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

Lionlman. Great looking White 3000 tanker and a great idea 

Paul. Thanks for posting pics of you city transit vehicles 

John. Thanks for posting that good looking Chevy Stake truck and a great idea for the windshield. 

I still have got any vehicles off the bench yet but I’ll get something done soon 

Matchbox Landrover, Franklin Mint Edsel, Lionel Fruehauf Wasbash RR pup trailer, 

Patrick. Love the Land Rover and some great pics of it too. The Edsel is nice also 

My personal issues .  This thread has created a dangerous addiction for me, and that is 1/43 vehicles.  Before, when it came to O Gauge, the vehicles were just background.  Now, it has flipped and I’m on the internet looking for very specific vehicles, and when I do purchase them, I will eagerly display them here.

I’ve had a few detailed 1/18 scale vehicles over the years (including a Beetle Bailey Jeep to go along with the 1/32 version) and the beauty of 1/18 is the size and the requisite space necessary, along with the co$t, has prohibited me from wanton purchasing .  Now with this newfound interest in 1/43 that I never had before, I want to have display cases and buy everything in sight, especially early 1990’s Formula 1 race cars when I was very big into auto racing.  Hmmmm, maybe have an auto racing museum on my layout, but I digress…

Here are the latest additions to my fleet and the stories behind them: 

• 1/42 2018 Mercedes X Class – purchased at a CVS when I thought it was a Nissan Frontier (which is the platform the MB X Class is based off)
• 1/43 1995 Chevrolet Suburban (Road Champs) – My wife found this during our recent move.  Probably purchased for one of the kids years ago.
• 1/50 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – Also found by my wife during our recent move.  This is a Christmas Tree metal ornament

The Cadillac is marked as a 1/43 underneath and is anything but.  The actual 1/1 behemoth vehicle was 225 inches long, which makes it the longest of the three (Suburban 220”; X-Class 210”). However, as you can see in the photo, it is the shortest of the lot at only 4.5 inches long which makes it a 1/50 model.

Eventually I will have an actual layout to place all my vehicles on.

Hey Kevin, I feel your pain'.. In reality, that 59 Caddy, would have the longest wheel base of the three.  The Suburbon is actually built on a C 200 pickup frame.  If the Caddy, was a 1/43 it would be the longest.  When you display them, place the larger scales quite a ways behind the 1/50s, and they'll all blend in fine'..

Just transferred some trailers from John Mateyko to Carbondale. Love em.

Kevin. Welcome Aboard! And keep posting. There’s so many cool 1/43-1/50 vehicles out there it’s insane.

Took some pics of Drayage Dan unloading some Railway Express Agency Pig trailers this evening 

Ron

thats one sharp looking KB International great looking pic too. I seen where John was selling some trailers. Is that Carbondale Illinois?? 

Ron H posted:

Just transferred some trailers from John Mateyko to Carbondale. Love em.

Hey Ron, where are your mirrors '   Great looking truck;....

Here are some of mine.  Matt

                                Mr.  Majestic                                

Matt. Thanks for posting my favorite is that esso ford pickup and Studebaker

Ted. Great looking pic there were lots of those backwoods stations like this when I was growing up 

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

                                Mr.  Majestic                                

 

 

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Ron H posted:

Just transferred some trailers from John Mateyko to Carbondale. Love em.

Hey Ron, where are your mirrors '   Great looking truck;....

Ron is a man who never looks back.

Vincent Massi posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

                                Mr.  Majestic                                

 

 

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Ron H posted:

Just transferred some trailers from John Mateyko to Carbondale. Love em.

Hey Ron, where are your mirrors '   Great looking truck;....

Ron is a man who never looks back.

My Carbondale is a fiction town in Ill. that is a rail interchange and engine service center for several railroads .

I've got to make a new mirror for the tractor.

                            Track Foreman's Ford pickup at NJ Hirailers.

PAUL ROMANO posted:

    

I have to ask, what's up with the speeder at the front? No way could any of those figures fit under the hood!

p51 posted:

PAUL ROMANO posted:

    

I have to ask, what's up with the speeder at the front? No way could any of those figures fit under the hood!

Its' a convertible! The hood comes off......... 

Great pic Paul! Us big guys like me need  convertibles now and then 

A great collection displayed well Edward.

Thanks for sharing

colorado hirailer posted:

Divcos appear to have been everywhere but where l frequented as a kid.  Or maybe l just don't remember them.  I always have to establish, "where and when".  They existed in 1940, so...did any Colorado dairy use them at that time?

Dugan's bread used Divco's for home delivery of yummy bread, rolls, etc.

Late 1950's through 1960's, Queens, NY