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

I like a few die cast vehicles on any layout. Thank you, Mark.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Lee, I didn’t realize the two finished ones are Tootsietoys.  Excellent transformatio.  

thanks mark the trailer is a Lionel Piggyback

I picked these '67 Impalas up at Lowe's.  They had black, white, blue and red.  I went for these two.   got home and remembered I already had a red one.  They're made by Kinsmart and 1/43.  Right now they're on a shelf next to a Testor's 1/48 GT40. and they look massive.  I'll have to check them with some other 1/43.  I have to correct myself.  I must have been thinking of the '61 Bel Air.

Pictures I just looked at show these are correct.

The impalas look great, Joe!

When a 1:43 scale model of a light blue 1956 Continental Mk II auto became available, I had to have one.  It's a match to my actual classic car. I placed the model on my layout as proof that "art imitates life."

Mike Mottler   LCCA 12394

@NHVRYGray posted:

What did you use to strip the paint?

Easy off oven cleaner

Work in progress, an American Motors & Jeep dealership.  This is not the permanent location for the dealership.  Working on aquiring more Pacers, Gremlins, Matadors, Jeeps. Ramblers for the used car area.

@VistaDomeScott posted:

Work in progress, an American Motors & Jeep dealership.  This is not the permanent location for the dealership.  Working on aquiring more Pacers, Gremlins, Matadors, Jeeps. Ramblers for the used car area.

Very nice dealership I like the pacer thanks for sharing

Added a few vehicles to the O27 layout. I’ll get some better shots later.

Around the Idaho Hotel.  Pardon the brick wall; a section of backdrop needs painted.

'40 Ford Woody pressed into service to transport hotel guests.  Check out the tree Jeff @ScoutingDad made for me.

'50 Studebaker taking folks up to the hotel to watch trains from the balcony.

The hotel owner's '37 Chevrolet.

Off topic, I apologize, but that is a beautiful structure.

@Yellowstone Special posted:

I rode a Scenicruiser between New York City and Montreal when my family visited Expo 67.  That is a really beautiful model.

@West Side Joe posted:

Off topic, I apologize, but that is a beautiful structure.

Thank you, Joe.  I can’t take credit for that one.  Forum member, Myles ‘Trainman 2001’ built this kit for his layout, but needed room for more scratch built buildings.

@West Side Joe posted:

I rode a Scenicruiser between New York City and Montreal when my family visited Expo 67.  That is a really beautiful model.

That’s awesome! I rode on several of them to and from California when a teen back in the 1960s. My last one was from Travis AFB to San Francisco International in 1974, en route to Pensacola, FL (Navy days).

Thank you, Joe. 👍

The spring rallies are starting up again with these warm temps and a fresh layer of mulch...:

@Capetrainman posted:

The spring rallies are starting up again with these warm temps and a fresh layer of mulch...:

Nice to see you back. Great pic as always thanks for sharing

@Capetrainman posted:

The spring rallies are starting up again with these warm temps and a fresh layer of mulch...:

Paul, I see you are having the same problem I normally have this time of year.

The CP Mountain steamer rounds the corner as the "camper couple" wait patiently in the Chrysler Windsor wagon...

A couple of scenes on the layout. An accident near the toll booth, and patrons going to their rental cars.

Grandpa waits for the local beer train to come by to show his grandson...meanwhile, the local party guy  drove his '55 Bel Air off the road.  He's not having an easy time explaining his lack of attention to the trooper!

Gramps took the '48 Buick Roadmaster out for a spin today with the nice weather.  Ted will like the '48 Buick