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

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

FCMR Car 21 posted:

Wow!  Those skyscrapers are excellent.  I've tried Lego with my carpet layout but failed terribly (as some old Team Track Tuesday posts attest to).  Yours works really well.  It looks like a typical city street scene!  Nicely done!  The fountain is a great touch, too.

TRRR

Thank you! I used to add Lego elements to my floor layouts as a kid in the late 1970's, but it was Alan Arnold's use of various toy building sets in his massive O-Scale city layout that got me thinking about  combining my Lego skyscraper city elements with my O-scale. It seems to me that when using Lego with more detailed model train scenery, simple "Brutalist" type buildings work best.

-Duncan 

Don McErlean posted:

Found this 1937 Ford tractor trailer in an antique mall ...its 1/43 so a little small but for the cost (11$) it fills a space and looks OK.  I am not sure I like the cartoon on the trailer, may over paint that eventually with something more consistent with the time period.  Right now its backing up to my Marx freight station, picking up a load of candy for those Easter baskets !

 

 

Happy Weekend All - try and keep healthy

Don McErlean

Very nice find. That type of truck is a Diamond T cab and usually goes for a lot more money than the $11 you paid for it. I think the reason it looks a bit small is that it is 1/50 scale which is almost true (1/48) O scale. 

Jerrman posted:

Don McErlean posted:

Found this 1937 Ford tractor trailer in an antique mall ...its 1/43 so a little small but for the cost (11$) it fills a space and looks OK.  I am not sure I like the cartoon on the trailer, may over paint that eventually with something more consistent with the time period.  Right now its backing up to my Marx freight station, picking up a load of candy for those Easter baskets !

 

 

Happy Weekend All - try and keep healthy

Don McErlean

Very nice find. That type of truck is a Diamond T cab and usually goes for a lot more money than the $11 you paid for it. I think the reason it looks a bit small is that it is 1/50 scale which is almost true (1/48) O scale. 

That’s a ford cab not a Diamond T 

Jouef 1959 TR-3s in 1/43-scale:

LHD export version on the left, RHD version as campaigned at Le Mans by the Triumph factory team in 1959 on the right.

PD

pd posted:

Jouef 1959 TR-3s in 1/43-scale:

LHD export version on the left, RHD version as campaigned at Le Mans by the Triumph factory team in 1959 on the right.

PD

Those are Sweet! 

lee drennen posted:

Jerrman posted:

Don McErlean posted:

Found this 1937 Ford tractor trailer in an antique mall ...its 1/43 so a little small but for the cost (11$) it fills a space and looks OK.  I am not sure I like the cartoon on the trailer, may over paint that eventually with something more consistent with the time period.  Right now its backing up to my Marx freight station, picking up a load of candy for those Easter baskets !

 

 

Happy Weekend All - try and keep healthy

Don McErlean

Very nice find. That type of truck is a Diamond T cab and usually goes for a lot more money than the $11 you paid for it. I think the reason it looks a bit small is that it is 1/50 scale which is almost true (1/48) O scale. 

That’s a ford cab not a Diamond T 

Sorry, my error. Still a nice cab, though. 

Jerrman that’s ok do you have any Vehicles you can post or have you already we would love to see them 

I have a couple of those Ertl 1937 Ford truck tractors ( what happened to Ertl?), and wonder what it was like trying to move a loaded trailer around with a measly 100hp engine?  (Since writing that l have read about 12 speed Brown-Lipe transmissions.)  With mechanical brakes on Ford cars in 1937, stopping one might have been harder than starting.  A six cylinder Chevie may have been worse starting, but l would like to see some pre-1941 Chevie cabs, AND Macks, Whites, Sterlings, Fageols, and a very long list of other pre-war truck makes.

Lee Drenen and jerrman thanks for the comments on my "new" Ford truck.  Colorado hirailer you mentioned you had a few of these trucks, I wonder did you do anything to the artwork on the trailer, to me it looks a little out of place for its time (too cartoon and bright) given that was the depression etc. 

Regards everyone

Don McErlean

lee drennen posted:

Jerrman that’s ok do you have any Vehicles you can post or have you already we would love to see them 

I’m not a collector at all but, just use them to fill space, roads and scenes. None valuable or unusual but, here’s a few pix I found in my files. 

Don McErlean posted:

Lee Drenen and jerrman thanks for the comments on my "new" Ford truck.  Colorado hirailer you mentioned you had a few of these trucks, I wonder did you do anything to the artwork on the trailer, to me it looks a little out of place for its time (too cartoon and bright) given that was the depression etc. 

Regards everyone

Don McErlean

 

For those graphics on the side, (you may not want to do this if you want to preserve the original in some way) when I’ve wanted to change the look, I either sand it back a little, then some India ink/alcohol application or chalks or in some cases to give it the aged look or just printed out another graphic on paper on which the back is sanded down to be very thin and glueing it on the sides. Makes it easy to pick to color I want and the time frame.

Jerrman. WOW thanks for posting that’s a awesome collection keep those pics coming 

lee drennen posted:

Jerrman. WOW thanks for posting that’s a awesome collection keep those pics coming 

Found a couple. Also, not sure construction vehicles are part of this thread but, posted these just in case.

Jerrman, Excellent photography, excellent modeling and scene creation.  You really know how to tell a story on your layout!  (And the vehicles are great, too.)  Your used car lot is fantastic. 

I suspect a general lack of machinery is may be a result of the lack of layout space for many.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Jerrman posted:

lee drennen posted:

Jerrman that’s ok do you have any Vehicles you can post or have you already we would love to see them 

I’m not a collector at all but, just use them to fill space, roads and scenes. None valuable or unusual but, here’s a few pix I found in my files. 

 HMMM, none valuable, or unusual'... Well, that is why that first shot of the Drive-In,  is an excellent and authentic, entertaining scene.  I don't recall seeing any luxury cars at the drive in when I was a kid...... Very nice modeling!!!....

BTW> Those Edsel's are going for around $100K... at auctions/shows'...

Jerrman posted:

lee drennen posted:

Jerrman. WOW thanks for posting that’s a awesome collection keep those pics coming 

Found a couple. Also, not sure construction vehicles are part of this thread but, posted these just in case.

 Excellent modeling and photography'... Beautiful work'..

Had several alerts to the wandering off into "memory lane".....they got deleted...

Don McErlean:. I have different Ertl factory trailers than that one: Atlas Van Lines, PIE, Coors, and a tank trailer behind a Ford cab repainted and lettered for Frontier Oil.  Also a couple of the common green REA cabs and trailers.  Probably have switched trailers around among pre-1941 cabs.

Otto, gives last minute driving instructions to his son, Alan, who recently got his drivers license, and is driving Otto's 1 Ton Chevy.  Otto is a plumber, and this is his favorite pick up'..

 Let's hope Alan follows instructions'..

Otto, recently had new front tires installed...

Otto, loves his new Mercury, and hesitates getting dirty by driving it'..

Otto, thinks he'll take her for a spin tomorrow if there's no rain in the forecast'..