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I just picked up this Corgi 1:50 Semi from a forum member.  One of my favorite trucking names...Carolina, I couldn't pass it up!



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Andy,  Many years ago, the Ohio River flooded high enough to reach the truck dock at Castelline Produce's warehouse(Cincinnati) which had its back to the river.  All the trailers had been moved except a Carolina reefer which was at the dock with its tires underwater.  The Cincinnati Carolina terminal manager got in a boat and took a zillion photos of the trailer.  The following year, one of those photos was in the Carolina calendar with the caption "Carolina delivers come **** or high water."  John

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Andy,  Many years ago, the Ohio River flooded high enough to reach the truck dock at Castelline Produce's warehouse(Cincinnati) which had its back to the river.  All the trailers had been moved except a Carolina reefer which was at the dock with its tires underwater.  The Cincinnati Carolina terminal manager got in a boat and took a zillion photos of the trailer.  The following year, one of those photos was in the Carolina calendar with the caption "Carolina delivers come **** or high water."  John

John--That's an awesome story!  I searched for the picture online, but couldn't find it.  Too bad!  Thanks again for the semi...I love it!

Okay, so the scale is 1:34, not in the range listed but I couldn't leave it behind.  Thanks to JADA Toys Just Trucks line I am now the proud owner of this 2013 Ram.IMG_1894IMG_1895IMG_1896

Not an exact match for this 2019 that sits in the driveway,

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but with a little paint on the bumpers and the crosshairs in the grill plus some hood decals it'll suffice.  I'll fashion a tonneau cover for the bed.  I'd like to find some mirrors if anyone has any ideas.

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Tootsie Toy tractors as purchased

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With a coat of red

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Ready for service

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Block of wood trailer with Athearn Ford C tractor

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Another paint scheme

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Wood dowel rods for tires with counter sunk indentations for wheels.  At a dock or with a vehicle next to the truck or at a distance, no one will notice they are wood.

Signs from catalogs or HO railroad decals work on O scale trailers.

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Athearn BRANCH Ford C tractor with wood trailer.  Half rounds glued to wood for the horizontal ribs.

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Tootsie Toy tractor and wood trailer with signs cut from advertising.

Weaver flat car DTI with K-Mart Santa Fe trailer

K-MART trailer atop K-Line flat car.

John

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@Lionelski posted:

Even though the roads in Warrenville already have heavy traffic, I could not resist adding this Buick (1954??) Roadmaster. 1:48

Gonna put a person or so inside then onto the layout. A couple bikini girls in the back seat?

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Mmm, more like a 1950:

1950 Buick Roadmaster Sedan - Model 72

The key IMHO is the chrome line down the side. Later models had a swoopy curve down in the middle. Can't see enough detail in your model to be absolutely sure, though . . .

@coach joe posted:

Okay, so the scale is 1:34, not in the range listed but I couldn't leave it behind.  Thanks to JADA Toys Just Trucks line I am now the proud owner of this 2013 Ram.IMG_1894IMG_1895IMG_1896

Not an exact match for this 2019 that sits in the driveway,

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but with a little paint on the bumpers and the crosshairs in the grill plus some hood decals it'll suffice.  I'll fashion a tonneau cover for the bed.  I'd like to find some mirrors if anyone has any ideas.

Unless you can find a similar size truck with mirrors that you can scrounge off of, you might try Shapeways or this Forum to see about requesting a 3D printing/build of the mirrors.

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