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I just picked up this Corgi 1:50 Semi from a forum member.  One of my favorite trucking names...Carolina, I couldn't pass it up!



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Andy,  Many years ago, the Ohio River flooded high enough to reach the truck dock at Castelline Produce's warehouse(Cincinnati) which had its back to the river.  All the trailers had been moved except a Carolina reefer which was at the dock with its tires underwater.  The Cincinnati Carolina terminal manager got in a boat and took a zillion photos of the trailer.  The following year, one of those photos was in the Carolina calendar with the caption "Carolina delivers come **** or high water."  John

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Andy,  Many years ago, the Ohio River flooded high enough to reach the truck dock at Castelline Produce's warehouse(Cincinnati) which had its back to the river.  All the trailers had been moved except a Carolina reefer which was at the dock with its tires underwater.  The Cincinnati Carolina terminal manager got in a boat and took a zillion photos of the trailer.  The following year, one of those photos was in the Carolina calendar with the caption "Carolina delivers come **** or high water."  John

John--That's an awesome story!  I searched for the picture online, but couldn't find it.  Too bad!  Thanks again for the semi...I love it!

Okay, so the scale is 1:34, not in the range listed but I couldn't leave it behind.  Thanks to JADA Toys Just Trucks line I am now the proud owner of this 2013 Ram.IMG_1894IMG_1895IMG_1896

Not an exact match for this 2019 that sits in the driveway,

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but with a little paint on the bumpers and the crosshairs in the grill plus some hood decals it'll suffice.  I'll fashion a tonneau cover for the bed.  I'd like to find some mirrors if anyone has any ideas.

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Tootsie Toy tractors as purchased

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With a coat of red

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Ready for service

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Block of wood trailer with Athearn Ford C tractor

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Another paint scheme

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Wood dowel rods for tires with counter sunk indentations for wheels.  At a dock or with a vehicle next to the truck or at a distance, no one will notice they are wood.

Signs from catalogs or HO railroad decals work on O scale trailers.

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Athearn BRANCH Ford C tractor with wood trailer.  Half rounds glued to wood for the horizontal ribs.

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Tootsie Toy tractor and wood trailer with signs cut from advertising.

Weaver flat car DTI with K-Mart Santa Fe trailer

K-MART trailer atop K-Line flat car.

John

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@Lionelski posted:

Even though the roads in Warrenville already have heavy traffic, I could not resist adding this Buick (1954??) Roadmaster. 1:48

Gonna put a person or so inside then onto the layout. A couple bikini girls in the back seat?

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Mmm, more like a 1950:

1950 Buick Roadmaster Sedan - Model 72

The key IMHO is the chrome line down the side. Later models had a swoopy curve down in the middle. Can't see enough detail in your model to be absolutely sure, though . . .

@coach joe posted:

Okay, so the scale is 1:34, not in the range listed but I couldn't leave it behind.  Thanks to JADA Toys Just Trucks line I am now the proud owner of this 2013 Ram.IMG_1894IMG_1895IMG_1896

Not an exact match for this 2019 that sits in the driveway,

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but with a little paint on the bumpers and the crosshairs in the grill plus some hood decals it'll suffice.  I'll fashion a tonneau cover for the bed.  I'd like to find some mirrors if anyone has any ideas.

Unless you can find a similar size truck with mirrors that you can scrounge off of, you might try Shapeways or this Forum to see about requesting a 3D printing/build of the mirrors.

Here is a link to a review of the bus model and details 1/50 scale Iconic replicas.

https://www.diecastxmagazine.c...ack-bk-parlor-coach/

Just in case you have never seen it Mr. Bean had the green mini and him in the chair on top of the car is a 1/32 Scaletrix slot car is one of his skits and the other a 1/43 car and in one of his movies he tips over the little blue 3 wheeler it appears in several of his movie skits. The green dodge is a Hallmark ornament.

@Eilif posted:

Another Menards Find from the 3 buck toy bin. There are a few packs, each containing a pickup and trailer.  Pickups look underscale, but trailers have allot of potential.  The box trailer might be well served grabbing a pair of the larger wheels from a truck.

Where did you find them, on-line or in person? I couldn't locate anything even remotely like them on-line, even at full price.

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Grand Strand Model RR train show this past weekend.  The Corgi Cities Service had to come home for $20.  The trailers were meant for flat car loads but the vendor threw in the red and green semis.  A Corgi bus, Madison Ave. Line for $20 another must have and the Pepsi suburban to go with my Menard's Pepsi box truck.

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@coach joe posted:

Some new additions.

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Grand Strand Model RR train show this past weekend.  The Corgi Cities Service had to come home for $20.  The trailers were meant for flat car loads but the vendor threw in the red and green semis.  A Corgi bus, Madison Ave. Line for $20 another must have and the Pepsi suburban to go with my Menard's Pepsi box truck.

Wow Joe what a haul! I like those Champs of the Road ones K Mart was the exclusive seller for them they look great with Don Mills wheels and tires. That red one is a Little Window Peterbilt that they base off of the AMT 1/25 model kit as well as those trailers all of them are in 1/50 scale. Can we have a better shot at that corgi tanker? I never seen that one.

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