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

@mike g. posted:

Lee, that's a great looking Mack! You can tell by both photos it looks strong and beautiful no matter what its pulling! Great job on the model!

Thanks Mike for the complement. Changing the wheels and tires made a big difference in the looks of it.

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks Mike for the complement. Changing the wheels and tires made a big difference in the looks of it.

Lee you always do Outstanding work on your models!

@mike g. posted:

Lee you always do Outstanding work on your models!

Thanks for the complement Mike I just like to make them look the way I want them not really to impress anyone else but I’m glad you guys like my Models.

Lee I agree with Mike.  Your truck models are always outstanding, whatever the reason.

@coach joe posted:

Lee I agree with Mike.  Your truck models are always outstanding, whatever the reason.

Thanks Joe I appreciate it means a lot from you guys. That’s why I like it here people are so kind.

Lee, I agree with Mike and Joe!  Excellent model trucks

VW pickup truck ...  about 12 or more years ago I bought  several of these VW pickups at my grocery store in the toy section for $1.00 each!   I always check out the toy section of that grocery store.  No telling what will turn up.  I've also bought 1:43 scale farm equipment( cultivator/ disc & hay wagon) for $1.00 each.

I love the VW pickup

Well guys, here is one more VW pickup hard at work.  This was a "drugstore" find and the price was just under $5 about 2 years ago.

Best wishes

Don

Mark Thanks for the complement I appreciate it glad you dropped in.

Sorry guys I have no VWs. Thanks for sharing yours though

@trumpettrain posted:

VW pickup truck.  A bout 12 or more years ago I bought  several of these VW pickups at my grocery store in the toy section for $1.00 each!   I always check out the toy section of that grocery store.  No telling what will turn up.  I've also bought 1:43 scale farm equipment( cultivator/ disc & hay wagon) for $1.00 each.

Nice pic Patrick I like that lumber  

@Don McErlean posted:

Well guys, here is one more VW pickup hard at work.  This was a "drugstore" find and the price was just under $5 about 2 years ago.

Best wishes

Don

Don thanks for sharing and what a nice background 😉

@Mark Boyce posted:

I love the VW pickup

Thanks Mark and Lee!   I think the VW pickup is a model of one of the early 1950's pickups.  VW made their first pickup truck in 1950 so this one fits the era which I model ... transition era.

Patrick, any time I see one of those car displays in a supermarket or drug store I always check it out.  Even though the majority is in the 1/32 range you never know what you may find.

That 7 Up Diamond T, and Romanian Mack are  interesting.  Wish manufacturers would mark boxes with the years vehicle was current!  But that applies to RR rolling stock, for me, too.

Yes I agree with that too marking what year and make will help us.

Patrick I didn’t know that’s when VW came out with the Pickups thanks  for the info.

Joe. Your right I check out the bargain bin at the Hobby Shop I go to in St Louis and found some great deals.

@coach joe posted:

Patrick, any time I see one of those car displays in a supermarket or drug store I always check it out.  Even though the majority is in the 1/32 range you never know what you may find.

I agree, a lot are 1/32 and a lot are too modern for my '50s era layout, but I have found a number of neat cars in those end of aisles displays over the years.

@lee drennen posted:

Here’s one of my favorite pics of my Mack H67 resin kits from Romania Disassembled and put back together with different wheels

Lee, there's nothing like a 'snub nose" Mack...beautiful!

@lee drennen posted:

Mark Thanks for the complement I appreciate it glad you dropped in.

Sorry guys I have no VWs. Thanks for sharing yours though

Lee...one of the diecast sellers has a 3 set package of 60's vintage VW's...can't search it now, but if you or any others are interested, I'll find the link.  I recall the price was reasonable...

Diecast Direct has a set of three VW “sambas”, which may be what Paul is thinking of: https://www.diecastdirect.com/...uct/18158/Volkswagen.

As a VW fan, I bought the set a while back but the buses are in different colors than these.  Sorry, I can’t post photos at this time.