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

 Patrick: very nice. Like those newray cattle trailer. My dad pulled that  exact type trailer in the 1960s I think it was a Keystone Trailer that made that type. Like that milk truck also. I was wondering if you were going to post the derailment here thanks for posting

Bob: that’s awesome! More the merrier you did a great job 

Don: I’m glad you decided to post here I’m liking that C Ford nice small fleet you got going on feel free to post here anytime.

Here’s a Don Mills Mack B81 I’ve been working on for a long while. I put the cab on a corgi Mack frame and used the rest from Don’s kit. I’ve made a lot of progress today on it hope to have it done soon. Enjoy the pics.

A few pix from MacKenzieville.

Worked on the Mack B81 tonight I added a winch, front tow hooks, and mirrors almost done 

That's really coming along well.  You'll have a cool addition to your diorama and/or layout. That is a focal point of the first order!

Thanks Don I hope to have this on the layout soon 

Trussman: thanks for posting your autos look great. I like that ford boom truck and the bus. 

Ed: that ford looks very clean I like the colors and setting nicely done. 

Thanks to all you that have posted likes here and supporting each other and sharing thought and ideas. Let’s not stop this keep those pics posting. Thanks again. Lee D.

Just picked up a Starbucks truck from Menards, got it for free with a new boxcar. It will fit in perfectly with the other vehicles owned by the residents of Ft. Anachronism!

I just have to add a couple small things and I’m calling it done 

OHH how sweet that is!!!

Very nice Lee.  What else could you possibly be adding?

coach joe posted:

Very nice Lee.  What else could you possibly be adding?

I forgot the front “Mack”  emblem and I lost the hook to the winch have to order more 

Here is my favorite model of all (so far anyway).  I picked it up some weeks back when I visited a Shaw's supermarket in Maine.  It happened to be my birthday, and there was a revolving sales rack of die-cast 1:43 models calling my name. 

This 2014 Chevy Silverado has fantastic detailing and perfect proportions.  I really like how the metallic paint was down-sized for the model.  (That's not dust in the photos below, it's scale metallic paint! :-).  This 4x4 is definitely one of Kinsmart's more elegant attempts.  It cost the usual $5.99.  Doors and tailgate open.

The only customizations that I envision on this otherwise perfect model might be to add a little bit of dilute black to the running board treads to tone down the "chrome" a bit and that lovely windshield could use an inspection sticker -- assuming that I can add one without making a mess (highly doubtful).

Tomlinson Run Railroad

well, another week of inspiration led me to yet another vehicle for my layout.  The coal truck you see is based on a '37 Ford tractor with the fifth wheel ground down to the appropriate level in order to accommodate a Berkshire Valley dump body.

I'm stumped by the need to add the scissor lift common on coal delivery trucks.  Has anyone  attempted that part of the vehicle?  

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

Here is my favorite model of all (so far anyway).  I picked it up some weeks back when I visited a Shaw's supermarket in Maine.  It happened to be my birthday, and there was a revolving sales rack of die-cast 1:43 models calling my name. 

This 2014 Chevy Silverado has fantastic detailing and perfect proportions.  I really like how the metallic paint was down-sized for the model.  (That's not dust in the photos below, it's scale metallic paint! :-).  This 4x4 is definitely one of Kinsmart's more elegant attempts.  It cost the usual $5.99.  Doors and tailgate open.

The only customizations that I envision on this otherwise perfect model might be to add a little bit of dilute black to the running board treads to tone down the "chrome" a bit and that lovely windshield could use an inspection sticker -- assuming that I can add one without making a mess (highly doubtful).

Tomlinson Run Railroad

That is on sharp Silverado!

Don

Very nice coal truck! I built a Scissor lift in HO scale several years ago it was a Autocar U model with a Jordan coal body it was very hard to build 

That's very good, Lee...more inspiration!

Stock Lionel Peterbilts from the mid 1970s Trains and Truckin set with stock Weaver trailers.  Tractors were originally molded in all one color with hideous pad printed logos.

New paint job with detailed grills, markers, bumper and painted stacks tanks and wheels.  They still may not be silk, but definitely better than a sows ear.

As a question, has anyone ever attempted to get the wheels off the axles?  I'm afraid I'd break them if I pulled and twisted any harder.

What is the lineage of the current Lionel trailer and Ford tractor?  Weaver and First Gear??

Gray Lackey