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

Richie, nice solution for the bank slot. That would work for many models where access to the interior is difficult. It looks great.

Nice patch work Richie

Thanks, guys - it was a fun project to work on - about the only thing I would have done differently is use a stiffer/thicker piece of styrene so it wouldn't flex quite as much when pulled up against the underside of the roof.

Richie, Great job! I will have to keep that one in the back of my mind!

Well guys I took your advice and place the engine on the upper level where I placed the new flat. But it just didn't seem right so I tried to make it a little better. It needed a reason to be there so I made it a smoke investigation! I hope you all enjoy!

Oh and you might notice the new tunnel between the building with the UP truck!

Looks good, Mike! Good idea on the tunnel as well.

@Richie C. posted:

Thanks, guys - it was a fun project to work on - about the only thing I would have done differently is use a stiffer/thicker piece of styrene so it wouldn't flex quite as much when pulled up against the underside of the roof.

Richie,  Do you think one hole near each end with one piece of thread(loop to the inside) would work?  After the epoxy dried the string could be pulled through one end and the two small holes could be filled in.  John

Hi Rattler,

I'm sure it would, but I like the screw and vise grips method better for a couple of reasons.

One, the screw and vise grips seem a little more solid and less danger of the string breaking or slipping through my fat fingers and falling to the truck floor. The vise grips certainly won't fit through the slot.

Two, it seems like you can exert more pressure on the underside of the roof with the vise grips than with the string; and 

Three, with the string, you'd have to hold the truck with one hand and pull upwards on the string for 5 minutes while the epoxy set (not my idea of a fun way to spend 5 minutes). With the vise grips I just turned the truck upside down and let the weight of the grips do the heavy work. In fact, I could have rigged up a system where the ends of the truck rested on two tall boxes and the grips just hung down between them for 5 minutes while I did something else or hung the underside of the truck from a lamp or something similar and done the same thing.

I'm sure there are other ways to skin the cat - this one just worked for me.

@mike g. posted:

Richie, Great job! I will have to keep that one in the back of my mind!

Well guys I took your advice and place the engine on the upper level where I placed the new flat. But it just didn't seem right so I tried to make it a little better. It needed a reason to be there so I made it a smoke investigation! I hope you all enjoy!

Oh and you might notice the new tunnel between the building with the UP truck!

Mike looks right at home back there great job

Thanks for all the nice words guys! If it wasn't for all you guys I would have sold it and moved on! That is what I love about this forum and this thread!

Mike, glad to hear you are happy with the location.. The smoke is really cool.  Is that made of a big ball of cotton painted smoke gray'...

(BTW)...😃 I'm waiting to see some of those figures you will be painting............

Mike, I think that’s some great placement of the aerial. Looks good back there, forced perspective.

Thanks again guys!

Ted the smoke is cotton batting used for quilting, I just pulled it apart and put a coat hanger in the middle to hold it up then sprayed it with gray primer then a light coat of flat black. Drilled a hole in the roof and slid the hanger in the hole! Cheap and easy, That's how I build! LOL

Just received my 1953 Ahrens-Fox, 1/50 scale by Corgi. A really nice detailed model, similar to the one I mentioned at my dad’s firehouse. I may want to remove the Tarrytown lettering, as it’s now stationed in Plasticville!

Still waiting on more decals for my tank truck.

The postman was busy here this week...added a VW and a Peterbilt...!  The IXO PB is nice quality and detail...thanks, Lee...

Artie, the new fire truck looks really nice. Looks like it has a good bit of detail.

First posting here in a long time.

Here we have two of the purchases that I made last week that arrived at my doorstep this week.  A Corgi 1:43 British Thornycroft J Type bus that plied the streets of London town in the early 20th Century, driving on the left (of course) at the railroad crossing.  Brought over my Beefeater and Bobby from another display in the house.  The bus is waiting for my other purchase, the MTH Halloween Crusader, to cross the road.

The Thornycroft bus brings back some memories deep in the cobwebs of my mind as a youngster in Jamaica in the early 70s.  Not the actual bus, but images I recall in books or paintings that belonged to older grand and great-grand relatives)

I really need to create a small diorama with a railroad crossing so that I can have more frequent entries to this thread.

It does JD! If you can, enlarge the photos, and look at the add-on details. Of course, it won’t fit through the doors of the Plasticville firehouse, but it looks good parked outside, ready for a hose down!

Nice looking bus, Kevin. That, too, is part of the fun of model railroading, the memories that are evoked.

Another nice scene from you Paul'.. Great figures and vehicles'..

Kevin, Nice to see you here'...And nothing better than those fond memories of when we were kids'... 🤡😃

I finally had the time to finish up my last three restores. 66 Caddy Ambulance, 56 T Bird, and  48 Hudson'...  Before and after shots'

And fresh out of the  "JD Fonz, LLC, Restoration Shop" and up for auction: 😃

Talk about a Lead Sled'.. "Moon Equipped" 👀

And for your Fire Departments'.. Rescue Response'... Special Taymia tinted glass, and super air conditioning''🌬