Went to my local car show that happens every week in Milford and found a Nice Holiday Sedan - 1956 Oldsmobile that I wish I not only could own - maybe one day - but sure would be nice to have a version on the layout... What vehicles would you like on your layout?
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I'm a 50s guy so I have quite a few 50s cars in 1/43. Trying to get 1/48 now that's a tale of woe, hard to find even with world wide internet. Not impossible but I have grown use to the 1/43, doesn't bother me that it's not the right size. And there are a lot of them.
Basically I would love to see more O scale 50's cars with hard tops. Most of what I own now are 50's convertibles, which are nice, but too many are not realistic for a typical street of that period in time.
I would like to see more 1:50 or 1:48 scale 1950's to the 1980's tractor trailers!
I would like to see more '30s and '40s era sedans like Brooklin makes but at Road Champs prices.
Pete
Brooklin keeps beating around the bush by ignoring Chevrolet while covering a lot of pre-WWII GM vehicles (but only Buick thoroughly, and not that a cheaper brand such as something like Rextoy would not be welcomed with resounding applause), I would like Chevrolet cars and truck, pickups and larger, from the last four cylinder in 1928 all through the stovebolt six years to 1941. (I am sure others would want the later transition era covered, too, as shown above) The peak year for LaSalle was 1937, the last year was 1940, and neither of these are available as models, nor are a spectrum of other 1929-1940 GM vehicles. And while more of the "orphans" such as Nash, Hudson, Studebaker, and surprisingly, Graham, prior to 1941 are being promised by Brooklin, that brand is expensive, and there are a lot more years, makes, and body styles that could be added.... dozens back in the clamshell fender era prior to the 1930's. Few Plymouths or DeSotos are available, and even some years of Ford, (1937-38) are lacking.
1:48 1932 Ford coupe and 1940 Ford sedan. Have them both done by Renwal in styrene, in 1:48, but they are getting long in the tooth. These two cars are as nicely "generic" as they come. They were long lived due to people still recovering financially, from the Depression, and keeping cars for a long time. They cover my preferred period of modeling: 1938-1956. Likelihood of seeing them in 1:48? Close to zero, I suspect.
I'm always on the lookout for more modern wheels. 1980-2016. I would also like to see more everyday vehicles: minivans, crossovers, sedans, wagons, SUVs Like most eras of 1:43 cars produced, sports cars and convertibles are abundant and don't help create real world scenes.
I have had some success in finding quite a few good options but I have had to spend a lot of time hunting them down. That's all part of the fun!!!
Having almost everything from the '50s, '60s & early '70s available would be great. More modern (current up to date models) items would be nice too. However, I am cheap and I would also want them in the less than $15 (maybe up to $20) range. I know some of you like more detail and it does look really nice, but price is a consideration for me. Too many things and not enough funding to go around. For me the Yat Ming line (same ones MTH offered for a while) were a pretty good compromise of price and detail.
how bout
54-56 Buick Roadmaster or 70-73 Pontiac Lemans or 4 door luxury Lemans
How about a1953 Ford Galaxy 500 Station Wagon? Or a Olds Delta 88?
Lots of cars never seen in affordable pricing at 1:48 or 1:50
An early closed-cab GMC 2 1/2 ton military truck in 1/43 would be great. Solido makes them in 1/50 but they're really too small when you put them alongside anything O scale...
p51 posted:An early closed-cab GMC 2 1/2 ton military truck in 1/43 would be great. Solido makes them in 1/50 but they're really too small when you put them alongside anything O scale...
I find 1:43 to be much more visually disturbing due to its "bigness" in a 1:48 layout scene compared to 1:50, which only looks slightly small. Put an honest 1:48 figure next to each of those sizes of vehicles to see what I mean. Or put a 1:50 bus next to a 1:43 car. If the discrepancy isn't obvious the manufacturer is fibbing about the scale.
I would like to see is reasonably priced cars, trucks and buses in accurate 1:48 scale.
Pete
Pete, I get your point, but the majority of most O scale stuff, to me, leans more toward 1:43 than 1:48. I have a bunch of WW2 GI figures I painted up before my layout was built and when I tried to place them on the layout, they looked like kids compared to not only every other "O scale" figure I had (no matter who made it), but the structures as well. I couldn't use them except for maybe forced perspective work in the far background.
Tesla model S
A black with silver top 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
Brooklin keeps beating around the bush by ignoring Chevrolet
Wellll..... Unless something's changed in the last few years, I'd s'pect it's not Brooklin's problem, but GM's position. It's been common knowledge for some time, now, that GM has been tired of being the deep-pocketed sugar-daddy when it comes to irresponsible parents of urchins who put everything possible into their mouth until they choke to death on it...for which there is only one dominant American solution?.....call your lawyer, file suit, collect BIG BUCKS,....repeat.
And, so, GM....like so many deep-pocketed sugar-daddies...finally became more careful, choosy...and costly....in licensing 'toys' reflecting their brands that have small parts/sizes that can create kiddie chaos when chewed, swallowed, inhaled, folded, spindled, and mutilated....while mommy and daddy are texting, boinking, working, and/or watching the 120" flat screen in their parent cave.
Maybe Ford's licensed toys are less tasty...or their barristers more competent? Ford 'toys' seem to be more plentiful.
One wonders why California hasn't solved this problem by simply insisting on another (edible) sticker to be attached to the product indicating that they, in their collective wisdom, have determined it's hazardous to your health if touched, eaten, or the fumes thereof inhaled.
Besides, Brooklin's pricing is hardly categorized in the 'chump change' realm when it comes to vehicular population of the average O2R/O3R layout.
KD
Wagons!! I would love to have my 63 Galaxie wagon on a layout. Also my daily driver 01 BMW 740il sport would be nice! First attempt at posting photos. Hope it works!
How about some affordable models, off the top of my head I have never seen these done for less than $60.
Fords- 1953/1954/1958/1959/1960 Chevy -1952/1953/1956/1958/1960 Olds-49/50/53/57 Dodge 49/50/58/59 Buick-54/55/57 Mercury 53/54/55/56
Hmmmm...Well, the beerheaded parents watching the flatscreened TV's while their delinquents demolish the house and stick everything bite-sized down their gullets are probably way too cheap to spring for $130 Brooklins to lavish on them. And that is if said urchins could stuff those heavy and relatively large metal castings past their diseased tonsils. As for GM, while it is a shadow of itself, with few surviving makes, one other besides Chevrolet still surviving, is Buick, and.....Brooklin has, thankfully, made a whole series of pre-war Buicks, from 1934 to (one)1940. The post-Depression era remote mining areas I model were not so affluent that fleets of Buicks would not look out of place. In addition to Buicks, Brooklin has sporadically made some Oldsmobiles, LaSalles, Cadillacs, and a few Pontiacs that almost looked like they were going to do a similar "Buick" series of pre-war Pontiacs. Any kid with a chow-hole big enough to cram a Brooklin Chevrolet down, could manage a Pontiac. And Brooklin has done one 1937 Chevrolet coupe, in green. I once wondered if GM, who did get really hostile, with lawsuits, etc., when it came to people reproducing some vintage body parts for older models, which I wondered about, as they don't seem interested in reproducing much themselves for their older vehicles, were concerned about the licensed designs. But...there are all those Buick models, and the others, and the myriads of postwar Chevrolet models. I do not think the problem is GM.
Any common car from the late 40s and early 50s. Chevy, Ford, Plymouth types. Don
Any car from an US automaker made prior to 1950, but definitely more late 40s models. And more basic models because the little people on my layout are not that rich.
I'd like a white 4 door 61 Impala with a red stripe.
Give it up about 1:48 & 1:50 vehicles because it ain't going to happen. You have to live with 1:43 cars and 1:50 trucks & buses. Many of the cars mentioned have been made but no longer made but still available. The 1958 Impala is available from American Excellence, Collector Classics 1954 Ford & Merc & 1956 DeSoto, no longer made but can still be found. Some of you have to go to ebay and learn what's out there.
Current brands are: Whitebox, BOS, American Heritage and American Excellence.
A couple of 1941 Fords I had listed on the OGR Buy/Sel.
Bob
Late-issue (post 1959) Chevy El Caminos and Ford Rancheros. In the pickup world, these were iconic even though they only sold well in California and Texas.
Dave P...corgi makes that ALF pumper...I had Jack Pearce install gambles/headlights!
A 40 Mercury 2dr Sedan in black. Would be nice to match the one in the garage. May have been made, but haven't found one yet.
Love the pics, but now I really feel old. By the way those Packards were so heavy they felt like you were driving a tank.
The more modern firetrucks ('50s to present) similar to the one in DaveP's post above also seem to be difficult to find at reasonable prices. The older '20s and '30s models seem to be much easier to come by. Unless I am just looking in the wrong places? A little off topic, but the fireman people figures to go with them seem to be pretty scarce too. I have only been able to find a handful of those so far. Just ordered some more from the MTH 2016 Ready to Run catalog.
Frankly, I just wish they'd make the average cars in whatever era you want. Most of the time, you can only get the higher-end cars in o scale which isn't realistic for the real world. Heck, I saw a layout that had four '48 Tucker Torpedoes sitting along one curb! I don't think that ever happened except maybe at promotional events or at Preston Tucker's trial (if you believe the movie version of it).
More late 60's and 70's average cars & trucks - station wagons, sedans, pickups, plus Suburbans, Wagoneers, Broncos, etc - at affordable prices. There are already plenty of muscle cars & convertibles out there.
Dear RTR12...I have a couple of sets of the "American Heroes" firefighter figure sets sold by K-Line. There is 12 figures and ladders of firefighters in action. I would sell one set for $30 to you, shipping included. New in package.John A IAFF Local 3359
my mom has a 49 studebaker truck and my dad has a 28 chevy. so i would like to have one of those. Since I own a chevelle, i would like to find a 71 chevelle would just have to repaint it to match my car.
John A posted:Dear RTR12...I have a couple of sets of the "American Heroes" firefighter figure sets sold by K-Line. There is 12 figures and ladders of firefighters in action. I would sell one set for $30 to you, shipping included. New in package.John A IAFF Local 3359
Thank You! That sounds like an offer I can't refuse, I'll take the set. My grandson has been after me because we don't have enough firemen on the layout and I haven't been able to find many available, this should be a big help and he will be pleased.
Contact me at the email listed in my profile and we can work out the payment details. I didn't see an email in your profile or I would have emailed you.
DaveP posted:
This A-100 Dodge one should be great to make 1/48. All versions I've found are too big(1/24[?] metal & plastic model) or too small (ho)
Disney might have rights on them now though.
"The ultimate utility van". (coming from a VW bus fan no less
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Pull up a picture of a busy city street and chances are good you'll see a couple of these used for a small business. Made 1964-70.
I know the guy that designed that door script. He owns a car wash and was very happy to see my pals when we had brought it for a bath. Washed it free the first time
(a former Texas school bus, repainted metallic turquoise with a metallic gold stripe and tan/gold interior. Talk about a two tone "popping" 
It was loved or hated 
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Most don't know the advancements they can sometimes find hidden in some years (they don't change the outside 64-70'). Galvanized rockers, oh yes..1st cab forward, push button automatic, progressive power assist steering, etc. Actually strange mix of new and old tech (like a "rubber ball" for the window washer fluid, not electric)
It had a higher payload rating than its competitors ever did, even before ordering "extra duty" or tow packages. Used to make factory versions of "everything"; school buses, pipe-fitter vans, electrical and bulkhead vans, radio vans , window vans, pop-top and regular campers, and also a pick-up truck were all made. There was the A-108 for an extended wheelbase. Most had the bullet-proof slant six, but a V-8 could be had too. Usually got beat to death, and that took forever too. Draw back was summer, with the motor and metal doghouse between the seats, it could get HOT in there. Too hot to touch the doghouse on occasion.
(if you or a friend have a real A-100 or 108 "in need" e-mail me. I'll poke my around my garage since most parts are like hens teeth)
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