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

@Capetrainman posted:

Ted, Walter seems a little "overwhelmed" by his good fortune.....

He just can't figure out how the girls get the car and he doesn't!

@Capetrainman posted:

Ted, Walter seems a little "overwhelmed" by his good fortune.....

It's only natural for Walter to be apprehensive.  He won the sisters over, but Mom is a different story.  It could all go sideways, and often does, if Mom dosen't sign on'... and grant her approval'...

Well, one's thing for sure, Walter is outnumbered...some like that scenario..

If Mom has the last word, it sure won’t be the tri-power 348 with a 4-speed gear box. Will probably be the 2 bbl. 283 with slip and slide Powerglide automatic. There goes all of the fun.

The Chevelle's were well represented at Friday nights car rally at Morrison Door...;0

The ‘70 Chevelle SS was one of my most favorite cars ever built. I owned a real one and also have one on the layout.

ERTL half ton trucks outboard of QUALITY ton and a half trucks inboard.  John

I picked these guys up at the Kutztown meet yesterday. The '40 Ford Woody is my fav - "# 6 in a series of vintage vehicles from ERTL". Looks to be 1:43 like the other vehicles shown.

Get this, $8. for all 4!

About 4 months ago, I posted a pic on this thread of a newly acquired 1950 Kenworth Bullnose tractor painted in gloss black with some fancy multi-striping on the cab (page 75). I got it at a nice discount because of a bent front axle. After I received it, I pulled the wheels and straightened the axle so it now runs true.

Proving it is indeed a small world, Lee posted that he knew the father and son truckers that actually ran that tractor in real life and posted a pic, including a matching trailer they had and I recently decide to create a matching trailer for my own model tractor.

I started with an inexpensive plastic trailer and removed the frame to make it easier to work with. I first rounded the front corners off to give it a more '50's look. It's hard to see in the pics and I couldn't go as deep as I wanted because there just wasn't enough material to really round them over. I next built a reefer box out of flat and u-channel styrene stock and painted it to match the multi-striped tractor color scheme and glued it to the front of the trailer. I then painted the trailer a gloss spray black and proceeded to paint the multiple stripes. The red was a spray, the gold was a Testor's bottle and the light blue was a Tamiya bottle. Painting the striping took a long time as I had to cover each stripe with clear gloss before painting the next one and there were many days of drying time between each stripe. I used 3M automotive striping tape. After it was done, I sprayed the entire trailer with two coats of clear gloss.   

Finally, I added the lettering "Circus Fleet" on each cab door, which Lee said was the moniker of the father-son trucking business. Hopefully, it does justice to the original.

Richie that it a outstanding work of art. I just wish the father and son were still alive to see you beautiful work they would have been proud of what you did. Thanks for building this makes me happy to still see people care about the heritage of the old school truckers the father and son team were legends of the road. Thanks

Thanks, Lee - I was happy to build it and it will have a prominent place on my layout.

As noted author Rachel Carson stated, "To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past."

About to unload a "straight load" of 6 x 8 creosote treated railroad ties...the good ole days....

@Curt Henion posted:

The ‘70 Chevelle SS was one of my most favorite cars ever built. I owned a real one and also have one on the layout.ccc

Curt, that's a great looking '70 Chevelle SS...I can't tell the color??  My dad had a '68 that I didn't get to drive to often.  I was confined to driving my '68 VW most of the time, although it got me where i needed to go   You can tell by my posts here that a Chevelle SS was and still is a favorite of mine...!

Richie C, beautiful work on the trailer.
Paul, very realistic unloading scene.

Hey Richie, that was a lot of work, but well worth the effort. Just spectacular!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Richie C, beautiful work on the trailer.
Paul, very realistic unloading scene.

Thanks, Artie...appreciate the comment...

Hey Paul, it was Forest Green with the green interior and the 396 (402) BBC with the Muncie 4speed transmission. If you like Chevelles, you would have loved my ‘66.I don’t have either Chevelle anymore, but still have the wife. This year is our 50th.

Curt, is that your green SS third from the left next to the pizza guy??  Great color and picture of the "young couple"...congratulations on a 50th year milestone to you and the wife!

Thanks guys

Hey Paul, you can see the green in some of the light reflected spots. I parked it many a night under the lights while out cruising with my buddies on Michigan Ave. in Battle Creek, Michigan. Those were the days.