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

@poconotrain posted:

An old Dodge Power Wagon on a Dirt Road. It’s my favorite pick up both full size and miniature.

Very nice and I am with you as I would love to have a full size Power Wagon !

I like the Power Wagon, and the scenery!

@DaveP posted:

Matchbox is predominately 1/87 - 1/64. For a time there was a King Size/Super King/Speed King line Late 60's in to the 80's which scaled nicely around 1/48 - 1/50. Mattel tried to bring it back in the '00's but didn't catch on.

Speed King ElCamino & Older Matchbox Collectibles Ford Pick-up

Mtchbox Speed King El Camino & Hot Wheels 1/64 Jeep

Matchbox Speed King Charger & Matchbox 1/64 Pontiac

@DaveP, thks Dave, good info !

@mike g. posted:

Paul, great idea on having the ambulance on standby with all the traffic that area get/ Between the Friday nights, the Benz dealer ship promo and the car rally. Somebody could really get hurt. Its a good thing your a top notch reporter to cover anything that might happen. With you on top of everything there maybe you could give the public works manager a little hint to give the guy going down in the sewer some time off to enjoy the car shows also! He sure has been a lot of work!

Dads Train Room. Thanks for the information and I will be checking them out!

Charlie, Great looking car! Tom, the pick up is looking outstanding!

Mike, the sewer guy is no fool...not only is on OT after 5, but he likes the scenery above ground and seems to stuck there

Have always liked the GM soft yellows of the '50s and 60s' ..  Apparently, the onlookers like the it too!

Doing my best to keep this thread going...

Around 1960 a friend gave me his Plasticville and autos, as he must have considered himself too old to play with trains anymore.  This toy Olds and the buildings behind it were in the lot, its red paint well scratched and chipped.   I repainted it, but the red didn't cover well.  So later on I stripped it and painted it this soft blue in recognition of a '51 Olds convertible that my friend had later had.

Paul, I love the Yellow GM Soft top! I also think the ladies that are looking at it want to go for a ride in it! I bet the owner has lots of female friends!

Paul you're doing a fine job keeping this thread going, but fear not!  This thread ebbs and flows as it's contributors find time in their busy lives to come up with more publishable vehicles and the time to post them.

Went by my favorite place - Ready2Roll in Miami and picked up these 2 nice little items...

Very nice.  The Rover tow truck must be vintage.

Paul, and TrainsRMe, great convertibles! Nice trucks, FECRailroaddog. Here’s a couple of Menard’s REA trucks, which I really like.

Nice REA trucks Artie. Thanks for sharing

Thanks, Lee!

A tank truck just backed in for a fill up.

Artie very nice pic very Authentic.

Hey Artie, what did you make your tank out of or did you buy it like that. I am thinking about doing a tank also. Curt

Hi Curt, I made that tank out of 35mm motion picture cores (I was a film archivist). I think I stacked four of them, glued them, and then wrapped them with thin styrene (maybe .010), which I previously embossed with a pounce wheel. For the top, I cut a circle of same, with a notch in it to make a raised center. I then added a Walther’s oil piping valve and pipe, and painted the whole thing silver.

I would think you could do the same with pvc pipe section, or mailing tube to start. I like your Shell scene! Did you build the oil derrick?

Artie, the tank is perfect.  You're an artist!

Yes Artie has lots of talent and I’m glad he shares his work.

Finally have some way to get the passengers to the station! This started life as a fantasy Corgi "Fallen Flags" New Haven bus that I could get cheap, but I needed something more appropriate for NJ. While Corgi does make a bus in Public Service paint, it's the older red, cream and silver livery. Not sure when exactly they switched over to the gray and white, but almost all pictures of old look GM buses are in the latter, so that's what I went with. Interesting aside, "Public Service Coordinated Transport" became NJ's largest gas and electric company, PSEG, while the "transport" was spun off and eventually ended up as today's NJ Transit.