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.

Wow, that is a beautiful Mack'.. Nice color'....

Gift from The Old Man, circa 1964 or so...

PD. Thanks for posting that’s a nice car 

Vincent. I would have to be pretty bad to be a ugly Mack  

Thanks guys for keeping this going I know it’s not much but we’re almost on page 20. I would never dreamed that anyway I’ve blowed up some pics hope you enjoy them

While not my pic do have two of these tractor/trailers.  The intent was to have one wandering the roads and the other spotted behind the local McDonald's delivering.

Ron

Now this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is about the sharpest-looking station wagon I have ever seen. Assuming that it IS a station wagon. 

Is that a 1939 Olds or Buick? Who made the model and is it available? 

Thanks

That is a 1939 Cadillac series 75 Imperial sedan. Years ago (1970s) a friend of mine had one of these that had belonged to Warner Brothers Studios.  A massive beast of a car!   Doug

PRRronbh posted:

Neat looking rig.

I know many of these models are fantasy-based, so I wonder if this was a type of truck you'd really see on the road with this paint and marking?
Note the more modern McD's logo on the doors.

Not knocking the rig, just wondering. It really looks cool.

p51 posted:

PRRronbh posted:

Neat looking rig.

I know many of these models are fantasy-based, so I wonder if this was a type of truck you'd really see on the road with this paint and marking?
Note the more modern McD's logo on the doors.

Not knocking the rig, just wondering. It really looks cool.

I am pretty sure you are correct. I remember red Mc Donald's trailers  but not that art work or much art work either.

Ron

Checking the web, I found McDonald's trailers, but no McDonald's cabs.

McDonald's might not have owned the trailers--renting advertising space on the sides of trailers is a common practice.

PRRronbh posted:

I know many of these models are fantasy-based, so I wonder if this was a type of truck you'd really see on the road with this paint and marking?
Note the more modern McD's logo on the doors.

I am pretty sure you are correct. I remember red Mc Donald's trailers  but not that art work or much art work either.

Such a great looking rig, I was hoping it wasn't a fantasy truck.

Still, it's your layout, Ron, and your world. In your layout's 'reality', McDs had lots of them, right?

Ron, I remember when McDonald's hit "Over 4 million sold." And I remember a TV commercial in which the guy sent his butler to McDonald's with a dollar bill. The butler returned with a hamburger, milk shake, and fries, and had to give back the change.

Vincent Massi posted:

Ron, I remember when McDonald's hit "Over 4 million sold." And I remember a TV commercial in which the guy sent his butler to McDonald's with a dollar bill. The butler returned with a hamburger, milk shake, and fries, and had to give back the change.

Vincent, I think it was 1956 my much older brother tried to convince my parents buying into and opening a Mc Donald's.  He had the info sheet.  Yes one sheet of paper printed on both sides.  It described the two different sized building footprints with cost of under 35K plus the land.  How the windows would be staffed with only young men, no girls/woman to prevent guys from loitering at the sales windows.  Boy I wish I still had that one sheet of info.  More over my parents and I wish they would have made the investment at the time.  But I recall parents could not see making money selling a 15-cent burger!

Ironically in about 1959/60 a Mc Donald's opened up caddy-corner from our business located on a four-lane state highway.  So for about 13-years (until we sold the business) we were daily reminded of that mistake.

Ron

Thanks guys for the complement on the Caddy it’s one of my favorite too Vincent. I think White Box or White Rose I’ll look tomorrow when I’m at the layout. 

I think McDonald’s always had out side distributors delivered to the store like now GSF golden state foods delivers now and there trailers advertise for McDonald’s. Who says back in the 1960s when this B61 Mack made it could have pulled one of those  trailers. Rim thanks for posting. 

In 1963, my sister took a job with McDonalds.  My entire family would drive over to 'Sunrise Highway, in Patchogue, we would get hamburgers, fries and shakes free, because she was an employee that worked the window and took the orders.  Everyone paid in cash, and she made change by hand.  I remember other folks would look at me funny, as I was always selected to pick up the order.  In those days, you paid when it was ready.  Not up front like today'...  I think I vaguely remember seeing a McDonalds delivery truck one time when we were there.  This photo of the trailer has brought back memories of that time....  And boy was it a good time'  The burgers were delicious... Of course I haven't had one in over 35 years .   The last time I got one for my Grand kids, they didn't look too appetising '..... 

QT. Thanks for posting that story. The nearest one to me when I was a kid was 40 miles away we went there maybe 3 times a year boy what a treat to get to go to McDonald’s now in my hometown where I grew up and love currently there’s 3 McDonald’s with in 3-5 miles 

PRRronbh posted:

While not my pic do have two of these tractor/trailers.  The intent was to have one wandering the roads and the other spotted behind the local McDonald's delivering.

Ron

Pardon me for bring this forward but have some internet research info (for what that is worth !) to add.

The art work refers to "Over 100 million sold"  the search found that the 100 million mark was hit in (edit)  1958.

MTH's model of the classic McDonald's :

This sign states 1-million sold.  According to one source  this would be 1955 Ray Kroc's first McDonald's opened in Des Plaines, Illinois.  But another source states the original sign  as 15-million.

Just some perspective(s).

Ron

Does this thread include 1/50 scale busses?  I have an extensive collection.

Fred Lundgren posted:

Is that a 1939 Olds or Buick? Who made the model and is it available? 

Thanks

This red/white '39 Cadillac is for sale on eBay for $30. shipped from Russia. In other colors as well from various sources. Made by Whitebox. Although Diecastdirect sells many Whitebox models ($30.), they do not offer this one.

Joe Hohmann posted:

Fred Lundgren posted:

Is that a 1939 Olds or Buick? Who made the model and is it available? 

Thanks

This red/white '39 Cadillac is for sale on eBay for $30. shipped from Russia. In other colors as well from various sources. Made by Whitebox. Although Diecastdirect sells many Whitebox models ($30.), they do not offer this one.

Thank you so much.

I just bought it.

Fred

ICRRE8 posted:

Does this thread include 1/50 scale busses?  I have an extensive collection.

Yes!! Please post them we would like to see them we have bus fans here 

Brian. Thanks for posting I like that corvette 

Guys o can’t remember where o got that Caddy I think at a hobby shop in St.Louis glad you guys found them they are worth the money 

Took some pics of my NKP piggyback today for another post I started thought I would post it here too

 Thanks Bryan for those pics of your bus and I was wondering what year that Corvette was now I know it’s a 63 I really like those vets in those years

Batmobile under cover in the back alley 

rjsmithindy posted:

Batmobile under cover in the back alley 

 Very cool', I like those buildings...Is Batman & Robin breaking in, or out? (LOL)

rjsmithindy posted:

Batmobile under cover in the back alley 

I love it!

Now the $64,000 question is... which celebrity guest star will pop out of a window as the Dynamic Duo scale past that apartment LOL.

I'm explaining to my teenagers right now why that scene is so hilarious to me (along with my $64K reference)

Okay Kevin, why is it so hilarious?  Nice airport BTW'..

          a nice Fall day,  enjoying a little train watching...

Around town....

B&O/best&only posted:

Around town....

If this is your father's Pontiac, I sure wouldn't mind having one. The Hudson isn't bad either... The chrome weighs as much as my entire Toyota.

MELGAR

Thanks for posting I love those cars is that a 1950 or 49 ford the blue one and those Diamond T’s look good  too 

MELGAR posted:

B&O/best&only posted:

Around town....

If this is your father's Pontiac, I sure wouldn't mind having one. The Hudson isn't bad either... The chrome weighs as much as my entire Toyota.

MELGAR

Is that 51, 2,3,4 Star Chief'..Those were great years for Pontiac'...  Nice looking ensemble you have there, B&O.  Good looking structures, and of course that Pontiac is a real beauty.  I have the Franklin Mint Hudson as well.  They're one of my favorites too...

The 1947 Ford looks like my high school car.  Who makes that?

Odenville Bill posted:

The 1947 Ford looks like my high school car.  Who makes that?

Ford

Joke, joke! Only kidding! No offense intended! (Sorry, Bill. I couldn't help it).

Odenville Bill posted:

The 1947 Ford looks like my high school car.  Who makes that?

"Who makes that" (1947 Ford); Bill, the manufacturer is IXO.

Here are a set of doubles representing a former Bay Area Trucking Company.

The cars in the pictures are from various European manufacturers,I try to avoid buying Asian vehicles.

Mikey

Mikey. Thanks for posting Willig is one of my favorite Western LTL carriers. 

Here a few pics I took this week

Just received ….. really like the Roadway.

lee drennen posted:

Lee, I love the Fruehauf name, number, and NYC detail in the right-hand corner of your first photo.  And, your growing milk car collection is making me jealous.

Yesterday a package arrived from forum sponsor Diecast Direct that looks at lot like your blue metallic painted model pictured immediately above.  It was back ordered and, honestly, I never thought I'd see it.  The car claims to be a 1949 Cadillac Coup de Ville (pink of course), but Wikipedia documents no such animal.  It looks more like a 1949 Cadillac 60-something series.

My floor layout and trains remain boxed up but I think the car looks great with my dining room placemats :-).

Someone with a very steady hand may be able to detach the interior and disassemble the seat back to add interior detailing (radio, pedals, handles).  I may try to add a tiny reddish Caddy logo to the center of the hubcaps.  Most of the 1:1 web photos show it and that's more my speed .

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Richie C. posted:

Just received ….. really like the Roadway.

Richie

 Thanks for posting I like the looks of your layout and all your vehicles on there specially the old I think 50 or 49 Ford custom coupe car 

trumptrain posted:

 Patrick 

Thanks for posting always enjoyed looking at your pics I still like in those B&O piggyback Trailers you have

 Thanks Tom 

 I’m going to try to get to 10 Milk cars and quit if we’re off  The logo on the back of the trailer came off of an  old Revell  mobile trailer decal and that pink Cadillac looks awesome 

Have been enjoying the many great photos that are being posted. Have been picking up some of the new 1/43 IXO trucks they are a good price and very well detailed. Also some new trucks from Neo a bit more in price. Check them out on the DieCast Direct website one of the main forum sponsors for diecast.

I am currently hunting down some more 1/43 scale trailers to use with them. I have a few of the old AMT 1/43 model kits trucks and trailers. But find closest for size are the New Ray 1/43 truck and trailers.  Will post some photos when I get some more of the trailer kits built up to match the trucks.

https://www.diecastdirect.com/...;SubType=&Brand=

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

lee drennen posted:

Lee, I love the Fruehauf name, number, and NYC detail in the right-hand corner of your first photo.  And, your growing milk car collection is making me jealous.

Yesterday a package arrived from forum sponsor Diecast Direct that looks at lot like your blue metallic painted model pictured immediately above.  It was back ordered and, honestly, I never thought I'd see it.  The car claims to be a 1949 Cadillac Coup de Ville (pink of course), but Wikipedia documents no such animal.  It looks more like a 1949 Cadillac 60-something series.

My floor layout and trains remain boxed up but I think the car looks great with my dining room placemats :-).

Someone with a very steady hand may be able to detach the interior and disassemble the seat back to add interior detailing (radio, pedals, handles).  I may try to add a tiny reddish Caddy logo to the center of the hubcaps.  Most of the 1:1 web photos show it and that's more my speed .

Tomlinson Run Railroad

My friend, that is undoubtedly a 1949 Caddy. no question'.. It was a series 62.

The coupe deville was introduced in 1959. production started in 58.  wikipedia is wrong on their dates and models, of many, many vehicles'... not just this one'.. 

Here are my entries into this wonderful thread. 

I don’t currently have a layout (everything is packed away) just a table by the dining room that I display items on and look at plans of plastic airplane model kits that I plan on building (eventually). 

Modeling trains is sometimes about memories and that will be the case with me.  My next foray is to have a New York City section in the 1970’s and the 1980’s (from my youth) and South Florida section from the 1990’s to the present (my adulthood) so I’m purchasing and stocking up of items as I come across them. 

Misplaced my O Gauge roads so the vehicles resting on cork will have to do, utilizing an MTH Tri-Rail Control Cab Car as a wonderful backdrop.

Just purchased three South Florida law enforcement vehicles. Next one to get is the Florida Highway Patrol Crown Vic with operating lights.  Also plan on purchasing some NYPD squad cars, especially the one’s from the 1970’s colors if possible, like the Plymouth Fury shown in the attached photo from the Pelham One Two Three movie. 

I aim to get all vehicles in 1:43 to keep things to the same scale.  Unfortunately, some items only come in other scales, but those will have to do like the 1:50 Greyhound Bus.

There will of course be some vehicles that the manufacturer says are 1:43 but are anything but such as the Orange Ford Focus that I’ve had for a few years.  It is way too large compared to the other vehicles.  The Beetle Bailey 1/32 Willys Jeep is there because… it’s Beetle Bailey!  

My favorites in my inventory are the 1:43 GM Fishbowl buses with the New York Transit Authority colors from the late 1960’s through the 1970’s with the "Bat Wing" advertising roof panels.  I’m glad that Iconic Replicas offered these models so that I don’t have to wait for the rare (and thus ridiculously overpriced) Corgi 1:50 ones produced a decade ago to show up on auction sites.

*** YouTube image of NYPD Plymouth Fury deleted by Amfleet25124*** 

More vehicles from Patsburg.

Amfleet25124 posted:

 

Here are my entries into this wonderful thread. 

I don’t currently have a layout, just a table by the dining room that I display items on and look at plans of plastic airplane model kits that I plan on building (eventually). 

Modeling trains is sometimes about memories and that will be the case with me.  My next foray is to have a New York City section in the 1970’s and the 1980’s (from my youth) and South Florida section from the 1990’s to the present (my adulthood) so I’m purchasing and stocking up of items as I come across them. 

Misplaced my O Gauge roadways so the vehicles resting on cork will have to do, utilizing an MTH Tri-Rail Control Cab Car as a wonderful backdrop.

Just purchased three South Florida law enforcement vehicles. Next one to get is the Florida Highway Patrol Crown Vic with operating lights.  Also plan on purchasing some NYPD squad cars, especially the one’s from the 1970’s colors if possible, like the Plymouth Fury shown in the attached photo from the Pelham One Two Three movie. 

I aim to get all vehicles in 1:43 to keep things to the same scale.  Unfortunately, some items only come in other scales, but those will have to do like the 1:50 Greyhound Bus.

There will of course be some vehicles that the manufacturer says are 1:43 but are anything but such as the Orange Ford Focus that I’ve had for a few years.  It is way too large compared to the other vehicles.  The Beetle Bailey 1/32 Willys Jeep is there because… it’s Beetle Bailey!  

My favorites in my inventory are the 1:43 GM Fishbowl buses with the New York Transit Authority colors from the late 1960’s through the 1970’s.  I’m glad that Iconic Replicas offered these models so that I don’t have to wait for the rare (and thus ridiculously overpriced) Corgi 1:50 ones produced a decade ago to show up on auction sites.

 

 

Kevin, you are going to need at least one subway station to go with the MTA buses, on the NYC side.  Don't forget the precinct too'... 

Amfleet25124 posted:

 

Kevin,

Beautiful NYC buses. The Mayor's car must be right behind that NYPD patrol car and motorcycle.

MELGAR

Kevin, I remember the NYC buses in both green and blue very well. Love the Sarge and Beetle jeep.

Patrick, is that Clyde Barrow or Sonny Corleone?

QUARTER GAUGER 48:  "Kevin, you are going to need at least one subway station to go with the MTA buses, on the NYC side.  Don't forget the precinct too'... "

MELGAR: "Kevin, Beautiful NYC buses. The Mayor's car must be right behind that NYPD patrol car and motorcycle."

COACH JOE: "Kevin, I remember the NYC buses in both green and blue very well. Love the Sarge and Beetle jeep."

Thanks gentlemen. The plan is to have a subway station. Haven't determined if it will be underground or elevated (that will be based on my skill level ).  The rear advertising panel on the green bus speaks to me directly as I used to go to the A&S department store in Downtown Brooklyn with my mother and grandmother all the time.  We went by both bus and subway.

coach joe posted:

Kevin, I remember the NYC buses in both green and blue very well. Love the Sarge and Beetle jeep.

Patrick, is that Clyde Barrow or Sonny Corleone?

Coach Joe - Its' definitely Sonny C.

Kevin, we used to go to Gimbels, and the big Woolworths, for a "Shallawruce'. Do you remember those. 10 Cents in in 1962'....LOL

Kevin. Thanks for posting love your   Vehicles specially the buses 

Patrick. Poor Sonny he still can’t catch a break well at least  this time it looks like he wasn’t set up at the tollbooth.   My favorite saying is the cattle car in the old model AA Ford truck 

QT  I never been the gimbles  I bet it was cool back then. 

Hey lee, Gimbel's was a combination between Macy's, E.J. Corvette's, and Klein's Department stores.  If Macy's didn't have it, Gimbel's or the others would. These were upper middle class stores.  When I lived with my Grand Folks, in Brooklyn, NY, we shopped in Woolworths, and "Bargain Johns' .  A step up from today's Dollar stores.  But that is where poor folks went for school clothes, and essentials. It was a great store.  I continued to buy things in Bargain John's into my mid twenties, until they finally went under.  The reason many discounts stores have gone under over the years is they couldn't earn enough profitto cover the federal, state, and local taxes.......

Here are some long promised bashed 1938 Internationals.  I think these were only available in H-D, but l rebodied. Normally, l shoot old school 35mm, but these are phone cam, and not good.  The first done was the coal truck, others are lengthened chasses milk truck with unwashed John Willie from my childhood only allowed to ride on tailgate, a bigger box truck, and a logging truck.  Wish there were more pre-1941 mid to large truck models.

 Nice selection of good looking trucks'... I like the paint jobs'...

QG. I bet living there you’ve seen a lot of old Mack’s, Autocars and Brockways you lucky dog. 

Those cornbinders look great thanks for posting them I like those colors too 

More vehicles in their natural habitat. 

Patrick 

my favorite is the Christmas tree pic very real I can just smell those trees

lee drennen posted:

Richie C. posted:

Just received ….. really like the Roadway.

Richie

 Thanks for posting I like the looks of your layout and all your vehicles on there specially the old I think 50 or 49 Ford custom coupe car 

Thanks, Lee - like just about everyone else, layouts are always a work in progress.

Now that I picked up the blue '51 Kenworth in the top pic, I see what you mean about 1/43 scale TT's looking large on the layout. I am able to place it so it's not real close to any other vehicles, so there's no perspective to view it against that would make it look too big for the layout. 

I'd like to letter the trailer, but it has a lot of ridges and rivets in the body and I'm not sure it would come out looking right, even using setting solutions. Would you recommend water slide or dry transfer decals ?

Couple of pic's of the CS truck attached - at 1/32 scale it's too big for the layout but looks good on a shelf and has working lights.

Adding in photos of another bus in my collection. 

It is a 1:50 NABI Low Floor Model Bus in Miami-Dade Transit Colors that is one of the decorations on my desk at work.  I took some photos of it this afternoon to post here on OGR. I had it custom painted by Collect-Corner.net in 2018 and had the route signage designated with the route 95X for the Interstate 95 Express Bus that I commute to/from work on along with Tri-Rail commuter trains from Fort Lauderdale to Miami.  I need to get another NABI bus with Broward County Transit (BCT) livery.

From the last layout...working on a new one right now!  I believe one of my favorite parts of the former layout was the 1/43 and 1/48 cars and people figures, as the picture depicts  The "Vettes" are Franklin Mint, and the two station wagons are Brooklin...all bought on eBay for reasonable prices a decade ago.

More vehicles from Patsburg.

Trumptrain, your railcars, vehicles, buildings, people, etc, are interesting enough. But your ability to combine them into interesting scenes is very impressive.

Vincent Massi posted:

Trumptrain, your railcars, vehicles, buildings, people, etc, are interesting enough. But your ability to combine them into interesting scenes is very impressive.

Why thank you so much Vince!  I'm humbled by your words. 

Patrick

I agree with Vincent very great looking team track  scenes  and thanks for posting here.  

Kevin. Thanks for posting your bus looks great

Paul. Thanks for posting I love those wagons nice pic

Guys I’ve got to get some stuff off the bench and on the layout seems I’m always cutting grass or yard work these days bare with me I’ll get some stuff out and always thanks for posting 

Hey Patrick'  Some great scenes you've put up'..this one is my favorite.  Nice depth of field'... 

Kevin, I like that bus'.. Be safe commuting'.  Not easy to do every day'..

Lee, I've been in the same boat as you'... Too many jobs, and no bench time' as of late.   So many projects on hold'...

Thanks, Lee...the wagons are great.  I like the '50's and 60's the best.  The big three offered some great wagons in that era. 

I got a response....from Brooklin!  Across the pond.  As a vintage car nut as well as train nut, there are a number of vanished pre-1941 makes of cars and trucks l would like to see on my roads.  I sent a short list of some of the distinctive ones to Brooklin, and got a note saying it was passed on to management.  

Colorado, you may have checked online already, but there's currently quite an assortment of Brooklin 1/43 for sale on eBay.  Sounds like you're very familiar with the B line, and you've suggested they add your favorites to the line?  I'm just getting back into the hobby after a few years off.  In checking B prices online, I'm amazed how the prices on some B cars have skyrocketed.  They make a nice unit:, but a little pricey these days

Beer Wagon and REA trailer.

trumptrain posted:

Beer Wagon and REA trailer.

Wow Pat, I'll take a case of that Bud, if you please'...  That is a great wagon'.. very cool'...

Paul:. Brooklin makes a lot of open cars, rarely seen on my childhood roads, and post 1940 cars, beyond my modeled era, so a lot are unusable to me.  I try to pick up used or discounted.  I only suggested a few more unusual cars of that period, and even one more modern one for which  l was lucky enough to own the prototype.  I could generate a very long list of cars from Allen and Auburn to Whippet and Windsor (several 1/43rd Zephyrs are available), but most of the population never heard of many, so l would not expect them to be offered.   Auburn, well known, l would expect but has not, but l did not suggest it.

Patrick I too like that wagon I go by the Budweiser Brewery every day very interesting thanks for posting I’ve never seen you post it before thanks