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

The is one if the unsung hero series I bought 20 years ago? It seems there were two series I found USMC items. They were about eleven years past release when I found them on eBay. I purchased a couple of jeeps, four tanks and two deuce and a half’s. They are all marked USMC. Cool stuff.
obx

@obxtrainman posted:

The is one if the unsung hero series I bought 20 years ago? It seems there were two series I found USMC items. They were about eleven years past release when I found them on eBay. I purchased a couple of jeeps, four tanks and two deuce and a half’s. They are all marked USMC. Cool stuff.
obx

Very cool! Semper Fi!

@Capetrainman posted:

With the spring thaw showing signs of arrival, "Joe Canoe" (as the locals call him) decided to haul his wooden canoe on top of his '49 Merc woodie to Spring Lake for a test drive!  Let's hope the ice on the lake is gone for the season...

Anyone recall the marketing jargon, "Hi neighbor, have a Gansett"...?

Not only remember it, but translated it into Latin - "Salve finitamae, habe Narragantum" !

@Richie C. posted:

Not only remember it, but translated it into Latin - "Salve finitamae, habe Narragantum" !

Richie, many spoke latin after a Gansett or two in the old days...

@obxtrainman posted:

The is one if the unsung hero series I bought 20 years ago? It seems there were two series I found USMC items. They were about eleven years past release when I found them on eBay. I purchased a couple of jeeps, four tanks and two deuce and a half’s. They are all marked USMC. Cool stuff.
obx

obx...those are sharp looking duece and a half models...more fun than the real ones, no doubt...lol!

On the prowl for lower cost 60’s-80’s semi trucks for my 70’s-80’s layout - found this ERTL tractor & trailer for $6 at an antique shop.  Nice square cab like they were back then.  1:48 scale 8’ wide and 12’ tall cab

Bonus got the ERTL 1960 Chevy cab $8 and JD 630 for $4.  Very happy with my finds.

Dan...good finds in the picture above  I've been looking for a 1/43 or 1/48 JD tractor for the Sunset Farm across from the car rally...no luck yet...

@Capetrainman posted:

Dan...good finds in the picture above  I've been looking for a 1/43 or 1/48 JD tractor for the Sunset Farm across from the car rally...no luck yet...

Nice car dealer Paul! Have you checked Tractor Supply for the tractor?

Returned to the antique toy store and found a Tootsie Toy Winnebago and a Jada Bronco.  The Bronco is about 1:56 and the Winnebago is about 1:53, but I would rather have them a little small than large - they can be set back from the edge of the layout to enhance the perception of distance.

I can still make headway on my layout when I’m out of town!

@Hannibal-St Joseph RR posted:

Returned to the antique toy store and found a Tootsie Toy Winnebago and a Jada Bronco.  The Bronco is about 1:56 and the Winnebago is about 1:53, but I would rather have them a little small than large - they can be set back from the edge of the layout to enhance the perception of distance.

I can still make headway on my layout when I’m out of town!

Nice score on the Winnie.  I've got one of those JADA Toys Broncos in black.  Got it at Walmart.  It's in JADA's Just Trucks line, the packaging says they're 1/64 but the Bronco is as big as the full size pick-ups in the same line so it's definitely a bigger scale.  I also have a yellow one with a white hardtop I bought from a vendor at a train show years ago.  It was loose, no package, I'll have to flip it over to confirm it is a JADA but it looks like a dead on match.

Here is a couple of JADA vehicles, I cut the under garage of the truck and changed out the wheels. It just looked to tall like a monster truck.

I have the Bronco but didn't do that yet

It looked a little harder to do! Lol 😆

@mike g., I have that Rescue Team pick up also.  That was from the Walmart $3.99 box.  I also have a VW bus and a Chevy pick-up with utility body from that box of loose individual sale vehicles.  All are off-road ready like your rescue pick-up.  Alas the $3.99 box is now about $6.99 but seems to be all 1:34 scale.

The old red pick-up is still kicking...

@Capetrainman posted:

The old red pick-up is still kicking...

Paul, we all know those old truck will outlast any new one now on the market!

Looks like a great place to stay!

No, you can't beat those old pick-ups .....

@mike g. posted:

Paul, we all know those old truck will outlast any new one now on the market!

Looks like a great place to stay!

Couldn't agree more, Mike...the good old days in so many ways...

With pre-Saint Patty's Day temps hitting 60 degrees today, we may see a few convertibles out there celebrating

This nice 1955 Oldsmobile arrived yesterday. Growing up, we had a 1954 Oldsmobile of a similar color yet not a convertible. This one is a close as I could find. People will be added and headlights and (hopefully) taillights will be installed:

Djer closing the deal on a blue and white '64 Impala, with an impresswive "327"...

@stangtrain posted:

This nice 1955 Oldsmobile arrived yesterday. Growing up, we had a 1954 Oldsmobile of a similar color yet not a convertible. This one is a close as I could find. People will be added and headlights and (hopefully) taillights will be installed:

The cars of that era are great .....

I haven't bought a new one for a while. Here's a 1949 ford coupe I couldn't resist.

I agree, the cars of the era were fabulous...always enjoyed seeing the two-tone color options of GM, Ford, and Chrysler...Olds were always favorites of mine!

@Capetrainman posted:

Djer closing the deal on a blue and white '64 Impala, with an impresswive "327"...

Those are a couple of nice Impalas.  Where'd you get them?

Coach...I believe from DD, one of the forum diecast sponsors...!

2 new to me 1/43 scale 57 Chevrolets.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

2 new 1/43 scale 57 Chevrolets.

Dave, two nice units...my favorite year Chevy ('57) and two-tone color combo too of Surf Green and white...I may have a '57 Nomad on the layout with same color combo...

@Dave Ripp. posted:

2 new to me 1/43 scale 57 Chevrolets.

Dave, thought you might enjoy seeing the '57 Nomad version in same color scheme...the brand is Road Signature...took me a while to recall where I placed it on the layout.  It must belong to one of the engineers on the PA...

I've seen that Nomad around, too !

1957 Cadillac Eldorado 1/43 scale. It has a very poor paint job so I will probably weather it.

My Nomad is drab brown not cool 😎 blue.

The latest rubber tire members of my train collection.

The Snap-On tools Diamond T is a 1/43 ERTL Bank.  I have a Weaver Snap-On tools set headed up by an Alco FA so this truck will fit right in on the layout when I run that set. The Northrup Grumman T/T is a Lionel product, it's closer to 1/64 than 1/43-1/50 but it's Lionel's answer to intermodal vehicles.  This one is from the NLOEs custom run TOFC from 1999.  Shortly after winning an eBay auction for the T/T I came across an eBay auction for a NLOE flat with the TOFC wheel chocks and fifth wheel from a different vendor.  At first I wasn't sure if it was the proper flatcar for this T/T but that didn't matter to me.

Here they are together.  83 appears to be the NLOE customer number because many of their custom rum that i have begin with 83 and 99 must be the year produced.  A look at the trailer nose confirms this is the T/T that goes with this flat and is the basis of my conclusion that 99 is the year.

This Budweiser trailer is Matchbox product.  I already have one complete with the cab, another Diamond T product, but for $5.99 I couldn't resist.  It will dress up the layout when the Budweiser Brew House from St. Louis is on the layout along with the Clydesdale stable and barrel loading shed.  I'm also planning on building the Shipping Office using DPM modular pieces.