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

I'm surprised DD would miss scale this truck..  Just looking, it seems to be somewhere between 1:30 and 1:40 scale.  Remember, the lower the number, the larger the vehicle.  If it was indeed 1:55, it would be really tiny and smaller than 1:50

DD lists it as 1:48 scale, probably because the box from the manufacturer is marked "O Scale".

If you look at the pic I posted a few posts ago, with the 53' Chevy pick-up and the beverage truck on the flatbed next to each other for comparison, you can clearly see that it is substantially smaller than the 1:43 scale pick-up. I would guesstimate 1:55, also.

BTW, the orange pick-up is a 1953, not a 1951, as I originally posted and is an Illinois Central MOW truck, not Illinois Terminal. 

Ted it’s smaller than 1/50 I compared it with my corgi Mack’s it’s around 1/55.

Well fellows, if you monitor this post you know I have a weakness for "Japanese Tin" and have posted a couple of my favorite trucks that I managed to collect along the way of my career.  Today is different...!!  Yesterday was my 76th Birthday and my Grandchildren gave me a really special birthday present.  Its a Japanese tin lithographed horse truck (after all we do live in Texas   )   It has no manufacturer markings, just a small lettered country of origin.  I can't precisely determine the scale but I included a ruler in the first picture.  I note that IF the trailer was 20 ft it would be almost exactly 1/48 but who knows how long the trailer was "supposed to be" .

Here is the side view, truck has some "patina" which shows it was played with and I really love that.  Note the side ramp door, very prototypical for transports like this as it allows the horses to be unloaded on the "safe" side of the trailer.  Trailer is about 5" long.

Here is the opposite side, no ramp but it contains the logo "HV" .  No steering wheel in the cab so I can't tell if it would be right hand drive as would be correct for Japan, hence its likely an export toy.

Front view.  The cab appears very similar to that on the gas truck model we have talked about here.

Finally the rear, no doors in the rear as would be typical of transports of this type.  Too dangerous to unload horses from the rear in many circumstances.

Well there you are fellows.  A long way from your beautiful scale trucks but great fun for me and a special gift as well.

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well fellows, if you monitor this post you know I have a weakness for "Japanese Tin" and have posted a couple of my favorite trucks that I managed to collect along the way of my career.  Today is different...!!  Yesterday was my 76th Birthday and my Grandchildren gave me a really special birthday present.  Its a Japanese tin lithographed horse truck (after all we do live in Texas   )   It has no manufacturer markings, just a small lettered country of origin.  I can't precisely determine the scale but I included a ruler in the first picture.  I note that IF the trailer was 20 ft it would be almost exactly 1/48 but who knows how long the trailer was "supposed to be" .

Here is the side view, truck has some "patina" which shows it was played with and I really love that.  Note the side ramp door, very prototypical for transports like this as it allows the horses to be unloaded on the "safe" side of the trailer.  Trailer is about 5" long.

Here is the opposite side, no ramp but it contains the logo "HV" .  No steering wheel in the cab so I can't tell if it would be right hand drive as would be correct for Japan, hence its likely an export toy.

Front view.  The cab appears very similar to that on the gas truck model we have talked about here.

Finally the rear, no doors in the rear as would be typical of transports of this type.  Too dangerous to unload horses from the rear in many circumstances.

Well there you are fellows.  A long way from your beautiful scale trucks but great fun for me and a special gift as well.

Don

That is a great truck, ANd a  Very Happy Birthday', Don...🎂🍰☕

First off Happy Birthday Don! Although I won’t be 76yrs old I’ll be 52 on Thursday. Your White 3000 ton truck looks good. Don did you ever collect the old Safeway White Freightliner trucks from Japan. If so I would like to see them

@lee drennen posted:

First off Happy Birthday Don! Although I won’t be 76yrs old I’ll be 52 on Thursday. Your White 3000 ton truck looks good. Don did you ever collect the old Safeway White Freightliner trucks from Japan. If so I would like to see them

Wow LEE, YOU LUCKY DOG'.. 52'...i'LL TAKE IT AGAIN'...50's are some of the best years'... Pre HAPPY BIRTHDAY'...🥂🎃🧁

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Wow LEE, YOU LUCKY DOG'.. 52'...i'LL TAKE IT AGAIN'...50's are some of the best years'... Pre HAPPY BIRTHDAY'...🥂🎃🧁

Thanks Ted. Seems life is getting more settled and laid back these days as I get older

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks Ted. Seems life is getting more settled and laid back these days as I get older

😁HA, wait till the 60's they are the best'...''''

Quarter gauger  / Lee :  Thank you both for the Birthday greetings.  As you can imagine I was thrilled with the new truck.  In regard to the Safeway Freightliner Trucks from Japan...I will check, I have several things boxed up out of site, but since Safeway was a prominent store where I grew up, I don't think so...sorry.

Best wishes to all

Don

P.S. I wish I were 52 again as well....  (LOL)  Happy Birthday Lee

Thanks Don I had one when I was a kid They were a neat truck

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

😁HA, wait till the 60's they are the best'...''''

Ha, wait 'til the 70's, junior ....

Another before and after Dinky restoration. This is my latest.

JD another beauty thanks for sharing

Wow, JD, there is something endearing about these little cars'. That is a tremendous restoration.  Excellent job.  I'm intrigued and may start looking for these and trying my hand at bringing them  back to life'....👍😀

Picked up Lionel's new (?) 2 pack set of 40' trailers in BAR livery on sale from one of our Forum sponsor's ("CR") York sale. They come in a variety of road names.

They have flexible mud flaps (not sure if rubber or vinyl) and come with an extra rear door assembly that allows you to display the trailer with the rear doors open. The closed door panel simply pops out and the open door assembly snaps on - very cool. If I had a gripe (and I don't) it would be that the open doors are just flat grey panels and would look better with a little detailing.

At $38 for the pair seems like a steal.

Shown on the '51 Kenworth flatbed I got a few posts back and subsequently painted the flat bed black and a little minor detailing in the rear.

New deliveries:  The unloading crew waits for the flatbed tractor/trailer to show so they can unload this new grader.

New Tucker in showroom.  Sales are hot hot hot!!!

Thanks Ted,

i just started doing this when the pandemic started. They are a fun little challenge, and since they are so beat up, they are not really collectible, value wise. I’m having fun with them.

JDFonz:  Great job on the Dinky restoration...not only is it now great to look at but you have "saved" a classic toy.  Lee Drennen you asked about the Safeway Freightliner toys and I said I would look through my trucks to see what I had.  Well unfortunately I do not have a match to the toys you remember.  However, I did find one that you might like to see.  Its not Japanese its Marx (#1 toy maker in the World) and its from "Shop Rite" .  Way too big for most trains, in fact it is about the largest truck I have, but it was too colorful a lithograph and cool a toy to pass up.  So here it is, just for fun!

Best Regards Everyone

Don

        How bout a few city scapes with some of our favorite cars'...😀

The 49 Ford, (shoe box) my # 1 favorire'

The 56 crown Vic rag top'

The 49 Caddy, a favorite of the West Siders'.

Some random traffic'