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

@Curt Henion posted:

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.

Great cars, no doubt'... Great stories, Great wife, I'm sure, and 50 years'  calls for congratulations'... Curt'...  Well done'...

Awesome guys, Chevelle are the nicest muscle cars. My first car was a 1972, so naturally when I could afford it I went ahead and bought me my childhood ride.

Back to trains...I just picked this up from DD...Dodge van from Home Alone movie..

Curt all your Chevelles look great and Happy Anniversary

@Curt Henion Happy Anniversary!  That's a big one!  Nice looking Chevelle's, too.  I really miss the old cars.  Today's imitations hurt my ears.

Thank you everyone for the congratulations on the 50th. She was the first girl I ever dated and knew it was forever on that first date.

Hey Scott, I own the old and the new, even though they are Camaros. The new one is nice and fast, but you just can’t beat the looks of the ‘67.I hope I don’t get banned for getting off of the topic. Lets face it, cars and trains have always gone together.

Hey FECRailroaddog, that is a sweet ‘72. Bet it makes you feel younger everytime you get in it. Oh, we have to keep to the topic, very nice scene on your layout.

Hey Curt, enough about the cars and your bride, what ever happened to those pants you’re wearing in that pic? Those are groovy!!

Hey JDFonz, my college days, what can I say. The Ivy League fad back then I guess. I look at them now and cringe. Hey, even the hippies made fun of me and my short hair, but I was having fun.

Good stuff Curt, just having fun! 👍

@JDFonz posted:

Hey Curt, enough about the cars and your bride, what ever happened to those pants you’re wearing in that pic? Those are groovy!!

I think he made a Layout Table skirt out of them.

Curt, many of us have cars from our past on our layouts.  It personalizes things.

Richie C.  Another vote for a great job on the trailer and the graphics on the cab

Rattler, nice fleet of REA trucks.  Looks like that REA depot has the town covered no matter what the freight is.

John, nice haul for $8.  I've got one of those Ertl woodies.  If it's the same one it made think of adding a B&B to the layout.  The host can pick up guests at the train station with it.

Actually, Lee, I cut them up and used them for rags to do oil changes on the Chevelle. Didn’t really even work good for rags.

Hey JDFonz, that’s what I love about this website, just a great bunch of people having fun.

The pants kind of distracted from the picture. No one has noticed the rear of the ‘69 Dodge Charger in the picture. Back then muscle cars were no big deal. Now, they would be too very valuable cars sitting next to each other.

@coach joe posted:

Curt, many of us have cars from our past on our layouts.  It personalizes things.

Richie C.  Another vote for a great job on the trailer and the graphics on the cab

Yep.  I recently found a 74 Mercury Capri Coupe.  Need to change the color, but that's easy.  

Looking for a 68 Datsun 1900 Fairlady roadster now.  

Thanks, Coach

Thanks Curt, it sure does.

That's so true Coach Joe, I try to use mostly 70's and 80's cars on my layout, brings back wonderful memories.

Wonderful photos everybody!  First I have never seen Tootsie Toy painted so greatly.  I have a box of my Tootsie's and will rethink using them.  Mine have been painted time and time again, and at one time every sedan was a NYC patrol car.  I also have three crates (yep) of die-cast vehicles and trucks, some common, some not so, and one crate is 100% Solido US Army circa WWII.  Be that as it may I come asking questions.  How did you create lawns and grass?  How did you create asphalt roads?  These photos are incredible, and as I prepare to redo my three tier layout I'd like to, hope to, replicate some of what I see here.   Most important question today is ballast...I never used any because I am concerned about the engines picking it up.