trumptrain posted:Here's some scenes of the Bud wagon placed in the scenic context of the Brewtown section of Patsburg.
Pat, I really like the look of the barrels (they look like barrels from the Lionel barrel loader) in front of your brewery building. Arnold
90 degree day, but spent 30 minutes up in pop’s attic and found some good stuff. I couldn’t open as soon as I got home so I waited for my dad and we opened the one box together later on. Combination of Solido, Rio, Corgi, Roadchampa, Matchbox Kings, Saico, Brooklyn Models, Elicor. Voters, Yat ming, Ertl. and maybe some I forgot. Hope you guys enjoy! Pop might be gone but I know he’d enjoy the heck outta helping me with my layout- and he still is:
General shot, the PCC on the right is something I already had, courtesy of good ol Popito of course!
Another general shot but I’ll give some detail. Taxi is Solido as is the bright red car (‘54 Mercedes 300SL), up front with the blue body and darker tan roof is a pretty cool Dinky, behind that a road champs jeep
These were in the “other room” in the attic(not under the sheet and things Pop just accumulated. The green truck, trailer, un-boxed VA state trooper police car all roadchamps, next to the boxed Corgi is a Mathbox Superking X4 carrying a jet. Auto Carrier is of an unknown make but really cool. Behind that is something obviously prettty big- it’s a wind up with that good old “made in US Zone Germany underneath”
Here from left to right(all 1/43): Rio Nazi staff car( will go well with the Corgi 1/50 soldiers I got at Nick Smith’s- in no way do I support the Nazis- but everyone hates them so and they’re the bad guys in my current military conflict in my layout with a Butt whooping coming), next Brooklyn Models Edsel Citation, then the brown car on the right is anotherBrooklyn Models 41 Packard- those guys are HEAVY!
White car in the front is a pretty massive Rolls Corniche, behind that guy(from left to right): Maker unknown(just a “flashy S” on the bottom)-55 Bel Air, the blue and green convertibles(again unknown maker but both of them start with an SS in their production #s),, brown one is a 48 Chrysler Windsor, and the one with its rear towards us is of that same unknown make. 1st silver car after that is a Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 and behind him is that unknown maker again. The unknown maker appears to be 1:32 scale, unforuntately/ but still pretty cool!
Vitese 1953 Cadillac Eldorado with Dwight Eisenhower. My dad got that for myPop for Christmas one year
The truck cab is actually Lionel- unfortunately no trailer has been found(yet
). Corgi Chevy Highway patrol(seems between 1/43& 1/50), tootsie Action news van, Ertl Deli supply truck
Really happy to have found all of these guys since my layout is finally going to be adding at least 4x8 in space. Likely won’t use half of the 1/43 scales because they’re just too big but I’m super grateful to have been able to add these to my collection and can’t wait to put’em on my layout! Hope you guys enjoy! one last shot:
steve
Ford introduced the Model B in 1932. Designed to replace the popular Model A, this "woody" station wagon featured a four-cylinder engine that was easily surpassed by the slightly more expensive V-8. The Model B was discontinued after three years.
Auto Zone! $2! What can I say?
Awesome find Steve!!
Happy 4th
Mr. McGriel: What is that late '30's car in front of the bus a model of, and who made it?
Steve. I agree what a great find I can’t wait to see these on the layout your grandfather would be proud
tom thanks for posting those great pics
Vincent you as well a great deal
Hope you had a great 4th of July weekend
Ok Guys and Gals its summer and the Hot Rods, Lead sleds and Cruisers with tops down are out. I would like to see yours it doesn’t matter Custom or just out of the box I know some of you have cool drive in Diners so don’t be shy lets see your pics of them This also includes Pickups and Musle cars and drag racers
Quarter Gauger 48 posted:Richie C. posted:Picked this up over the weekend at my LHS - just looked cool.
Richie, that is a very smart looking truck'.. Very cool indeed'.. Nice find'..
I think it's part of a 5-6 car series made by Matchbox. My LHS had all of them. I was hesitant to only buy one and break up the set, but this was the one that drew my attention - they also had a cool "Cordon Bleu" one. 
It’s a 1936 Buick special made by ixo models. www.ixomodels.com
I bought these 2 Mercury's and the Ford at the local train store. The roofs have been cut or removed on them. The fellow did a very nice job and are cool one off items I enjoy. There's the Cheerleader having a car wash. Rah-rah! Then there is the car lots.
Another '36 Buick Special.
MELGAR
Thought there was a list of sponsors on this forum, and one of them was Die Cast Direct? As a fan of vintage pickups, real and "O scale", and since l model rural and small towns, l went through the just received DCD catalog. While l have not been happy with all Ford models available, vs. Chevrolet plus others, l have to positively comment on the selection of Ford pickups in this. To populate your streets in the early diesel era, l see a variety of years, in 1/43, of Ford pickup models, that l had not seen before:. 1942,1948,1951,1952, 1953...! That is better than the Ford prewar variety. And this issue even pictures 1950 and 1951 GMC pickup models, and a 1953 Chevy. (also a '49 Chevy stake truck) Too modern for me, but there are a lot of modelers in that era.
colorado hirailer posted:Thought there was a list of sponsors on this forum, and one of them was Die Cast Direct? As a fan of vintage pickups, real and "O scale", and since l model rural and small towns, l went through the just received DCD catalog. While l have not been happy with all Ford models available, vs. Chevrolet plus others, l have to positively comment on the selection of Ford pickups in this. To populate your streets in the early diesel era, l see a variety of years, in 1/43, of Ford pickup models, that l had not seen before:. 1942,1948,1951,1952, 1953...! That is better than the Ford prewar variety. And this issue even pictures 1950 and 1951 GMC pickup models, and a 1953 Chevy. (also a '49 Chevy stake truck) Too modern for me, but there are a lot of modelers in that era.
Hi CH, I've never seen an ad for DCD in the ad displays above. Could be I just keep missing it. I do get the catalog, haven't looked through it yet. I will. Thanks for tip'..
Yes, Diecast Direct is a sponsor. Here's the announcement with info on where to find the ad. Great selections.
TRRR
Eating establishments and their parking lots'...
Went back into the vault for these photos from 2016. It's a Schaefer Beer truck with the New York Mets 1977 Schedule Card on the rear door (Schaefer was the official beer of the Mets in the late 1970's) that I had custom made. Yes, that model Peterbilt didn't exist in the 1970's but that didn't matter to me
Also is a photo of the truck with the MTH Brewery on a 48x31 module that I used to have at the time for my FCMTS train club. Unfortunately the beer truck was misplaced in one of our recent moves. 
Picked up this Moosehead Beer truck at my LHS this weekend. I believe it's part of a series - they also had a similar style truck in blue for Ballantine if anyone is interested.
I love printing my own decals
1950 Mercury 
1947 Renault
1950 GMC Tractor with flatbed trailer
Mercedes Benz Ambulance, 1955 Mack B fire engine, either a 55 or 57 T - bird ( can't remember which year ) street sweeper, VW pickup truck circa 1952?, Yellow VW Bug. 
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