I did not get any rolling stock or locomotives for Christmas this year. That's OK because Santa did bring some nice diecast cars and trucks. I got the milk truck undecorated. I'm making some decals for "Aida Farms Dairy Products" (after my mother-in-law).
Divco Milk Delivery Truck
1950 Ford Yellow Cab
1950 Ford Esso Tire Truck
1950 Studebaker Champion
Matt
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Nice vehicles like these are just as good. Who made them?
Jim M.
Does the milkman figure come with the undecorated Divco truck? The photos on the Diecast Direct sight shows the figure with some of the trucks but not with others. The prices seam to be higher on the ones that show the figure. I have not been able to find a Hoods milk co Divco, but have 2 of the Lionelville trucks.
I love the details in your photos. The furniture in the windows looks super.
Paul Goodness
Great shots Matt. Don
I have a couple of the Studebakers and the '50 Ford, although not painted as a taxi. Nice cars. (Nice layout, too).
Nice photo's I have 2 of the 4 you have, the Studebaker and the Ford Taxi. I would really like to find that Divco truck with the Bordens Logo's, I have been looking for a long time with no success. I use to call on the Bordens garage in Stratford, Connecticut many years ago.
Great backdrop(s). Are they custom prints or commercially available?
Joe
Does the milkman figure come with the undecorated Divco truck? The photos on the Diecast Direct sight shows the figure with some of the trucks but not with others. The prices seam to be higher on the ones that show the figure. I have not been able to find a Hoods milk co Divco, but have 2 of the Lionelville trucks.
I love the details in your photos. The furniture in the windows looks super.
Paul Goodness
The milkman figure did not come with the undecorated truck. It may come with the decorated ones. I got it separately.
Great backdrop(s). Are they custom prints or commercially available?
Joe
The backdrop is regular stock from Backdrop Warehouse. Matt
Nice vehicles like these are just as good. Who made them?
Jim M.
I don't know all of the brands, but they are all from Diecast Direct. They have a website. Matt
The 1950 Ford is made by First Response Replicas. It comes as 2-dr and 4-dr, as well as a taxi (shown). A very nice model, but the windsheild is too high, and the top supports on the 4-dr too thick.
The 1950 Studebaker is made by Yat Ming. A very good model, but the whitewalls are too thin for the time period (more like the LATE '50s).
The 1950 Ford is made by First Response Replicas. It comes as 2-dr and 4-dr, as well as a taxi (shown). A very nice model, but the windsheild is too high, and the top supports on the 4-dr too thick.
The 1950 Studebaker is made by Yat Ming. A very good model, but the whitewalls are too thin for the time period (more like the LATE '50s).
Joe, I think those whitewalls could work for the 50's. Do you remember Port-a-walls?
I do remember "port-a-walls". They were OK unless you ripped them off on a curb while parking. They, along with "Whitewall paint", were, in part, due to the fact that no whitewall tires could be made during the Korean War.
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