Someone suggested that I start this as a weekly feature. I think that is a good idea, so here are some guidelines. First, the subject should be about 1/43, 1/48 or 1/50 motor vehicles. It may include news of new releases, or a model you would like produced, or a critique of a new or existing model, or a customized model. Post pictures show us your street scenes, car dealers and junkyards. Let’s see the truck you decorated for a business on your layout, and the repaint to match the car you learned to drive in. And if someone goes off on a tangent about the Olds Cutlas they had when they got married, that’s OK too.
Most important of all, HAVE FUN
This is a Walthers Cornerstone dealer kit that I detailed the interior. That’s a Brooklin ’37 Studebaker Coupe Express on the driveway. In the showroom, the green car is a Brooklin 1954 Studebaker station wagon, a very nice model although a bit expensive. The red car is a 1953 Franklin Mint Studebaker Starlite hardtop. It has an opening hood and doors. It is rather a poor model, the doors and hood don’t fit properly and the paint is poor but that is not obvious being inside the showroom. Franklin models usually are available on e-bay at reasonable prices, but beware, Many 1/43 Franklins are poor quality, often the doors and hoods don’t fit properly, but some are excellent. Jack Smith has an excellent Franklin 53 Studebaker on his layout and I have an excellent ‘53 DeSoto, ‘50 Ford and ‘53 Packard and others.
My point is, Brooklin models, although expensive are excellent and offer a large verity of common automobiles. Franklin mint 1/43 models have nice features that you can use to create interesting scenes, like someone checking the oil or a person getting out of a car. But be sure to check for poor fitting parts before you make a purchase.
Franklin Mint models usually are available on e-bay at reasonable prices, but beware, Many 1/43 Franklins are poor quality, often the doors and hoods don’t fit properly, but some are excellent. Jack Smith has an excellent Franklin 53 Studebaker on his layout and I have an excellent ‘53 DeSoto, ‘50 Ford and ‘53 Packard and others.
My point is, Brooklin models, although expensive are excellent and offer a large verity of common automobiles. Franklin mint 1/43 models have nice features that you can use to create interesting scenes, like someone checking the oil or a person getting out of a car. But be sure to check for poor fitting parts before you make a purchase.
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