Bordens 1:43 Divco Milk Truck, finally after all these years!
Really nice job with these 1:43 trucks from American Heritage Models in O scale!
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Guess I'm gonna hafta spring for one of those. I can still remember them on the streets of Milwaukee back in the good old days. You did have to get up pretty early in those mornings to see those trucks making home deliveries. Those milkmen would get up in the wee hours of the morning and be pretty much done for the day by 9:00 or 10:00 o'clock.
Paul Fischer
Thanks Steve for the pictures....the truck looks really great. I am wondering if the figure is to scale....seems a little large compared to the truck???
Alan
Yup been a long wait for that one Next we need a Dugans Divco
Where do I get one?
Howard
It would be nice to have one in "Meadow Gold Dairies". Jersey Farms, or so southern company
Steve
That looks great !!!!!!!!!!!
and of course your scenery is outstanding
Alex
Where do I get one?
Howard
Howard I just ordered one here's the link
http://www.hobbylinc.com/cgi-b..._s=AHC43014&ss=1
Alex
Those of you from north of Chicago will remember Hawthorn Mellody Farms.
Yup been a long wait for that one Next we need a Dugans Divco
Yup! you got that right Ben! I'll never forget their doughnuts when I was a kid.
Yup, need a DUGANS.
I bought the last one from Modeltrainstuff.com
Ask Bob for more. $29.00
The figure is larger than scale I believe but he is quite real looking.
The only other thing that I noticed is the wipers should hang down from the top of the windshield.
Could be another version of the Divco?
I painted silver on the backs of the doors and bottle holder. Added 1/2 red bottle tops to the full ones and touched up some of the paint. Attached a NY Plate on the back.
Added decal numbers (my b-day)
Added some weathering also.
Die Cast Direct has them @ $34.95.
The fleet arrived last week.
I agree that the Borden Divco milk truck is great, and I'll probably pick one up. Does anyone know if a Divco truck for Plasticville has ever been produced? That's the one I'm really waiting for - for the Christmas tree layout. Who can I contact to pass along my request?
Nice truck Steve!
I am wondering if the figure is to scale....seems a little large compared to the truck???
LOL! Have you seen the Buick commercial with Shaquille O'Neal sitting in a LaCrosse?
Just think of the milkman as an ex-football player, he sure looks happy
Did he come with the truck?
Nice truck Steve!
I am wondering if the figure is to scale....seems a little large compared to the truck???
LOL! Have you seen the Buick commercial with Shaquille O'Neal sitting in a LaCrosse?
Just think of the milkman as an ex-football player, he sure looks happy
Did he come with the truck?
I thought the same thing when I scaled the figure at 1 5/8-inches. In 1:48 land that would 6' 6". But in 1:43 land which these are that is 5' 9 7/8" tall.
Steve, like the addition of the numbers. I am trying to think to way back when about any and/or how the local trucks were numbered.
Ron
Thanks for the pictures and the link. I've just ordered one too. So in a few weeks time there should be one sitting on my layout.
I havn't seen one that has a proper paint job. They were cream with dark greenish/gray fenders, hood. I should know as I drove them 1961-1965 in Queens Village, N.Y.
Neil Kresge
I personally love the Divco models. They would look great on most layouts. Nice addition SIRT.
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