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

Here's an Alabama State Trooper Tahoe I just finished for Lionlman.   He liked the first one I built for him and decided he wanted another.

Chief Bob (Retired)

lee drennen posted:

Mel. That’s a beautiful 1955 who makes it?

Thanks Lee. The '55 Chevy Bel-Air model is 1:43 and made by Vitesse.

MELGAR

Mel.  Thanks for another great shot of that car. 

Bob.  Another great creation the city of St. Louis has some of those as well as the City DOT 

One I really like, but not "quite" a vehicle...….  But love the detail and importance they played in all our railroad history in America, along with use in building the Panama Canal.   Hmmmm… that would interesting to model.... lots of trains and rails in the construction.....    And it is 1/48

Jesse    TVA

So here’s another Chevy😎.  A bridal couple ventured out of the deli, creating a disturbance and abandoning their 55 T-bird in a no parking zone, so the local constabulary was called in to restore the peace.  More at 11....

Forgive me if I posted this here already (from back before I re-did the road surface), but this is the one auto I did the least modification to as it was what I wanted already. Just some Dullcoat and light weathering (it even had the right license plates already in place):

That said, I haven't bene able to confirm white is the right color for a wartime TN State Patrol car. They might have been yellow but I can't confirm that.

I have yet to find a correct figure that matches their uniforms in that timeframe, but someday I'll have a trooper for this!

Jesse.   That’s a nice looking shove. Thanks for posting it 

Don. Nice looking pics I’m going have to get one of those cop cars. You need to call a tow truck and tow that car to the “Dough Hill” impound (my layout) 

Lee.  I don’t think you have posted this before nice pics as always keep posting we all like your stuff 

1930 Chevrolet AD Deluxe Delivery by ERTL. Under the track.

MELGAR

Mel

nice car and a beautiful setting I really like that pic 

A 1921 Fordson tractor arrived from Russia.  Advertisement claims 1:48.  Now I need to learn how to weather something.  I wanted a steel wheeled tractor. 

Going to rebuild this Mack B fire truck I dismantled it and plan on stripping it and repaint it and add some Don Mills components to it I’m going to try to get these on the layout by the weekend.

Here’s a couple of my favorite Mack fire trucks. Mack C and B 

Another Mack favorite of mine. I bought it off of EBay and in the box was a note saying it was bought at the Mack museum in Allentown Pa. 

Well, if you are going to show cars, you might as well show car lots.  JD Motors  has a model of every car I ever owned.  All in the correct color as well. (Its not that hard to repaint most die cast cars)

The sign is a nod to the fact that my layout is set in 1956, but a lot of the cars were built after that.

Lot's of trucks in and out of the local metal works S/R dock'

Okay John, this one is for you'

That’s a great interior!   Now I’m inspired to up my game😎

" Closing the deal on a brand new Tucker! "

John Sethian posted:

Well, if you are going to show cars, you might as well show car lots.  JD Motors  has a model of every car I ever owned.  All in the correct color as well. (Its not that hard to repaint most die cast cars)

John,

Your layout modeling is superb. The road elevations in the background, the angles and contours of the earthworks, and that great retaining wall have a look of authenticity and familiarity.  I could swear that I saw that very scene in drives around where I live.

And how lucky that models have been made of cars you have owned.  I can say that about my first VW but that's about it :-).

Thanks for an inspiring post.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Tomlinson Run..Thank you

And thanks also to everyone else who contributed to this thread.  Throughly enjoyable reading!