Just picked up these "Corgi" units from one of the forum sponsors...good quality. Only minor issue is steering wheel placement is British, so it's on the right side looking forward, but with the top up, that concern becomes moot. Mercedes 300 is steering wheel "American." You may see these units at future Friday night "import rallies" on the layout...
Now, l have photos of this unusual 1940-41 Checker (not Ford) Model A cab model from Automodello, that l didn't think was made. It has a face only a mother could love, and was convertible. Please note front end and odd front fenders.... ever see a real one?
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@colorado hirailer posted:Now, l have photos of this unusual 1940-41 Checker (not Ford) Model A cab model from Automodello, that l didn't think was made. It has a face only a mother could love, and was convertible. Please note front end and odd front fenders.... ever see a real one?
got to love it
Huge fan of old and new die cast.
I thought this might be interesting. A couple of older trucks.
The Dart truck is resin cast. The German is die cast.
In 1951 the Dart was the largest mining truck.
It’s truly amazing how the mining industry has changed.
All model’s are 1/50.
Merry Christmas,
Weston
Took advantage of the Menards sale and picked these 4 vehicles. Unfortunately, I live over 1,000 miles from the nearest Medard's, but even with shipping they were still a good deal. I needed some yellow on the layout, too! LoL
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While I like the detail on the 1/43 vehicles I have been picking up the Menards vehicles that are a closer scale to our O Gauge trains. They look especially good when riding on the auto racks on the trains more to scale. Looking forward to their next release. Our train club often buys a dealer pack of the newly released vehicles and those in the club can choose a few of the different colors to their liking at our monthly club meetings.
I have also found the Hallmark Ornaments have been similar to the Menards vehicles in scale. Just have to pull out that darn ornament hook in the roof. Some really nice cars and trucks, really like the Bronco I picked up today. While you can find the current issues at your local Hallmark store on sale now after Christmas you can also find a lot of the older items with a search on line of some of the past releases from earlier years on sale at the various Ornament on line stores. I searched Hallmark Ornament and find several stores that have some good after Christmas sales on old stock of Hallmark vehicles. Last year I picked up a bunch for the layout and the Lionel Train ornaments. Good luck with your hunt.
I found and scooped up two 1936 Hallmark pickups, one, a GMC not seen elsewhere, and the other Ford. a few years ago. I am not aware of any other??? pre-war Hallmarks? Somewhere l heard about somebody who had driven (pre-1940,... 1920's?) Dodges? in convoys down into Ohio from Detroit. Since l would like an auto box car unloading scene, l wonder when auto box cars gave over to drive-on ramp trucks? (gonna be hard to find right vehicle to fit)... I think l vaguely remember a 1940 photo unloading Chevies., from a ramp truck, but, am not sure . Gotta Google.
I recently acquired a postwar set that included a Marx car carrier, but sans cars. I sent out the call to my local grandsons, and they offered to loan me enough Hot Wheels duplicates to fill the empty slots. A bit of fiddling with two-sided foam tape, and the car carrier carries on:
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The Peiner is in need of repair. Due to the high placement of the cab.
A common problem. Chase the threads or fill with metal and drill and tap.
Weston
Construction on my classic car dealership. Patterned off of the Garage I started out with when I got out of college. This is the first draft. 57 T-Bird rag top and a jetski in the showroom.
Are those Legos?
@lee drennen posted:Thanks Mark! Those are nice I’m glad I have a Menards’s just 15 minutes away going have to check them out. Thanks for sharing
I sure like all these vehicles that you are bringing out. As a suggestion. I wish you would produce an older truck model, like your 1956 gas truck; as a concrete truck. Thanks.
Also a Mobile Gas truck!
Just picked up these older Solido models. I believe they are from the 1990s, they've been kept in their cases so they're super clean. The Eldorado needs a little more chrome, I'm going to get out my Bare Metal chrome foil from my 1/24 vehicle modeling days and shine it up.
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@stangtrain posted:
All I see are dented doors and bodies when patrons leave.
@stangtrain posted:
Love the Divco truck!
Great stuff guys and thanks for keeping the thread going.
Here are a couple of new ones I picked up over the Holiday.
From my normal supplier (Walgreen's ) a 1957 Vette. Note the removable hard top installed, must be winter time. Excellent detail with the side vents on the rear of the front fenders and (last year) single headlights (58 had quads). Note also the "fuel injection" lettering on the side cavity, this was new in '57. The scale is really too large at 1/34 but I just love the Corvettes of this era so I could not resist.
Next from a new supplier, Tru Value Hardware and a little more expensive ($9.99 vs $5.99 for the Vette) a VW bus (21 window) with a roll back opening roof. If I remember correctly, this had all of 60 HP and would have had some difficulty keeping up on today's Texas highways and their 75-80 mph speed limits.
I really thought the maker did a fine job on the front of the van capturing the classic VW styling.
This one is a bit smaller at 1/40 but still larger than 1/48
Well those are my new vehicles now all I have to do is find appropriate places on the layout.
Don
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Congratulations, Don!!!! Why don’t my stores have these? My stores have modern models, usually 1:36 or so.
@Mark Boyce - Thanks for your comment Mark. Candidly I think in the case of both Walgreens and CVS its just that I am in those stores several times / week and can just keep an eye out when they replace the stock in the display. It is true that modern models predominate so you have to be lucky to catch the few old ones before they are gone. The Tru-Value store model (VW bus) is new to me, I don't go in there as often and they are more expensive, but the selection seemed to be more on "classic" cars vice new ones. Only advice I can give is try your Tru-Value store once in awhile although I can't rule out that this was a "Christmas time" special display.
Good luck Mark
Don
Don, yes I am in Rite Aid several times a week and Ace Hardware, but neither carry any cars. Lowes and someone else have some, but they are modern. I can’t think of any Tru Value stores nearby. It’s okay, because as it is with trains I already have too many! 😄
Don't want to get political, but before the Ukrainian thing, there were offered Ford Model A cloned vehicles, a bus, out of Russia. Just discovered they also had a larger "Zis-8" bus that LOOKS like a cloned 1930-31? Chevy. l could put a tiny blue bowtie on radiator, and have a bigger rail or achoolbus for prewar steam era. Have, seen one, have opinion as to how U S these look, that were imported before the war? Denali Park in Alaska, then Mt. McKinley, operated a fleet of circa 1930 Chevy tourist buses, back in the day.
Well as you can see from the above, I was lucky enough to find some new die cast cars recently. Yesterday I put them to work in the layout and I think they look pretty good. You can judge - so here are some new scenes.
That Amtrak train stopping at the Depot really has traffic backed up in "Small Town". Poor Officer Sullivan (Small Town's entire police force) is really having trouble keeping everyone in line and tempers under control.
Here is the local Corvette club having their monthly meeting breakfast at the Diner. The '55,'57,'63 split window are parked out front. You know I was watching the classic car auction on TV last night, I wonder if the Club know they have abot 1+ Million$ worth of cars sitting in a Diner parking lot!!
Best wishes everyone and good car hunting!
Don
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Vehicles are where you find them. You never know when you will see something you can use on your layout. Such was the cae yesterday when I was picking up a prescription at Walgreens and spied a rack of vehicles. These two were sitting there and I thought they fit in my time frame so they are headed downstairs later today to be a part of a town . Bill
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This is a picture of an old plastic model taht I put together as a young teen for my layout. It has been smashed twice and I realized it was a perfect candidate to become a derelict on my layout somewhere. It has only taken 50 plus years to get in the condition it is in now. I used a primer on the plastic and then covered it all with Floquil rust. I decided to try using just chalks to get the desired old rusty truck look without paint. All the coloring is chalk. This should add a little realism to some area on the layout.
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Nice weathered truck! JohnA
@Bill Park posted:This is a picture of an old plastic model taht I put together as a young teen for my layout. It has been smashed twice and I realized it was a perfect candidate to become a derelict on my layout somewhere. It has only taken 50 plus years to get in the condition it is in now. I used a primer on the plastic and then covered it all with Floquil rust. I decided to try using just chalks to get the desired old rusty truck look without paint. All the coloring is chalk. This should add a little realism to some area on the layout.
You know Bill 50+ years really is a short time to develop a masterpiece! Looks great to me!
The derelict looks great. Nicely done.
That yellow pickup is a nice vehicle, but be careful where you place it. If it's the same as the Kinsmart I had, it's 1/32 and will dwarf other pickups. Same with the VW bus. Mine end were purchased for use in 28mm (1/56) post apoc wargames and dirtied up a bit...
Great looking vehicles at a great price, but just too dang big and I eventually sold them off. For the most part they've been replaced in wargaming and on the Christmas layout with stuff a bit closer to scale.
Don, I like the red crossing gates
@Bill Park posted:Vehicles are where you find them. You never know when you will see something you can use on your layout. Such was the cae yesterday when I was picking up a prescription at Walgreens and spied a rack of vehicles. These two were sitting there and I thought they fit in my time frame so they are headed downstairs later today to be a part of a town . Bill
I saw that Caddy in my local Lowes in white. Was in a hurry so I didn't grab it. Going to have to go back!
CVS had the same Cadillac in red a while back. I did a little customizing. The two-tone steering wheel was a bit tricky and I need to do a better job of the floor mats, but it’s a fun model at a good price.
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That Caddy came out great! JohnA
This is such a great forum. I love seeing all the different models.
So I thought these might be fun to post.
How to protect your 175 rocket launcher using old die cast from many years ago.
Many happy memories playing with these models as a kid.