!  Amazes me the hoops you have to jump through to get what should be common, in trains and related models 

colorado hirailer posted:

Gold strikes finding those trucks that were everywhere, but models are denied to the obvious market!  Amazes me the hoops you have to jump through to get what should be common, in trains and related models 

I think it has to do with licensing. The Chevy and GMC models I have above are of very common trucks during WW2, but I think nobody wanted to pay the fees to sell them on this side of the pond? Otherwise I have no idea why they're so tough to get!

p51 posted:

I just finished my 1/43 scale Chevy 1.5 ton. I removed the Russian markings for this model only marketed in Eastern Europe (I assume because they didn't get rights from Chevrolet). Then, I did weathering with overlapping layers of dry brushing.

This model was tough to get and not cheap. But it was worth it to have on the layout.

Behind it, a GMC 2.5 ton, which was even thougher to find, from Spain...

Looks very good Lee sorry I missed it. I’m going to build a Tamiya single axle like this some day 

colorado hirailer posted:

Gold strikes finding those trucks that were everywhere, but models are denied to the obvious market!  Amazes me the hoops you have to jump through to get what should be common, in trains and related models 

Exactly 

Vandalia Guy posted:

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.) 

Thanks for posting and a good price my dad had a hard top like this one 

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

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'..💖

 

 

Very nice ted thanks for posting 

Richie C. posted:

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.

Nice haul Richie thanks for posting 

trumptrain posted:

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. 

Patrick 

Always nice pics 

Vandalia Guy posted:

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.) 

Like the pics thanks for posting 

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

Very nice pic Mel. Thanks for posting 

trumptrain posted:

Some vehicle pics from around Patsburg.

Some more great pics Patrick