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

@JDFonz posted:

Well here is my latest restomod. A corgi Toronado. Came in a blue color, not in too bad of shape, but I still wanted to do a full restoration. There was a big blemish on the passenger door, and the pop up headlights were chrome, which I never really liked so I painted them body color. Something new I tried, painted the turbine style wheels body color as well, then followed up with silver. I think it makes the wheels really POP. Here’s the before and after.You can see the wheels the best in the last photo.

Hope you like it, was not as much work as the Ambulance, but it turned out pretty sharp.

joel

Yes Sirree' as I predicted, another fabulous and beautiful restoration.' I really like the jewel headlights on this one.  They really make the front end stand out'..  The wheels came out perfect too, Excellent job Joel'...👍😉🚗

JJD, wonderful job on the Toronado!

Paul, great scene ! You know you have to make one wonder where you get all those hot looking gals for your layout! You must be on heck of a jigalo! LOL

I hope you all have a great day!

Thanks to all you guys for the kudos on my restorations. Wheels were most challenging on the Toronado, not sure I’ll do that again, but wanted to see if it would work. Again thank you all. If anyone has a corgi or dinky that they would like restored, but feel like they are not up to it, let me know. I might be willing to give that a shot. Not really sure, but maybe I could help you out.

joel

Here’s an update on my 1960s coal hauler...I spliced a second rear axel/frame/spring pack to this White 3000. A pair of new fuel tanks and a scratch built coal dump bed round out the major surgery.  I’m working out how I’m going to add all the lights. I’m leaning towards an Evans Designs remote system with fiber optics under the coal load; we’ll see!

Rick. Looks good I noticed that top doesn’t fit quite as good as the older Revells do because the molds are wore. And on the right side of the roof is a very bad mold Mark that is from the tab.  To make this a fit better remove the tabs and fill in the bad mold line I noticed this right away on mine. Your bed looks really good and I like the Poseable wheels

Rick, your truck build looks awesome so far. Looking forward to seeing the final product. The creativity of some of the guys on the forum amazes me.

Yes Rick I’m glad to see more people like you carrying on the scratch building these days. It’s a art and a special talent most people don’t understand.

@lee drennen posted:

Yes Rick I’m glad to see more people like you carrying on the scratch building these days. It’s a art and a special talent most people don’t understand.

Well said Lee'. It is a talent of creativity, and definitely an art form'..😃 SO happy to see you are feeling better'... and bouncing back'.. 👍

Thanks Ted you are a great help here.

Added some mudflats and finished painted the wheels on these Piggies

I try make a theme around some of my trucks.

Gene, love the Dugans' .  They used to deliver to our house in L.I. when  I was  a little kid'.. My Dad loved their stuff'...🍰🧁🥯🍩🥧😃

Yes re Dugans. I grew up on LI also and always looked forward for the Dugans truck.

Gene I never get enough of your Northport sweet shop.  Didn't know anything about Dugan's, guess they didn't cover my neighborhood in the Bronx, so I looked it up on google and your OGR post about your delivery trucks and bakery came up so I've finally seen that post too.

Well, I'm not from Long Island, but anything delivered in a Divco is all right by me! :-).  Gene, you've got some great scenes going on there!  Thanks for posting.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

@mike g. posted:

I hope you all have a great day!

Mike,

In a couple of your pictures that include your power plant, you have a double trailer semi. I’m curious as to where you got it from and what brand it is?? The semi’s I have are all from K-Line.

Your layout is really coming along!! You’re doing great work!

thanks!!

Mo

@coach joe posted:

Gene I never get enough of your Northport sweet shop.  Didn't know anything about Dugan's, guess they didn't cover my neighborhood in the Bronx, so I looked it up on google and your OGR post about your delivery trucks and bakery came up so I've finally seen that post too.

Coach Joe...I'm glad you like my Northport sweet shop, we used to visit it often. As for Dugan's I'm surprised you didn't see it in the Bronx. I grew up in Bellerose, Queens and Dugan's Bakery was in Queens Village. They also had a distribution center  in East Northport LI and New Jersey. My Mother worked for Dugan's in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Their competition  was Krug's Bakery with home delivery too. They had comic books they gave to the kids and sometimes we got a cookie from a broken box. Maybe home delivery was not possible in the high rise apartment buildings in the Bronx????? Their Bakery Goods were like Entermann's.

Gene

@gene maag posted:

Coach Joe...I'm glad you like my Northport sweet shop, we used to visit it often. As for Dugan's I'm surprised you didn't see it in the Bronx. I grew up in Bellerose, Queens and Dugan's Bakery was in Queens Village. They also had a distribution center  in East Northport LI and New Jersey. My Mother worked for Dugan's in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Their competition  was Krug's Bakery with home delivery too. They had comic books they gave to the kids and sometimes we got a cookie from a broken box. Maybe home delivery was not possible in the high rise apartment buildings in the Bronx????? Their Bakery Goods were like Entermann's.

Gene

Gene, you are correct'.. Many delivery services were not available in the city due to parking and the time involved trying to deliver in a high rise... We had Dugans in  Patchogue, Sayville, and Oakdale'... And very similar to todays Enterman's'.. My Dad loved the coconut custard pies'....🥧😉

Some of my construction equipment and police cars

@lee drennen posted:

Added some mudflats and finished painted the wheels on these Piggies

Lee, nice job on the mud flaps!  Clean, bright wheels and mud flaps give nice detail to a rig.  We used to call short vans like above "pup trailers!"