Lets see your Cars and Trucks 3/16th or 1/64th

Retired band guy

Who made the Nash Metros?

Ray

Ray, what is that sharp yellow sedan?

I looked at the chassis, the label states, "Days Gone" DG 18-19 Made in England by Lledo.

Sorry I can't give more info but I bought a number of that type of vehicles at a swap meet a few years back. If you are interested I can post pics of some others.

Ray

Sure, let's see 'em.  The more the merrier!

Here are three Chevy’s I have on the layout. The red 1954 is Castline Inc, the tan 1953 is Jada and the blue 1950 3100 pickup is Racing Champions. Now for the surprise. The tan 1953 has always looked small to me , but on the bottom it states 1/64 scale. I measured all three and the 1953 is an actual 1/65th scale. The other two are both about 1/62nd scale. I checked the length only, the width could be a different scale.

@AmFlyer posted:

Here are three Chevy’s I have on the layout. The red 1954 is Castline Inc, the tan 1953 is Jada and the blue 1950 3100 pickup is Racing Champions. Now for the surprise. The tan 1953 has always looked small to me , but on the bottom it states 1/64 scale. I measured all three and the 1953 is an actual 1/65th scale. The other two are both about 1/62nd scale. I checked the length only, the width could be a different scale.

Good looking vehicles, all.

Ray

@TrainsRMe posted:

Ray, what is that sharp yellow sedan?

Here are the other Lledro vehicles

Ray

Those are just charming.  I don't know which one I like the best.  Thanks so much for showing them.

I have no more real antiques, but how about this Renwall gasoline truck for consideration?  Similar models came with an American Flyer auto unloading car in the 1956 catalog - maybe other years too.  But doesn't it look a little large for 3/16, especially if we have accepted the F & F Fords as such?  Note the size of the headlights:  All (single) headlights were the same size sealed beams then.  And don't the the doors look kind of big?  And how about those gigantic tires?

I know it's only a toy and tank trucks are a big vehicle, so maybe that's how they got away with it.

All the vehicles used on the Gilbert unloading cars were oversized for S scale. The diecast Manoil coupes used prior to the Renwal gas trucks were heavy and worked well.

I was in the attic this afternoon where some of the train collection is stored. Here are three items not on the layout that are less common than the usual Racing Champion and AHL vehicles.

@AmFlyer posted:

I was in the attic this afternoon where some of the train collection is stored. Here are three items not on the layout that are less common than the usual Racing Champion and AHL vehicles.

Wow, I have the fuel truck and the camper, not sure how old the semi is.

Ray

Hello 1/64 fans,

Tom’s post beat me by minutes!  Last Sunday our Portland, OR, Chapter of TCA had its first in person meeting since February of 2020.  As I was looking for something to run through on the two S gauge loops of track the club maintains for the occasional S gauge member who is able to attend (usually me), I saw my Eastwood AF Diesel Fuel truck, and decided to take it up there for a couple of pix to post here.  

You will see it here providing diesel fuel for the searchlight  generator after receiving fuel from the Gilbert tank car.

The NP truck, beer truck, Smucker’s truck and trailer and the Standard Oil truck reside there most of the time.  Some of you may recall a series of Chevron/Standard Oil trucks sold through their service stations years ago.  I collected as many as I could back then.

The easiest trains for me to dig out to take to run were my AF Flyerchief Nickel Plate Road Berkshire, and some of the Lionel Flyer Gilbert Fantasy cars I searched for and acquired to keep me amused during lockdown.

We keep the Gilbert Pacific loco and some miscellaneous rail cars there in case a visitor is interested in AF or S gauge.

I share this layout with our club Standard Gauge loop, hence the odd assortment of structures and accessories.

Cheers!

Alan

I liked the AHL Atlas Van Lines tractor trailer so much, I bought two of 'em:

Rusty

I have never seen the blue NP truck previously, nice. I also like the Atlas moving vans.

Yes, the Atlas vans, I can see desiring to have a couple of those.

Alan, who made the the NP truck, l also never saw that.

Ray

I wanted to add a comment on what I did with some of the vehicles on the car haulers that were displayed on the forum. A number of the cars and trucks came with some graphics on the them, I found with the newer M2 vehicles that the graphics could be removed without damaging the finish, some others like hot wheels not so much.

Ray

That is a good tip, Ray.

Here are a Zylmex '56 Thunderbird from Hong Kong and three Mustangs:

Hot Wheels, Malaysia, an '05 GT

Maisto from China, a Mach lll

Greenlight, from China in 2007, a '67 slightly modified to resemble one I had

Interesting cars. I never knew that these existed in 1/64th scale.

How about T for two, here are a couple of 1919 Model T Fords made in Holland.

Now, who ya gonna call?

Tom, I did get the Whitehall Station, I think it will replace my Plasticville Union Station, I am considering replacing the doors with some S scale doors from Tichy

Ray

A couple more excavated from the storage bin:

I don't usually go for beer trucks, but this one was just too nice:

Made for Winn Dixie:

The more modern Atlas Van Lines:

One of the few tandems AHL made.  The red looks pink because of the lighting:

Finally, my most modern from Die-Cast Promotions.  It stuck me as too neat to pass on, plus I got it for about half price:

Rusty

Tom, people are displaying oddities all the time here, huh?

Ray, I love those Dutch "T"s, speaking of oddities.

Rusty, great assemblage of big rigs there.

Check out this Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ford Cobra (Hot Wheels, Malaysia, 1982).

TrainsRMe

Nice array of Mustangs,

Rusty, Great looking trucks

Cinnamon Toast Crunch,    one of my favorites.

This little Spyder came from Thailand in 93.

Ray

No beer trucks here and only the Dole tandem truck but no pictures handy to post. 1/64 cars from cereal boxes? I have never seen those and did not know they existed.

Just been shooten pics with my phone as we go.

Ray

Here are two busy street scenes on the winter themed layout. The two tone blue Cadillac in the first picture and the heavy duty tow truck in the second are two of my favorites.

I sometimes post with new pictures and sometimes with existing pictures. Depends on what I want to show and where I am at the time. Less than 10% of my 1/64 cars and trucks are on the layout.

Tom, Your snow in the street looks very realistic - good job on both scenes.  The Cobra came in the mail from General Mills.  I'm sure boxtops must have been required, but I don't recall what additional charge there may have been.

Ray - I love the Spyder.

Here is one more sports car.  It is a Dodge Viper made in China by Maisto.

Thanks. With the availability of Snow Village buildings, AHL trucks and Racing Champion cars it became easy to quickly make a snow themed layout. The snow is just 1/2" foam insulation panels. The tire tracks are grooves in the panels made with the truck tires, then lightly highlighted in black with an old mascara brush donated by my wife. Took less than an hour to do all the roads on the 5'x8' layout. Way quicker than when I was painting all the roads on to the layout and then using pinstriping tape to do painted lines and parking spots.

Yes, I can see how your clever method would be much faster, and the effect is great.

Continuing with sports cars, how about a Hot Wheels Chaparral 2D made in Malaysia in 2002.

Here is a Bugatti Veyron, by Hot Wheels in Malaysia, 2002.

Also by Hot Wheels, from 1990, a Ferrari that they chose not to identify either by year or model.

Ferrari looks like a 350 or 450 Testa Rossa from about 1955.

Thanks - I was sure it had to be a lot older than 1990!

Did some checking.  More likely a TR-250 from 1955.

Ray,

the Nash metro was/is made by Johnny Lightning. They show up on theBay from time to time. Some have advertising (Coca-cola) on them while some are plain. Hope this helps.

phil

Tom, I had heard of Testa Rossas, but didn't know there were different numerical designations within the model.

  Here's another unidentified Hot Wheels.  It is marked Malaysia, 1987.  Sure looks like some model of Porsche to me, and it sports a simulated rear engine.   The casting seems rather crude compared to other Hot Wheels cars.  See above the front bumper in the first photo and over the rear wheel and windows in the second.

@TrainsRMe posted:

  Sure looks like some model of Porsche to me, and it sports a simulated rear engine.

Yes, it does have kind of a Porsche profile, but then Hot Wheels are not always real true representations, sometimes more of a caricature.

Ray

I saw this guy heading for the gin-mill

Finally the shavers are getting to the store

Two trucks for those in the Chicago area.

@AmFlyer posted:

Two trucks for those in the Chicago area.

Is that a .54 Dodge behind the girder?  Is so, where did you get it?

You have a good eye for the cars. Here are some close-ups. I am pretty sure the packaging brand was M2.

@AmFlyer posted:

You have a good eye for the cars. Here are some close-ups. I am pretty sure the packaging brand was M2.

Thank you.  My first car was a '54 Royal 2 door hard top.  Marvelous little beastie and I wish I still had it.

Ray, your comment about Hot Wheels not always being true representations:  How true.  Some of their wild things remind me of Big Daddy Roth's creations of the Fifties and Sixties.

Tom, I love your Dodges. They illustrate what many members have wished the manufacturers would make:  everyday autos.

Two Matchbox cars, not everyday autos.  A '79 Corvette made in China and a '61 Jaguar (my all-time favorite sports car) made in Thailand, 2005.