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

If you are traveling through Roscoe, New York on the NYO&W portion of my layout and your car breaks down, Grube's Garage will send out the wrecker and tow you in.

Nice cars guys!

Paul its sure is nice to see the summer car shows starting and I really love the guys that showed up in the Vett's! But man I am sure glad the pizza guy showed up! Not to sure about the veggie pizza, but I and sure someone will eat it! LOL

Shouldn't there be an ad for the Roscoe Diner on the side of that rig?

@coach joe posted:

Shouldn't there be an ad for the Roscoe Diner on the side of that rig?

Nice tow truck Bill thanks for sharing

Great tow truck and great staging with autos in many of the previous posts.   I too love cars and want to integrate them into my layout.   I have a semi-large ARMY TRAIN that I have filled with flatbeds and various MILITARY vehicles and such and have never been able to find a GAMMA GOAT.    I was assigned to one in the 1980's when I was in the army and would love to find one to put on a flatbed.   Seems the only one out there is a kit that is too big on the bay.   I'd love to fine one in that 1/48-1/50 range ALREADY BUILT.   I'm not a very good model builder.  

Here’s a UP White W22 I redone a couple years ago by add the correct decals to make it a UP road tractor and adding a fifth wheel and saddle tanks. Truck is pulled of the road waiting to back in the dock.

Bill's Railway Express truck and driver cover a lot of ground in the region...seems he's at the last stop for the night across from the Greyhound terminal...  The "cabbies" are ready for the 9:00 pm bus from the big city...

Unloading a delivery of clear fir stock for milling into door jams at Morrison Door...the inexperienced forklift driver seems to have forgotten to unstrap the load before lifting the forks...

@Bill Park posted:

If you are traveling through Roscoe, New York on the NYO&W portion of my layout and your car breaks down, Grube's Garage will send out the wrecker and tow you in.

Looks like they have multiple tow trucks available - and in different colors no less .....

The old pick-up has seen better days...

Old pickup trucks may have seen better days, but they are more lovable than these new fangled ones that are more plush than my car. 😃

Agreed, Mark...

Coach Joe, You have to come clean after a statement like that. What do you know about the Roscoe Diner?  I have eaten there countless times. I covered that whole area for Honeywell for 10 years and did the school there. Then started my boiler business and did more work at the school and many other commercial customers in that area. Back in the late seventies, there was still quite a bit of the old NYO&W left. I did spend time touring the old rite-of-way and many of the old buildings and tunnels.

I would guess I've seen more than 5000 of those "World Famous Roscoe Diner" bumper stickers in my life time.

Roscoe is a small town. It was home to a gentlemen named Wilbur Sipple. He organized a small museum there with a caboose and memorabilia from the old railroad. The diner was a new building right in the center of town. I remember the food was always very acceptable there.

@42trainman posted:

Great tow truck and great staging with autos in many of the previous posts.   I too love cars and want to integrate them into my layout.   I have a semi-large ARMY TRAIN that I have filled with flatbeds and various MILITARY vehicles and such and have never been able to find a GAMMA GOAT.    I was assigned to one in the 1980's when I was in the army and would love to find one to put on a flatbed.   Seems the only one out there is a kit that is too big on the bay.   I'd love to fine one in that 1/48-1/50 range ALREADY BUILT.   I'm not a very good model builder.  

😁 You may not be a great model builder, but you sure built a very nice layout.. Beautiful curves and straights...  I think I saw a Ggoat kit on a European web site.. Check out Great Britain model web sites. Their big on American military equipment'..

@mike g. posted:

Great cars everyone!

@Quarter Gauger 48 Ted after fallowing both you and Paul so a while I believe that both of you have stock in Dicast Direct! LOL

😁 Mike, I don't have as many as Paul, but a few bucks worth for sure'..  My rule is not to go over $100.00.  Paul's collection does not exhibit that equation ..LOL>>>

Djer's "lightly" used sports cars dealership is now open for business...customers were knocking down the doors even before the car lot was striped and the fence installed to keep out the grazing horses from the farm across the way...standing by the front steps, Djer seems to have everything under control as customers browse...

Great autos guys! Ted I try to keep my stuff to around $5-$10! It's not easy, but sometimes you have to splurge!

Paul, you have more dealerships on in or near town I wonder if there is any room for folks to live! They must have to travel quite away to get to town! LOL

Found this truck at a train show.  "Young" is my daughter's married last name.  The house is a model that I made of their house - perfect to scale.

- walt

The "Young's" truck is a 1/43 scale 1932 panel delivery made by ERTL as part of a vintage vehicles series. I believe there were 7 different variations - Oil-O-Matic, Winn Dixie, Chicago FD and possibly Harley that I know of. The sun visor and spare tire are nice details. Great find.

@walt rapp posted:

Found this truck at a train show.  "Young" is my daughter's married last name.  The house is a model that I made of their house - perfect to scale.

- walt

Nice truck Walt

@Richie C. posted:

The "Young's" truck is a 1/43 scale 1932 panel delivery made by ERTL as part of a vintage vehicles series. I believe there were 7 different variations - Oil-O-Matic, Winn Dixie, Chicago FD and possibly Harley that I know of. The sun visor and spare tire are nice details. Great find.

@Richie C. - how about that?!!  I just looked at it as a truck that I found at a train show that happened to have a personal connection to me.  Thanks for that informative background information.!!!

I just now looked at the box - it has 'Vintage Vehicle' as the label and it does say 'made by Ertl.  I never read any of the stuff on the box but thanks to your comments I just did.  On the back of the box is a somewhat big description of it.

walt

Mike, in the 50's, almost every larger city or town seemed to have a Chevy and Ford dealership...after they landed, then came along the used car guy, "Djer!"

Nice cars guys!

@walt rapp Nice find, I would even love to have something like in real life!
@Capetrainman Paul I know, Don't worry as you and Ed know along with many others I have almost as many autos as I do rail cars! I say almost as I just bought some TTX well cars! LOL

@mike g. posted:

Nice cars guys!

@walt rapp Nice find, I would even love to have something like in real life!
@Capetrainman Paul I know, Don't worry as you and Ed know along with many others I have almost as many autos as I do rail cars! I say almost as I just bought some TTX well cars! LOL

Mike, you have many great cars and pieces of heavy equipment, trucks, etc. on your layout, as I recall.  Once you get settled in your new location, hope you'll start a new layout.  Looking forward to seeing it for sure...!

The asphalt contractor just finished striping the parking lot at "Bob's" General Store today...rumors have it "Bob's" will be hosting this years Saturday night car rallies.  Bob's is located right across the tracks from "Sunset" Farms.  Other than an occasional "moo" from the resident cows or a whistle and fumes from a freight train passing by, Bob's parking will be a great place for the car buffs to show off their prize wheels this summer...

The lot striping guy finally showed up at Djer's Auto Sales to help him organize his mixed inventory of imports, GM, and Ford!  The sign guy is working on a new shingle to hang over the front entrance...business is very brisk...even convertibles are selling early in this season...

Looks great Paul, The striping guy did a wonderful job. I see with the verity of autos the place is going to be the hotspot in town, heck might even catch the pizza guy there! LOL

Mike, thanks...I believe the pizza guy is walking toward the green Buick with the hood up...the driver had a no start and the Ford wagon can't seem to get the jump accomplished...so the group ordered pizza!   This is the pizza guys first delivery to "Bob's General Store," the site of this summer's car rallies...stay tuned...

Great looking scene and General Store, Paul.

Nice job on the layouts. I try to just have 1/48 or 1/50 scale cars and trucks.

Great job Paul, I knew the Pizza guy would show up, but I wasn't expecting the guys on the Harley's unless they were fallowing the pizza guy! LOL

Thanks, Mike...the pizza guy sure gets around and loves the car rallies!  It appears the "Vette" guy ordered the mushroom and pepper this time around...lol...

All the car lot aficionados here have enticed me to try my hand as well.  Here is a photograph I took for on my Blackwater Canyon Line thread where I was asking for ideas for building placements and whether the Atlas Wheeler's Auto Dealer would fit in my proposed town.  We decided something like this would work.  Hmmm...mostly GM products here though the owner parked his Studebaker right beside the under construction showroom.  More to come.

@Mark Boyce posted:

All the car lot aficionados here have enticed me to try my hand as well.  Here is a photograph I took for on my Blackwater Canyon Line thread where I was asking for ideas for building placements and whether the Atlas Wheeler's Auto Dealer would fit in my proposed town.  We decided something like this would work.  Hmmm...mostly GM products here though the owner parked his Studebaker right beside the under construction showroom.  More to come.

😁👍Nice to see you build a dealership in your town'.. That looks like quite a facility.  Did you build it Mark'..?  Every town needs one or two auto lots,  For instance my new layout will have two dealers and a heavy truck outlet as well....  Lots of construction coming up in Ponderville...  Here's a few shots of recent progress....

This what you get when one retires and down sizes from a full basement and a garage and a half to a Sunroom and sheds..  AND, going from 15'X 30' to 4'X 16' O Scale'...😏 and starting over...(LOL)  I recon it beats having nothing at all.  At least that is what I'm told'...😁

This sun room has been completely converted from a tin box to a 4 -season room. New insulated roof, windows, insulated walls, celling,  carpeting; electrical power racetracks, outlets, switches, and carpeting,  blinds...  The layout will be smaller, however, I will be comfortable...Well worth the expense'... This design has  no underneath wiring.  No crawling on the floor required...

Ted, thank you!  It looks like you have a great new place to display lots of vehicles!!

Actually, this kit is basically a snap together like the old Plasticville kits.  I did not realize that when I bought it.  However, that made it easy to do a mock-up to see how it might work out.

It will need a complete scratch built interior which will be fun.  Here’s a closeup of the cars I staged in front to see how much space it would take.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Ted, thank you!  It looks like you have a great new place to display lots of vehicles!!

Actually, this kit is basically a snap together like the old Plasticville kits.  I did not realize that when I bought it.  However, that made it easy to do a mock-up to see how it might work out.

It will need a complete scratch built interior which will be fun.  Here’s a closeup of the cars I staged in front to see how much space it would take.

Mark, that is a great little kit.  With your skills you won't have any trouble dressing it up'.. Have fun.. I look forward seeing how this turns out'...👍🤓 Nice little collection you have there...

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Mark, that is a great little kit.  With your skills you won't have any trouble dressing it up'.. Have fun.. I look forward seeing how this turns out'...👍🤓 Nice little collection you have there...

Thank you, Ted!

@Mark Boyce posted:

Ted, thank you!  It looks like you have a great new place to display lots of vehicles!!

Actually, this kit is basically a snap together like the old Plasticville kits.  I did not realize that when I bought it.  However, that made it easy to do a mock-up to see how it might work out.

It will need a complete scratch built interior which will be fun.  Here’s a closeup of the cars I staged in front to see how much space it would take.

I'm sure this will be another stunning display from the workbench of @Mark Boyce! Have you started looking for a sign yet or thought of a name?

@T-Bone1214 posted:

I'm sure this will be another stunning display from the workbench of @Mark Boyce! Have you started looking for a sign yet or thought of a name?

Here is what comes with the kit.

Cute, but that's not what I'm going to use.

In keeping with my loose theme of the Blackwater Canyon Grade of the Western Maryland, and since the scale model of the actual Thomas, West Virginia station is across the layout, I had thought of naming it for something in the real location.  Not knowing what dealers may have been there in the 1950s, I thought of using a theme from the only remaining dealership still located down the hill in downtown Butler, Pa, Butler County Motor Company.  So, since the Blackwater is in Tucker County, WV, I could use Tucker County Motor Company.  Oh wait!  Folks may expect it to be a Tucker dealership.  That may not work.  Or maybe it will.  I'll keep pondering the name as the build progresses.