Yesterday on my way to a family party I stopped at the Hess gas station to fill up and I bought the 2014 truck for my nephew "Yes; and one for me too" I noticed the size is closer to O gauge than the usual 1/64th size they offer. I put it on the layout and it fit right in with the rest of my cars and trucks! $7.99 each with illuminated headlights and tail lights with the Hess logo on the doors lit as well. Just a heads up if you want to check it out.
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Thanks. I will have to get one. I appreciate the heads up.
Looks good Chris. Nice addition to your layout.
Thanks guy's. I've added a photo for comparison.
And thanks for the answer to a question I asked in another thread: what scale were they usually? 1/64th, which is why I had ignored them in the past, and wssn't familiar
with them.
Love Hess trucks. One of those traditions you have to keep getting every year. Great post Chris!
Looks really good. I bought my 1st. one in 1966.
Chris:
I am sending you an e-mail.
Chris - You mentioned illuminated headlights and taillights? Do they work off a battery? Is there an on/off switch underneath? Good looking truck.
Art
Chris - You mentioned illuminated headlights and taillights? Do they work off a battery? Is there an on/off switch underneath? Good looking truck.
Art
Yes Art; They work off battery and there is a small switch underneath. Not sure on what size but I assume it is a flat disk battery.
Surely nobody has to say on a "tinplate" train forum that 1/64th is 3/16 scale is S
gauge, the scale of American Flyer trains (after WWII) , and 25% too small to be used on O scale layouts except to visually imply distance in the background. I can't now think of that other brand of 1/64th trucks that were once available. (of course, most
of us are using OVERrsized 1/43rd model vehicles, so....what the hey?)
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