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I have read the  thread here numerous times, Lets see your 1/43rd and 1/50th Cars and Trucks with some fantastic looking vehicles.

We in "S" gauge have some pretty nice vehicles, I didn't want to pirate their thread so I thought to start one of our own.

Ray



A carload of my favorites, 1955 Pontiacs ready to be sent to the dealer.

A carload of my favorites 1955 Pontiacs ready to be sent to the dealer.

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'Sabout time.

I run Marx O-27 3/16 stuff.  That's S scale running on O tracks.  A lot of Plasticville is closer to S than O, too.  As a result I have ended up with more cars than Avis.  Most are 1?64 with some a bit larger or smaller.

I'll start entering pics of what I have, but not will be in a scenery shot because I haven't got much scenery (or tracks....or bases....or much of anything but a vast pile of unbuilt Marx and Little Town, etc. buildings and pieces and a whole herd of cars, trucks, trailers, motor homes, lunch trucks, and such like.) and a lot of it still requires some restoration or modification.

Someday....

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RadoiRoy,

I guess I am not familiar with what you have mentioned in your post. Are these currently available or are these from the distant past?

Any pics?

Ray

They came in post grape nuts flakes (blah!) in the middle fifties through the early sixties. The earlier ones were better, IMO.

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There are still a lot o cars I'd like to see, like a '54 Dodge Royal Lancer, a ' 70 1/2 Firebird Formula 400, a decent MGA, a '68 Datsun 1600 Fairlady Roadster, any '49-'60Nash, Packard, Hudson, and Kaiser-Fraser products, M151 "Jeeps", Austin Healy Sprite "frog eye roadsters, Merc Turnpike Cruisers, Chrysler and / or Dodge station wagons,  TR3-3A and a host of others.

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Here is another small road scene. It has one of my PRR freight trucks and a blue 1953 Olds 2 door sedan. The train blocks the view of two more trucks.

The green REA car is new, it is from the most recent Lionel AF catalog. It matches the 2007 PRR passenger car set except the lighting has been changed to LED. Obviously the color is not Tuscan.



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AmFlyer: Yes, they're perfect for Plasticville.  They fit nicely in the gas stations and fire station (how about that red station wagon for a fire chief's car?).

Rayin"S": That's a great idea for the hauler.  The cars weigh next to nothing; an entire train of loaded Auto Loaders would hardly weigh more than if empty.

Here are two diecast VWs in 1/64.  The yellow German-made VW1300 by Sicu is decorated in a safety motif and identified on the box as a "Car Club Patrol Car".  The green Malaysia-made Hot Wheels (1988) is of a pre-1958 VW and has "Getty" on the roof.

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Two old-time trucks by Lledo (1994) made in England.  Model "A" Ford Stake Truck and 1934 Mack Canvas Back.

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Those old trucks are very nice, l have a couple on the layout but their final position has not been determined. A note on the car hauler with the pickup trucks, the fellas have finished assembly of the last two when they got back from the lunch break.

Ray

Anybody like stock cars?  These are all from the 1990s.  Many are by Racing Champions, but some are unmarked.  Two are Hasbro.  The '64 Plymouth in the first photo , second in the front line, came from Wisk detergent in 1997: "To receive your 1/64 scale diecast 1964 Belvedere by mail, please follow directions.  First time ever in die cast!  $1.99 includes S & H".IMG_2804-001IMG_2805-001IMG_2809-001IMG_2815-001".

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Yep, you're right - Petty Enterprises.

Here are some big boats:

Matchbox 1985, made in Macau, Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud & Hot Wheels 1969, made in Hong Kong, Rolls-RoyceSilver Shadow.

Hot Wheels 1969, Custom Continental Mark lll & Maisto, made in China, Chrysler 300C.

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Absolutely, on the diecast.  And with trains, especially if you want a particular favorite to be made.

May I slide in a couple shots of 1/60 cars here?  The 1981 Plymouth Horizon (China, unmarked mfg.) is quite apparently a larger scale than the 1970 Olds Cutlass (Castline, 2019, China), with just 4% difference.

The 1/60 Caravan, Matchbox, 1983, is customized to resemble a 1988.

The 1966 Dodge Dart is Hot Wheels, Thailand, 2010.

All these are painted or customized to resemble cars that I've had.  I've built lots of larger scale kits, but these little fellows are quite the challenge to work on. IMG_2875-001IMG_2881-002IMG_2881-001

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When Racing champions started making the 1/64th scale cars they used the same size chassis for all the cars. That resulted in actual scale varying from 1/60 to 1/70 depending on the prototype modeled. Compare a two door 1949 Ford to a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, the models are the same length. After M2M took over multiple length chassis were used. I avoid putting cars that are two different sizes in real life too close to each other on the layout. I find they all work well regardless of the exact scale.

Here are two pictures of a PCC street car stopped next to a suburban station on the layout. Corgi advertises their PCC cars as 1/50th scale. The station is an HO model, but it has large dimensions for a 1/87 model, it looks correct on the S scale layout. The black car in the second picture is 1/64, the people are 1/64. I find that there is some flexibility in the exact scale of details even in a scale environment.

In the arcane details department the track gauge is incorrect for a Pittsburgh street car. The gauge is a scale 6” too narrow. Pittsburgh Railways used 5’-2 1/2” gauge for the streetcar system.



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Ray, both of my stations and a few other structures are HO. Some of the HO items are quite large. I spent half a day going through the Walthers catalog with an experienced model builder looking at the appearance and dimensions of the type of structures I wanted on the layout. As a result, both of my stations, this suburban station and the main station, are HO. Below are two picture of the back of the main station. It spans the width of 4 of the 6 tracks in the passenger yard so it is surprising large for an HO structure.

I have a listing of all the items on the layout, it include the catalog item numbers as well for some items, not sure about the suburban station. We are in San Diego until Tuesday night, when I get back to the house I will get the master list and provide the specifics for the suburban station that are included.



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Ray, I have gone through the list of all the structures purchased for the layout. For some reason there is no purchase record for two structures, the roundhouse and that suburban station you asked about. The main station pictured above is from the Walthers catalog in the HO section and is just called Union Station, the catalog price was $83.50.

One more thing I can do is remove the suburban station from the layout and see if there are any identifying marks on the inside of the roof or wall panels. I am certain it is from the Walthers catalog because all the other HO structures used are from Walthers. The S scale and the O scale structures were sourced direct from other manufacturers.

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A couple Fords:  A Racing Champions 1950 Ford, made in China.

And a Hot Wheels 1933/34 Ford rod, made in China, 1996.  It was part of the Home Improvement TV show pack, which included the Dixie Chopper, a Binford Tool rollaway, and figures of Al and Tim.

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Both of these are pretty cool, I have not seen the 1950 Ford before. Still waiting for the guys to finish loading the pickup trucks.

Ray

Here are four more Racing Champions 1949 2 door Fords including a police car. The green Ford above is very interesting for several reasons; the green paint is more realistic than my yellow paint, the green car has black wall tires and there is no chrome side spear trim piece. Also no chrome trim around the windows. These pictured below are models of 1949 cars because of the two piece windshield.



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Continuing on with Fords, this blue-roofed one is a 1977 model from Hong Kong by Hot Wheels, unidentified, but with a little reworking I'm calling it a 1977 LTD ll.

The red-roofed one is by Matchbox (Thailand, 1987), also unidentified, but I painted it like a 1982 LTD I had.

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Here is a compilation of my "eight car" car haulers, there is seven of them. The fellows at Ford finally got the trucks all loaded finally. I've been anxious for this, and the shipment of vehicles is ready to head across country.

It has not been mentioned in this thread, but these car haulers are all Lionel O-27 cars, the cars are a perfect fit for S gauge use. The O gauge trucks were removed and replaced for the most part American Flyer trucks, the only exception being the car holding the pickup trucks. This car because of clearance considerations had the O gauge trucks replaced with Ace trucks and coupler adapters.

I do have a couple of four car haulers in the works but those will come later.

Ray

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Interesting, those die cast cars must be really heavy to require double heading a Legacy engine. Any of my Legacy engines will easily pull a 30 car freight up 2.4% grades. Converted AM engines are a different story. With the possible exception of the Northerns none of my TMCC AM engines will pull 20 cars up a 2.4% grade, a few of them either slip or stall with just 10 cars. I could see needing to double or even triple head the American Models TMCC engines.

I have some AM engines with scale wheels, no traction tires. One diesel will not start a 6 car passenger train on level track due to wheel slip. However, double headed, two scale diesels will pull 9 passenger cars up the 2.4% grade. Adding the second engine appears to more than double the pulling power.

Even though I model O scale, I also collect diecast fire apparatus.

These are a representation of one of the finest efforts in 1/64 fire apparatus models - Code 3. It's a shame they are no longer with us, as they had some really stellar vehicles, from classics to modern.

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@AmFlyer posted:

Interesting, those die cast cars must be really heavy to require double heading a Legacy engine. Any of my Legacy engines will easily pull a 30 car freight up 2.4% grades. Converted AM engines are a different story. With the possible exception of the Northerns none of my TMCC AM engines will pull 20 cars up a 2.4% grade, a few of them either slip or stall with just 10 cars. I could see needing to double or even triple head the American Models TMCC engines.

I have some AM engines with scale wheels, no traction tires. One diesel will not start a 6 car passenger train on level track due to wheel slip. However, double headed, two scale diesels will pull 9 passenger cars up the 2.4% grade. Adding the second engine appears to more than double the pulling power.

The only Legacy engine that I have pulled these with are my U-33. I'll have to try one of my steamers.I do have a Flyonel Northern that I converted to TMCC, maybe l will give that one a shot at pulling that load.

I'll take a scale down and weigh one of the cars.

I just had a look at those fire engines, man they are beautiful.

Ray

Wow! Four of those cars would be close to six pounds, that is off the charts heavy for S gauge. I think the Big Boy would pull them because it is an O gauge engine on S gauge trucks. Not sure if even a Challenger would pull a 15 car train including four of the car carriers. Maybe on the level but up a 2.4% grade would be interesting.

@DaveP posted:

Even though I model O scale, I also collect diecast fire apparatus.

These are a representation of one of the finest efforts in 1/64 fire apparatus models - Code 3. It's a shame they are no longer with us, as they had some really stellar vehicles, from classics to modern.

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As a child, I had a few code 3 trucks, which were wonderfully detailed. Unfortunately, I currently model O, so they won’t work on the layout. Corgi are okay, but almost none of them are modern.

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@AmFlyer posted:

Ray, good news, here is my suburban station. A screenshot of the catalog cut, it is even on sale today.



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Tom, I looked to the place where I thought to replace the station I have now but it will not quite fit with the dimensions given. I considered putting s foundation under it so it would work with my Flyer track and roadbed but it would require some major modifications to the scenery. I am going to order the station but placing it where I want it will probably wait its turn.

Ray

Here are three Chevy’s I have on the layout. The red 1954 is Castline Inc, the tan 1953 is Jada and the blue 1950 3100 pickup is Racing Champions. Now for the surprise. The tan 1953 has always looked small to me , but on the bottom it states 1/64 scale. I measured all three and the 1953 is an actual 1/65th scale. The other two are both about 1/62nd scale. I checked the length only, the width could be a different scale.



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Here are three Chevy’s I have on the layout. The red 1954 is Castline Inc, the tan 1953 is Jada and the blue 1950 3100 pickup is Racing Champions. Now for the surprise. The tan 1953 has always looked small to me , but on the bottom it states 1/64 scale. I measured all three and the 1953 is an actual 1/65th scale. The other two are both about 1/62nd scale. I checked the length only, the width could be a different scale.



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Good looking vehicles, all.

Ray

Those are just charming.  I don't know which one I like the best.  Thanks so much for showing them.

I have no more real antiques, but how about this Renwall gasoline truck for consideration?  Similar models came with an American Flyer auto unloading car in the 1956 catalog - maybe other years too.  But doesn't it look a little large for 3/16, especially if we have accepted the F & F Fords as such?  Note the size of the headlights:  All (single) headlights were the same size sealed beams then.  And don't the the doors look kind of big?  And how about those gigantic tires?

I know it's only a toy and tank trucks are a big vehicle, so maybe that's how they got away with it.

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Hello 1/64 fans,

Tom’s post beat me by minutes!  Last Sunday our Portland, OR, Chapter of TCA had its first in person meeting since February of 2020.  As I was looking for something to run through on the two S gauge loops of track the club maintains for the occasional S gauge member who is able to attend (usually me), I saw my Eastwood AF Diesel Fuel truck, and decided to take it up there for a couple of pix to post here.  

You will see it here providing diesel fuel for the searchlight  generator after receiving fuel from the Gilbert tank car.

The NP truck, beer truck, Smucker’s truck and trailer and the Standard Oil truck reside there most of the time.  Some of you may recall a series of Chevron/Standard Oil trucks sold through their service stations years ago.  I collected as many as I could back then.

The easiest trains for me to dig out to take to run were my AF Flyerchief Nickel Plate Road Berkshire, and some of the Lionel Flyer Gilbert Fantasy cars I searched for and acquired to keep me amused during lockdown.

We keep the Gilbert Pacific loco and some miscellaneous rail cars there in case a visitor is interested in AF or S gauge.

I share this layout with our club Standard Gauge loop, hence the odd assortment of structures and accessories.

Cheers!

Alan

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I wanted to add a comment on what I did with some of the vehicles on the car haulers that were displayed on the forum. A number of the cars and trucks came with some graphics on the them, I found with the newer M2 vehicles that the graphics could be removed without damaging the finish, some others like hot wheels not so much.

Ray

A couple more excavated from the storage bin:

I don't usually go for beer trucks, but this one was just too nice:

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Made for Winn Dixie:

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The more modern Atlas Van Lines:

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One of the few tandems AHL made.  The red looks pink because of the lighting:

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Finally, my most modern from Die-Cast Promotions.  It stuck me as too neat to pass on, plus I got it for about half price:

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Here are two busy street scenes on the winter themed layout. The two tone blue Cadillac in the first picture and the heavy duty tow truck in the second are two of my favorites.

I sometimes post with new pictures and sometimes with existing pictures. Depends on what I want to show and where I am at the time. Less than 10% of my 1/64 cars and trucks are on the layout.



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Tom, Your snow in the street looks very realistic - good job on both scenes.  The Cobra came in the mail from General Mills.  I'm sure boxtops must have been required, but I don't recall what additional charge there may have been.

Ray - I love the Spyder.

Here is one more sports car.  It is a Dodge Viper made in China by Maisto.

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Thanks. With the availability of Snow Village buildings, AHL trucks and Racing Champion cars it became easy to quickly make a snow themed layout. The snow is just 1/2" foam insulation panels. The tire tracks are grooves in the panels made with the truck tires, then lightly highlighted in black with an old mascara brush donated by my wife. Took less than an hour to do all the roads on the 5'x8' layout. Way quicker than when I was painting all the roads on to the layout and then using pinstriping tape to do painted lines and parking spots.

Tom, I had heard of Testa Rossas, but didn't know there were different numerical designations within the model.

  Here's another unidentified Hot Wheels.  It is marked Malaysia, 1987.  Sure looks like some model of Porsche to me, and it sports a simulated rear engine.   The casting seems rather crude compared to other Hot Wheels cars.  See above the front bumper in the first photo and over the rear wheel and windows in the second.

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  Sure looks like some model of Porsche to me, and it sports a simulated rear engine.

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Yes, it does have kind of a Porsche profile, but then Hot Wheels are not always real true representations, sometimes more of a caricature.

Ray

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Ray, your comment about Hot Wheels not always being true representations:  How true.  Some of their wild things remind me of Big Daddy Roth's creations of the Fifties and Sixties.

Tom, I love your Dodges. They illustrate what many members have wished the manufacturers would make:  everyday autos.

Two Matchbox cars, not everyday autos.  A '79 Corvette made in China and a '61 Jaguar (my all-time favorite sports car) made in Thailand, 2005.

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Unfortunately almost all these older 1/64 cars are out of production. I was able to get a wide variety of the cars when they were first released. The best source I have found recently are the vendors that sell at the Auto Shows. Both the LA and the San Diego Auto Shows have had vendors in the selling area that bring thousands of the 1/64 cars. They both buy and sell although they cannot buy in the show hall.

Great thread, guys!  I've been busy with a move for the past few months, and it's still not completely done.  Anyway, I'll be posting a few of my 1:64 cars and other vehicles.  But beware.... it can become another hobby in itself!    And, contrary to popular opinion, there's a LOT of 1:64 trains out there to go with them!

A  truckload of 1957 Fords to go to my Ford dealership:

A street scene on my unfinished layout.  The bus is from a Menards O scale flatcar, but the bus is perfect 1:64:

A custom painted Ford Econoline pickup with a 1934 roadster body being delivered to my Rod and Custom shop:

A fire house with a few nice fire engines.  The building started out as a simple "flat" but I added the other walls and interior details.

Finally for today, my own 1937 Ford Tudor sedan with 1937 Mullins Red Cap luggage trailer.  The car started out as a 1937 Cabriolet, but a few blobs of body filler made it into a sedan.  The trailer is scratch built out of styrene:

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Take care, and Happy Fourth!

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Tom and Ray,

I’m sorry for being so long in acknowledging your question about the blue Northern Pacific truck in the pictures I posted several days ago.  

I haven’t had much time lately to do much fun stuff such as get on the OGR Forum, so I only recently saw either of your comments.

Unfortunately, I don’t recall who made that blue truck.  It is still sitting on the layout at the clubhouse in Portland, and I will try to remember to take a look the next time I get up there; however, that could be awhile.

Cheers!

Alan

In the absence of being able to actually run trains or do any modeling, I have to dig into The Archives to find photos of past 1:64 vehicles.

So as not to say there's no cars or trucks in this shot, look for the Ford Pickup and VW microbus in this photo.  Construction vehicles in 1:64 are out there too.  This shot was taken in the early stages of my layout construction when I needed buildings for my town.  My 1:64 construction crews wee busy that day!

To show what a little paint for detailing can do, here's a Hot Wheels Batmobile after emerging from the "paint shop".  Now back to Stately Wayne Manor...

A gas station that a good friend built for me after I illuminated it with LEDs.  The hot rod roadster on the right is awaiting an engine.  The wagon is Hot Wheels.

Tractors Supply had these little gems for a buck!  They make great gondola or flatcar loads.

And who wouldn't like one of these in real life?

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I am running out of new items on the layout, beyond this will require an archeological dig into the storage crates.

Here are some Oldsmobiles on the layout. The blue, black, bronze and red are all the same manufacturer. The blue, black and bronze are 1953’s. The bronze has the clear plastic hood that was used on the NYC Auto Show display car. The red is a mild custom 1950 fastback. The green car is a 1950 two door sedan by a different manufacturer, I have multiple colors of these.



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@AmFlyer posted:

I am running out of new items on the layout, beyond this will require an archeological dig into the storage crates.

Here are some Oldsmobiles on the layout. The blue, black, bronze and red are all the same manufacturer. The blue, black and bronze are 1953’s. The bronze has the clear plastic hood that was used on the NYC Auto Show display car. The red is a mild custom 1950 fastback. The green car is a 1950 two door sedan by a different manufacturer, I have multiple colors of these.



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I remember those cars, rode in several of them, was still to young to drive at that time. I did have both a 1951 and a 1952 Chevrolet, both hardtops. The 51 was stick, the 52 had Powerglide. I would drive the 51 in the field next door, I didn't have my license yet, I got the 52 when I got the license and drove it hard til the engine made loud knocking noise and then expired. My next car was the 1955 Pontiac Chieftan, probably my favorite of all my cars

The one pictured here is very close to the color of mine.

my poncho

I did locate another truck for the thread.Economy

Ray

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@TrainsRMe posted:

Tom, I had heard of Testa Rossas, but didn't know there were different numerical designations within the model.

  Here's another unidentified Hot Wheels.  It is marked Malaysia, 1987.  Sure looks like some model of Porsche to me, and it sports a simulated rear engine.   The casting seems rather crude compared to other Hot Wheels cars.  See above the front bumper in the first photo and over the rear wheel and windows in the second.

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That’s a Porsche 959.

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