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

Well I ordered a Crackerbox, will be awhile before it gets in plus the build.

We'll see how things work out, you never know until you try,  Never even thought about bashing truck models until about a year ago.

Everyone will see the results no matter how they come out.  Hopefully OK

Gray

Hey Lee,

When a modeler of your skill set says it’s good, it has to be good.   Thank you for your encouraging comments.   However, just when you think you have seen your “all time favorite” this one appears.  This one started out as a completely different unit, (that’s a story all by itself).  A set of Ohio State Highway Patrol decals and a few LED’s later and presto this is what you get.  This unit has 16 individual LED’s of various sizes which produce the lighting effect seen here.  Also, there are 2 separate circuit boards located under the hood and trunk which independently control the blue and red LED’s.  BTW, this one is MY favorite and will have a prominent place on the layout.  Thanks again!

Chief Bob (Retired)

Bob you are unbelievable when it comes to these you achieve something I could never do. I envy your work and always have I honored you post your work here on my thread. Keep those Emergency vehicles coming. 

Gray

you are right but I just can’t see throwing good money at bad. I was afraid you were going to buy from this designer he also designed this one in 1/32 that someone castes in resin let’s hope yours will be different but I have my doubts. Here’s some reference pics of the 1/32 one it is way off 

lee drennen posted:

Bob you are unbelievable when it comes to these you achieve something I could never do. I envy your work and always have I honored you post your work here on my thread. Keep those Emergency vehicles coming. 

Lee,

By the same token you accomplish things that I cannot do.   That's what makes this a GREAT Hobby.   We are all driven by the accomplishments of people we admire to try to do just a little bit better for ourselves!   Thank you again my friend!

Chief Bob (Retired)

An assortment of vehicles on my layout.

WAROK: Nice views of vehicles you have, especially the big trucks, and the campers in the last photo. The silver one on the left looks like the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle from the movie "Stripes"

Rusty

Lee Drennen, these two pics are for you.  Yesterday at the North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) in Spencer, NC (old Southern Shop's) they hosted a three prong event.  "national Train Day", a toy train show and the "Antique Truck Historical Society" show.  Saw this as I was walking to the Backshop.

Wish I had the time (actually ENERGY) to walk through the hundreds of older trucks , mostly tractor/trailers that were on display.

Ron

PRRronbh posted:

Lee Drennen, these two pics are for you.  Yesterday at the North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) in Spencer, NC (old Southern Shop's) they hosted a three prong event.  "national Train Day", a toy train show and the "Antique Truck Historical Society" show.  Saw this as I was walking to the Backshop.

Wish I had the time (actually ENERGY) to walk through the hundreds of older trucks , mostly tractor/trailers that were on display.

Ron

Thanks Ron for taking the time to post that for me. I used to love taking my old Autocar to those truck shows but like you it’s getting harder to walk around all that and work on my truck. Glad you have fun 

Warok. Thanks for posting I like that crane I think I bought one of those last winter. Also like the KW T-800 wide nose and that Oshkosh Great pics 

As for pre-war school buses, a bus plant in the south, that l think is now closed, was selling O scale models of its first mid-20's Model T Ford school bus.  I sold a case of them in train shows some years ago, but it is too primitive for my purposes. Do not know if they are still available, but doubt it.

PUFFRBELLY posted:

Howdy Everyone,

Here is a North Carolina State Trooper Dodge Charger I just shipped to LEO.RET who is one of our forum members that I have custom built police vehicles for previously. Hope you guys like it.

 

 

Chief Bob (Retired)  

Another beauty'... Bob'... Love it'  

 Click on the > guys'...

My latest rework and what it came from, prototype and model.

McLean Tucking out of Winston Salem NC.  IH Transtar, typical LTL carrier no frills.  

Tractor is an Ertl Transtar, repainted and decaled, frame shortened, windshield wipers relocated to bottom of windshield and de-fancied from the owner operator version it came as (shown) to an LTL carrier, Don Mills spoke wheels replacing the chrome Budds.  It's not exact, but gets the point across.   

Trailer is a Weaver repainted and decaled with a actual canvas ragtop, tie strips and the tie ropes sewn on.

I was concerned about the tractor and thought the trailer would be no problem, boy I got that backwards.

Don't blink too long, that fancy IH Transtar pictured in the opposite lane is due to become another NC LTL carrier, Johnson Motor Lines.

Gray Lackey

Nice Gray

I guess I better get going on my LTL Carolina Carrier I’ve been holding out on 

 That is a great looking piece of equipment'.. I would guess your road is a asphalt shingle.  It makes the scene realistic.  Nice work all the way around'.. Gray'.. 

My "road" is a piece of cardboard with a very liberal coating of cheap black paint sprinkled with reclaimed coal from an aborted hopper load while wet.  The paint markings are pre cut scotch masking tape.

I never thought about a shingle, would have been much simpler.

I must say, I use shingle samples I got in Lowe's.  They look very similar to your road.  So, it did come out good in spite of the work required.  I also use them on actual roofs on certain scratch built structures I build...

John

thanks for posting what a beautiful Mack of course I’ve never seen a ugly Mack truck before

lee drennen posted:

John

 I’ve never seen an ugly Mack truck before

Obviously, you have never worked at the Marlboro Paper Mill in Bennettsville, South Carolina.