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

Artie do you think you can put yours on a flatcar and bring it to the Dough Hill Layout mine is broke down. I think the old White Mustang engine has had it.

Lee, the brass at the railroad heard of your plight, and made arrangements to have REA send the cab on their fast freight. They have the chocks in place, and just have to get some chains on it!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Lee, the brass at the railroad heard of your plight, and made arrangements to have REA send the cab on their fast freight. They have the chocks in place, and just have to get some chains on it!

Thanks when it arrived I will notify REA Dispatch and it can get to work dropping some trailers off at the C.E.S. Warehouse. Thanks my friend and I will ship it back ASAP. Will it be taking the Phoebe  Route?

@lee drennen posted:

Artie do you think you can put yours on a flatcar and bring it to the Dough Hill Layout mine is broke down. I think the old White Mustang engine has had it.

Lee, the yellow mack tow truck is one of my favorites...great scene!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Lee, I owe it all to you and everyone on this forum that brought me into this sub-set of our train hobby, and detailing ideas and techniques. Here’s another shot from yesterday:

Neat trucks. Here is one I have

Wow! Absolutely stunning job on that Standard Oil tanker, Jim! Let’s see more shots of it!

@Jim Van Every posted:

Neat trucks. Here is one I have

Nice truck. Yeah can you get us a shot of the whole rig? Looks interesting

The '55 Chevy "Nomad" is almost ready to take the tree back to the burbs for decorating by the family, while Mom waits patiently looking over in the direction of the train station as Santa observes Dad loading and securing the evergreen cargo...

@Capetrainman posted:

The '55 Chevy "Nomad" is almost ready to take the tree back to the burbs for decorating by the family, while Mom waits patiently looking over in the direction of the train station as Santa observes Dad loading and securing the evergreen cargo...

Your selling those Trees like Hot Cakes. I’m glad you like that Mack I put a lot of time and work in it.

@Jim Van Every posted:

Neat trucks. Here is one I have

Excellent modeling. Love the “Hatch”.

The "Nomad" is ready to roll once the dad can get mom off the front panel and into the car...

@Capetrainman posted:

The "Nomad" is ready to roll once the dad can get mom off the front panel and into the car...

Smart lady, she found the best place to keep warm :-}  Great scene, Capetrainman!

WOW guys, some wonderful photos of some great looking cars and truck in outstanding scenes! I am sorry I have nothing to offer today as there has been an ongoing request to get things done around here before snow falls! LOL I will try and get some shots of my tank area with a couple of the tankers loading up. Granted this all has to be done before the light comes up in the morning.

More Walmart finds.  It seems as if all the available trucks in this series are 4wd off-roaders.

@coach joe posted:

More Walmart finds.  It seems as if all the available trucks in this series are 4wd off-roaders.

I know it would be some extra work, but I bet you could find regular wheels and make them 2-wheel drive!

Mike the way the chassis are set up nit would take more than a wheel a swap to bring them closer to the ground so one wouldn't need a ladder or stool to get in.

@coach joe posted:

Mike the way the chassis are set up nit would take more than a wheel a swap to bring them closer to the ground so one wouldn't need a ladder or stool to get in.

Joe, your right, but I like a challenge so next time I go to Walmart I will see if I can find one and see what I can come up with. 😂

@Richie C. posted:

Thanks, Lee - pic's of finished model below. The two figures came with the kit and are also hand-painted. Everything was molded from the factory in a bright green color (including wheels and tires), so everything had to be hand or spray (rattle can) painted. I also moderately detailed the undercarriage. It was a difficult build because the cab is not one piece. It is formed by the fender assembly, front bumper, two doors, roof and cab backing plate which all have to be cemented in place at basically the same time to get everything matched up. I also had to find 4 different colors of brown for the boxes, barrels, stakes and truck bed. All the cab pieces were sprayed with dull coat after painting. The decals, even after 65 years, went on fairly easily using Micro-Sol, although I can see from the pic's,  need to trim the "Chevrolet" decal on the front bumper.

I have three more of these to do and will gradually get to them. For now, I want to concentrate on getting my roundhouse built. The only question is whether I should weather the truck now that it is done ?

Thanks for the link Richie. I will refer to this often when I get around to building the truck.

Bob

I thought I'd try my hand at decorating a fleet of step vans for my Railking Keystone Bakery. Work in progress

Finished these for an article in The O Scale Resource. These are 1/48 kits by Berkshire
Valley Models.

Nice looking trucks! JohnA

I can’t believe I didn’t try this earlier! Here’s the cab from the Atlantis kit hooked up to a Lionel pup trailer. Not too shabby I think!

That looks great, Artie!

All,

The gentleman pictured is Tommy Gilbert of Tommy Gilbert's Hobby Shop in Gettysburg, PA.  The artist is shown with his creation, a Corgi bus that he has transformed into a P&W (Pittsburgh & Weirton) bus for me.

I think the fidelity to the prototype is amazing, if I say so myself.

George

@Artie-DL&W posted:

I can’t believe I didn’t try this earlier! Here’s the cab from the Atlantis kit hooked up to a Lionel pup trailer. Not too shabby I think!

I can believe it either Artie after all those pictures I’ve posted of mine

Try this Artie

I like to bring this guy to shows on occasion, no clue if Optimus Prime is a proper 1/43rd scale but he fits in well enough with the other O gauge vehicles in his vehicle mode and kids love it when he's duking it out with Megatron somewhere on the layout. I even slightly modified his trailer to accept a K-line railmate wheelset so it can act as part of my roadrailer/intermodal freight train.

@G3750 posted:

All,

The gentleman pictured is Tommy Gilbert of Tommy Gilbert's Hobby Shop in Gettysburg, PA.  The artist is shown with his creation, a Corgi bus that he has transformed into a P&W (Pittsburgh & Weirton) bus for me.

I think the fidelity to the prototype is amazing, if I say so myself.

George

Super nice, George!  Tommy did great!

I, uh, guess it takes me awhile, Lee! Truth be told, I did hook them together when I finished the cab, but didn’t think to photograph them.

Wow, George, that bus is fantastic!

@railroad-guy posted:

Finished these for an article in The O Scale Resource. These are 1/48 kits by Berkshire
Valley Models.

Fine work, oooooooh!

One of those "finds" that I wasn't looking for...

Hi Mayor Magoo,

Nice truck.
Where did you “find” it?

John

In addition to where did you find it, who made it?  That is a really great find for sure, my layout is TV and Movies trivia.  As you said...great fit!

Thanks.  Don't know who made the truck, all it says on it is "Made in China".  Didn't come in a package, I found it loose on the bottom of a shelf in a local antique store.  I like to browse through them here once every few months.  Most of the time come away empty handed but you never know when you'll find something interesting.

CA John & Mr. Mayor, the truck is a 1/32 scale 1928 Chevy pickup in the series "Vintage Trucks of Yesteryear" by The National Motor Museum Mint.

Thanks Jerry.  I did find a stamp with 1928 Chevy Truck on the model.  And it did look oversized but thought I could get away with it in that scene with the Homie figures.

Luv that truck!

I think that truck looks great Mr. Mayor, and I love Homies too. Nice find!

Definitely works with the Palermos, Italian Homies.  As we all know the Don and his pals were larger than life just like the Homies.

From my childhood, who made these?  No use for them thinking of selling.