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

Tomlinson Run Railroad,

That is an expanding luggage rack.  Very popular accessory in the teens and twenties.  The car is a 1930 Deluxe roadster (two taillights and a one piece splash pan).

Bill

MELGAR posted:

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

sidehack posted:

one of my favorites is this Model A

This is a great looking model and one of my favorite early Fords.  I'm curious about the accordion-like attachment at the back of the running board.  Can someone please enlighten me? Thanks.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

That looks like a gate which can be extended along the running board, perhaps to keep onlookers OFF the running board when the car is parked. Just a guess on my part.

MELGAR

In that era' many of the expensive luxury cars offered an optional additional  movable step to assist the fairer sex in entering the cabin. 

Chord , Pierce Arrow, Duesenberg, and others, I believe offered this option..   So a nice add on to dress up a Ford'... It was used a a storage rack, like many seen attached to 'Rumble seat'... but on the running board in many cases'.

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

MELGAR posted:

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

sidehack posted:

one of my favorites is this Model A

This is a great looking model and one of my favorite early Fords.  I'm curious about the accordion-like attachment at the back of the running board.  Can someone please enlighten me? Thanks.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

That looks like a gate which can be extended along the running board, perhaps to keep onlookers OFF the running board when the car is parked. Just a guess on my part.

MELGAR

In that error many of the expensive luxury cars offered an optional additional  movable step to assist the fairer sex in entering the cabin. 

Chord , Pierce Arrow, Duesenberg, and others, I believe offered this option..   So a nice add on to dress up a Ford'... It was used a a storage rack, like many seen attached to 'Rumble seat'... but on the running board in many cases'.

Thanks for the replies, guys.

TRRR

I just finished my 1/43 scale Chevy 1.5 ton. I removed the Russian markings for this model only marketed in Eastern Europe (I assume because they didn't get rights from Chevrolet). Then, I did weathering with overlapping layers of dry brushing.

This model was tough to get and not cheap. But it was worth it to have on the layout.

Behind it, a GMC 2.5 ton, which was even thougher to find, from Spain...

replica of wife's Volvo on layout

and the full scale

                 Marci pacing a  C P train...

p51 posted:

I just finished my 1/43 scale Chevy 1.5 ton. I removed the Russian markings for this model only marketed in Eastern Europe (I assume because they didn't get rights from Chevrolet). Then, I did weathering with overlapping layers of dry brushing.

This model was tough to get and not cheap. But it was worth it to have on the layout.

Behind it, a GMC 2.5 ton, which was even thougher to find, from Spain...

Lee, those military vehicles of yours look excellent, thanks for posting them!

John

jgtrh62 posted:

Lee, those military vehicles of yours look excellent, thanks for posting them!

John

Thanks, John. Once I realize the Chevrolet truck existed, it became a quest to get one. There are a few on eBay, but they're well over $100. I found a retail outlet in Estonia that had them. I paid with money I already had on my PayPal, so I didn't have to give them a credit card. I was actually very surprised when it showed up less than two weeks later.

Very realistic weathering!

Gold strikes finding those trucks that were everywhere, but models are denied to the obvious market!  Amazes me the hoops you have to jump through to get what should be common, in trains and related models 

colorado hirailer posted:

Gold strikes finding those trucks that were everywhere, but models are denied to the obvious market!  Amazes me the hoops you have to jump through to get what should be common, in trains and related models 

I think it has to do with licensing. The Chevy and GMC models I have above are of very common trucks during WW2, but I think nobody wanted to pay the fees to sell them on this side of the pond? Otherwise I have no idea why they're so tough to get!

p51 posted:

I just finished my 1/43 scale Chevy 1.5 ton. I removed the Russian markings for this model only marketed in Eastern Europe (I assume because they didn't get rights from Chevrolet). Then, I did weathering with overlapping layers of dry brushing.

This model was tough to get and not cheap. But it was worth it to have on the layout.

Behind it, a GMC 2.5 ton, which was even thougher to find, from Spain...

Looks very good Lee sorry I missed it. I’m going to build a Tamiya single axle like this some day 

colorado hirailer posted:

Gold strikes finding those trucks that were everywhere, but models are denied to the obvious market!  Amazes me the hoops you have to jump through to get what should be common, in trains and related models 

Exactly 

Vandalia Guy posted:

Here is a '53 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible I picked up at Hobby Lobby on Saturday. It's already a selling at a premium on eBay. I paid $7.99. I saw a red on one eBay as well as the cream that I got. Slightly smaller than 1:43/1:50 but cool anyway. (I spent five minutes or better trying to find the scale on the package.) It's about the same size as my 1981 Cadillac Seville which is in the same color as the full sized one in my garage. (How cool is that?" Also pictured is the Lionel Barrel Loader I just finished. (I need to fabricate the missing ramp extension that was missing from the loose parts in the kit.) Rubbing Tuscan Red paint onto the "wood" makes it look a little more real. (I went ahead and used some plastic from a frozen food item I had used as a spray paint "touch up) container, then glued some card stock on the edges and a little paint. It doesn't look too bad for home made and twenty minutes work.) 

Thanks for posting and a good price my dad had a hard top like this one 

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

GEM posted:

Probably have to choke it! LOL - thanks for the reply - who's the cute blond in the photo?

That's Adeena' She is my go to girl, and appears in many of my models....😁

She just loves to work'...😉, and loves cars'..💖

 

 

Very nice ted thanks for posting 

Richie C. posted:

Picked these up the other day ……. that B&M delivery van is about the shiniest piece of diecast I've ever come across. I may mask it off and shoot it with a layer of dullcoat.

Nice haul Richie thanks for posting 

trumptrain posted:

Four Photos for Today:  1) Edsel with smootchers,  2)US Mail Jeep, 3)US Mail Jeep & 1947 Renault w/53 Chevy pickup, 4) today's traffic on Patsburg Ave. 

Patrick 

Always nice pics 

Vandalia Guy posted:

I was going to add some shots of my full sized Seville but I "updated" Windows the other day and evidently, some things have "changed." Anyhow, my full sized one is the exact color combination of the model. Thanks to Rob, the PRR sign guy who helped me with the sign on the building.  As a side note, the nose of the "real" car is pointing to the roadbed of the PRR (Vandalia) RR tracks that remain. (About 75 feet away.) 

Like the pics thanks for posting 

MELGAR posted:

Lucky’s Service’s Mack wrecker has been called to tow away a brand new ’41 Ford from right in front of Lipnick’s. A CNJ tender is visible as #107 passes through town.

MELGAR

Very nice pic Mel. Thanks for posting 

trumptrain posted:

Some vehicle pics from around Patsburg.

Some more great pics Patrick 

sidehack posted:

MELGAR, nice scene with the "41 being towed

one of my favorites is this Model A

Very nice pics Ray very convincing 

New in the box Lionel flatcar with 2 ford pickup trucks (2001)

Here's a few from Patburg .... VFD tanker w/ Ma & Pa water car, 1950 Diamond Coke truck, 1947 Renault, 1950's era Caddy, 1950's era Mack tractor w/ lowboy trailer.

before and after....................... Mack Truck

sidehack posted:

before and after....................... Mack Truck

 

 

Hey Ray, have the driver of that truck get it over to the wash rack ASAP'

The wash rack or the paint booth? Which one?

MELGAR

years of neglect....can't wash that off

Just got this 1964 1/2 Mustang.  First time I have seen one that is properly labeled for the 64 1/2 production (Ford brought the car out early).  Wife and I had one just like this except it was Maroon back in the day (yea - ' 64 1/2 !) .  Its a little big at 1/36 but it was a small car so its not too bad.  Im a tinplate guy mostly so this will fit in especially given my personal connection with this car. Bought at Walgreens for $5.99

Don

Don McErlean posted:

Just got this 1964 1/2 Mustang.  First time I have seen one that is properly labeled for the 64 1/2 production (Ford brought the car out early).  Wife and I had one just like this except it was Maroon back in the day (yea - ' 64 1/2 !) .  Its a little big at 1/36 but it was a small car so its not too bad.  Im a tinplate guy mostly so this will fit in especially given my personal connection with this car. Bought at Walgreens for $5.99

Don

Nice find Don,  One of my older brothers bought the 64/1/2 also, it was the coolest car on the road.  He was recently discharged from the Army and hired by the NYFD. So, this was his treat to himself.  I remember when he took us for ride, boy those rear seats were tight. His was but of course, Fire Engine Red'.... I was only 12, so he wouldn't  let me drive it........ But it was a cool car', and the current Mustangs are still very cool cars'....  

A couple of Kinsmart Chevrolets on the layout: a ‘53 3100 pickup and a ‘55 Nomad wagon.

coupe

 Ray, I like that black and white Crown Vic'... Nice shot'...

I recently got a shipment from Forum sponsor Diecast Direct. Here are two of the models, both Ford F-1s, and both 1:43. On the left, a Yat-Ming/Road Signature 1948. On the right, a Greenlight 1951:

Both pickups are loaded up and headed for Chef Chuck Wagon's railroad commissary. The items in the 1951 F-1 are intended for Chef's diner if I ever manage to return to working on it.  (The pink formica on the tiled counter will be toned down some day.)  I love the detail of the tire under the truck bed.  In fact, the under carriages of all the Greenlight models I got are very nicely done. (These are my first Greenlight models.) The Coke in the '48 is for the work crew:

Here's a (reduced) xerox of a cartoon I did over the summer that explains why I had to have these two models ...

You can see how much larger the cab and window of the '51 are, but the truck beds are roughly the same size:

The two-toned interior detail and the upholstery are nice touches:

A detail that I expected to see but isn't present is the name "Ford" across the hubcaps.  There's a groove where I would expect it to go, but that's it.  The '48 has it:

I'll post photos of my other purchases as time allows. Enjoy!

Tomlinson Run Railroad

CLIFFORD posted:

Hi Clifford, Can you tell me what this great looking interurban (?) is?  And that parking lot line detail next to the Bel Air Nomad (?) is really nice!  What a fine looking layout with lots of running action, too.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

TOMLINSOMERR:  Those a really beautiful Fords.  The detail visible in the close up of the '51 is really astounding.  Forefront pieces for sure.  Thanks for sharing

Don

Athearn Ford C(1:50) as it left the factory

Same truck after the cargo compartment was painted black and signs(trimmed from their fliers) applied.  If you aren't familiar with the name, Boar's Head is a company which distributes cheeses and meats.

John in Lansing, ILL

Nice job-thanks for the ideas!

Clifford...nice scene in the pic...great detail with road and parking area lines  What brand car is the '57 Chevy Nomad wagon?

Made in the USSR.  Found this at a yard sale in Northern VA years ago.

wbg pete posted:

Made in the USSR.  Found this at a yard sale in Northern VA years ago.

Definitely is different!  Is there any indication of the USSR car model it is suppose to be ?

Ron

PRRronbh posted:

wbg pete posted:

Made in the USSR.  Found this at a yard sale in Northern VA years ago.

Definitely is different!  Is there any indication of the USSR car model it is suppose to be ?

Ron

Such detail and I love that it has so many opening doors/hoods.  It's not a perfect match, but the model seems to resemble this GAZ-14 Chaika found on Wikipedia (see attachment).  What's the scale like?

Tomlinson Run Railroad

After copying Ford Model A's, and then Packards, it looks like the Soviets went to putting Ford cabins on Chevrolet bodies?

colorado hirailer posted:

After copying Ford Model A's, and then Packards, it looks like the Soviets went to putting Ford cabins on Chevrolet bodies?

Da, Comrade!

Nice looking car reminds me of a 65 Lincoln 

lee drennen posted:

Nice looking car reminds me of a 65 Lincoln 

My original thought.  But the rear doors open wrong.  I recall film clips of Russian cars thinking they look so much like copies of USA cars.

Ron

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

.  What's the scale like?

It is 1:43

Guys:  What you are looking at is a "ZIL".  The company was founded in the Soviet Union in1916 but only managed to produce vehicles in 1924 due to all the unrest etc in Russia post WW 1. It was the luxury car used to transport Soviet leaders and (so it was often feared) leaders of the KGB.  There were even special lanes on Soviet highways called "Zil lanes" that were restricted to Soviet leadership, almost always riding in a Zil limo.  The last car assembled by the original company was in 2012.  Under different management, a new company did try to reestablish the firm in the auto business and exhibited a limo at the 2016 Moscow auto show.  There is quite an extensive coverage including "U-tube" video's on Zil on the internet. 

Your model is quite accurate, they were always 4 door limo's and almost always (perhaps always) black.  They were V-8 powered and rumored to be quite luxurious.  I visited the Soviet Union (Moscow and Leningrad) in 1983 and saw them in front of state buildings but never rode in one.  Such cars under the Soviet system were NOT available to the general public for sale, unless you were one of the power elite (like the "oil oligarch's").

Don

Wow, Don, excellent information on the ZIL'.. Very interesting..  The car looks like a spin off of a mid 60s Lincoln...

Guys: You are correct it does sort of resemble a 60's Lincoln but I can recall that in talking casually about the cars with our Soviet hosts in the early 80's they would have been insulted had I said that, they were very proud of this car and its luxury.  Compared to other Soviet era autos they would have been correct, most of the other makes were junk. 

As a humorous story, one of the members of our official group was a highly placed engineer with GM's Pontiac Motor Division and he came back to the group one afternoon after a walk stating that he had just found the residence of what must be the "world's greatest auto mechanic"!  Why...because parked on the street (remember this was 1983) an absolutely perfect 1965 Chevelle and he knew that GM did not export parts for that car in 1983!. 

Since this is mostly a train site, I can report that I rode to Leningrad ( formerly St. Petersburg, then Stalingrad and now St. Petersburg again) from Finland and then subsequenyly to Moscow on Soviet Rail.  Train was Diesel powered by a box cab like engine and the cars while divided into compartments for about 6 people each had wooden varnished seats (not really very comfortable).  It was very clean and in excellent condition obviously well maintained.  It was also wide gauge and the cars had to be transferred to wide gauge trucks at the Soviet / Finnish  border.  We had been told to order Tea when it was offered because it was quite good and came with snacks...which I did and confirmed that it was very good.  Then I walked out into the hallway and at the end of the coach there was the coach attendant making the tea on a open fire charcoal grill that was sitting on the floor of the coach!  I often wondered what the FRA safety folks would have thought of that!!  In addition as we traveled through some rural areas as we approached a road there would be a gate operator in their little hut by the road (usually an old woman) who would come out of the hut and manually lower the road gate.   I have no pictures as the railroad was officially considered a "defense system" and you were not allowed to take pictures.  There were armed police on the platforms to enforce that rule.

Best Regards, Don

I have always been fascinated by  the old soviet republic's limousine fleets!  In a society that boasts of equality among ALL citizens.  HARK! Pay heed you young  American socialists! -Salty Rails-

Not pictures of what l have, but a thought about what l want and think l've seen.  I would like to find some 1/43 Auburns, prototypes last built in 1937, but l favor the l931-33 models.  I think l saw some very expensive 1/43  models for sale years ago, where else?, in the Auburn museum in Auburn, Indiana.  Have not seen any on the net or elsewhere since.

Some new additions... scored a good deal on these Corgi trucks - a Kenworth conventional and an International Transtar Cabover made by Corgi. These look great with Lionel's 40' trailers...

Dave. Thanks for posting love that TranstarII I owned a Real one I pulled intermodal containers with it for the same company I’m working for now but back then I was on the owner operator also like a Lionel Pennsylvania 40 foot trailer appreciate are you sharing these with us. 

Nice trucks - are Corgi 1:50? Had one and traded to friend who has a larger layout - looks great in the back - (forced perspective?)

Corgi hovers around 1:48 - 1:50. Since a lot of the U.S stuff is out of production it’s beginning to get scarce. Corgi was producing some nice vintage ones the road trucks and fire apparatus. Once Hornby acquired Corgi all that production abruptly stopped. They released some Pirsch fire truck models that were in the pipeline at the time of the acquisition but that was it. Now all the do is airplanes and some UK vehicles - nothing for the US market. 

1949 Ford F1 pick-up truck! Walmart! $1! How could I say "No"?

The "F" series was Ford's first line of pick-up trucks that did not use a car chassis. Although the F1 was the lightest of the series, it was still a successful vehicle, and many of them have been preserved. And it was somewhat of a "hot rod," often purchased new with pinstripes.

I snatched the first photo off the web.

Nice seeing the truck in action!

Nice Vincent and a great price 

Looks a bit small.  1/64 maybe?

Guess where I'm going first thing tomorrow am?

K-Line scale length flatcar with sprung trucks.

Tomorrow the bracing gets stained. Today we wait for the glue to dry.

Stained with an OAK felt marker.

It will ride in the piggyback train.

John in Lansing, ILL

John. Thanks for posting they look nice on that flat keep us posted 

I want to thank everyone who has contribute to this post we’re almost to 20 likes that’s more than I ever thought this thread would have I can’t thank you enough for posting your great looking automobiles and trucks keep those pics coming 

rattler21 posted:

 

K-Line scale length flatcar with sprung trucks.

 

 

 

John in Lansing, ILL

Beautiful photos, John, so I assume you have a sense of humor.

The driver of that Santa Fe milk truck on a PRR flatcar has got one long delivery route!

I forget where I purchased this car, but it's a 1/43 scale BMW 323i from Gama. A pretty basic model, although the doors do open. The interesting part is the plastic base, which features "Made in Western Germany" pretty prominently. Obviously this die cast car was manufactured long after Reunification so either they just kept using the molds or this could be one of the models produced by the MIR toy factory in Bulgaria.

Bought these at a train show for $5 - horrible colors, garish gloss paint with chrome wheels.

Disassembled, repainted and now pass the 18" rule 

Pete, who made those two model A's?    In photo, they like better models than one cheap brand commonly seen, but suffer from their same problem of needing headlights and bar lowered.  (May be THAT brand?) 

wbg pete posted:

Bought these at a train show for $5 - horrible colors, garish gloss paint with chrome wheels.

Disassembled, repainted and now pass the 18" rule 

Nice upgrade thanks for posting 

Thanks - 18" rule?

!8" rule - most viewers are more than 18" from objects on the layout and don't notice minor errors/imperfections...

Here is a Jag my wife found in a hobby store we were perusing the other day.  Reminded us both that our first car was a red English roadster (not a Jag but a Triumph) so we had to have it...put in a couple of people and its now a resident of "small town" on the L&S.  

Have fun everyone

Don

wbg pete posted:

Bought these at a train show for $5 - horrible colors, garish gloss paint with chrome wheels.

Disassembled, repainted and now pass the 18" rule 

Two sharp-looking vehicles there, Pete.

Vehicles of Patsburg.

Wife's Volvo

Don. Thanks for posting that’s a neat looking car it’s always nice to have a wife who thinks of you mines the same way 

Patrick. As always thanks for posting very nice pics 

Ray. Thanks for stopping by and and posting I was hoping we would see some of your vehicles on here. Please take more and post them and your wife has a nice Volvo lol

Forty Rod posted:

Looks a bit small.  1/64 maybe?

 

Guess where I'm going first thing tomorrow am?

Well, shoot Knute.  Went to two different stores and couldn't find one. At that price I'd buy a shoe box full, too.

Is there a makers or importers name on it?

Forty Rod posted:

Forty Rod posted:

Looks a bit small.  1/64 maybe?

 

Guess where I'm going first thing tomorrow am?

Well, shoot Knute.  Went to two different stores and couldn't find one. At that price I'd buy a shoe box full, too.

 

Is there a makers or importers name on it?

Yatming offers  one for a decent price 

Going to give this old Revell White 3000 I built many years ago with a set of Don Mills wheels and another tank 

sidehack posted:

Wife's Volvo

Love it!

Like the old commercial used to say "I'm glad my wife drives a Volvo". Can't say that anymore in this ultra PC world today 👎

I hear you Kevin...thanks

Main Street is beginning to show some activity again as word spreads of the train station re-opening.  Cabs are taking the prime spots, and the local folks are coming back to town after a 5 year hiatus, while finding alternative means of transportation elsewhere

Paul. Thanks for posting those nice pics looks very busy I’ve been moving some vehicles around on the layout myself this morning I’ll post some pics later 

Thanks, Lee...after being in storage for quite a while, I went searching for the cars to make it seem like greater progress was being made on the new layout.  The cabs were the first to be found...all in one box....so they get the prime spaces for now! When the train station and bus station behind it opens soon, the cabs will head across the street and the good spaces will be filled with customers for the retail on Main Street.  I'll post more later

Ok finally got out to the garage today and move some vehicles around.

Capetrainman posted:

Thanks, Lee...after being in storage for quite a while, I went searching for the cars to make it seem like greater progress was being made on the new layout.  The cabs were the first to be found...all in one box....so they get the prime spaces for now! When the train station and bus station behind it opens soon, the cabs will head across the street and the good spaces will be filled with customers for the retail on Main Street.  I'll post more later

Paul. Keep us posted we would like to see your progress 

Lee, you've got some nice vehicles on the layout...I'll post more of mine as things progress...

Capetrainman posted:

Lee, you've got some nice vehicles on the layout...I'll post more of mine as things progress...

Thanks Paul I really enjoy them 

Great car scenes - where did the Corvair come from?

PC does not mean you can't say car brand names - let's keep it light - that's why we're in this great hobby!

Too old to die young.

Love the White tractor - when I worked for UPS in 1964 they were still using them.

GEM posted:

Great car scenes - where did the Corvair come from?

Gem. It’s a Franklin Mint I got it off eBay 

GEM posted:

Love the White tractor - when I worked for UPS in 1964 they were still using them.

Gem. Were the Whites Buster Brown colors ?? 

Lee, that's a sharp looking Studebaker! Hard to find in real life! A guy that comes into the store has 3 of them!

mike g. posted:

Lee, that's a sharp looking Studebaker! Hard to find in real life! A guy that comes into the store has 3 of them!

Thanks Mike Mom and Dad had one and they make it in the same color they had I need to get it 

Trumptrain - Great station views and a Tucker in downtown Patsburgh - wow that car collector is sitting on a fortune!

Lee Drennen- thank you for the compliment on the Jag.  Studying your photo's is like playing "Where's Bob!".  I found a '56 Olds convertable, a '57 Ford Fairlane, a Corvair, and a Studebaker and that's just this post!  Really cool.  Carpetrainman - the taxi line looks neat but your entire downtown is really taking shape.  OK - so you said the bus station was about to re-open, so I thought I would send some bus pictures today

This is a Vega Luxury Bus by Dinky / Mecano UK.  It has no marked scale but seems close to the right size at 9.5" long.  Note the skylights in the roof for viewing the scenery. It does have an interior and the engine door opens to reveal the engine.

this is a Greyhound scenic cruiser which was very common in the 50's and 60's .  It is made by "KTS" in Japan and this version is lithographed tinplate so I would date it from the 60's as that was the height of the Japanese tin toy production. It is a little bigger at 10.5" long.

Best Regards,  Don

Thanks for the complement Don I like those 1950-60s cars. I like that Greyhound bus 

Tonight I added the front wheels and added the left tank to the truck 

Don,

I had that Greyhound bus (or one very much like it) when I was 5 or 6. Why do I remember it over 60 years later? Because I stuck my finger in one of the side windows and almost cut it off when I twisted it to get it out.

It was still one of my favorite toys, however. My parents never took it away, they just assumed that I learned my lesson not to do that. They were right!

Various vehicles from around town.