Which Looks Better?

1/50 is what I have for construction equipment on my layout and it looks good.

On cars, I found 1:64 fits best. . .

I've been wanting to get a "Tournapull", made by SpecCast, but they're expensive:

3000TOYS

My wife's dad worked for LaTourneau in Vicksburg MS, they even lived on the property at one time.

My wife was always talking about a "Tournapull", and I thought she was making it up until I actually saw this model

Be of good cheer, What you want was at the Amhearst show last year.
3rd row middle pic in the link above.
I'm not sure about pricing tho.
I paid more that you quote for the one piece of Heavy equipment I bought but I feel it's well worth what I paid. Cable/Clutch controlled Bulldozers seem rare in our scale.
Had to have it, that's what mt dad used to run for the county.
I will have to repaint it tho, the County painted everything a pale orange.
Maybe I can just subject it to lots of UV and fade it, it's Red...
Now to get the shovel on the top Rt pic...

I have opted for 1/50 scale as this is pretty much the standard size for diecast trucks and construction equipment. As one of the standands, you can pretty much put pieces from different manufacturers together and they fit together well.

Jim

Thanks for all your input. I can always count on the Forum to answer any queations I have.

Russel, I might have to 'bite the bullet' here and spend the extra for something that fits the scene.

Again, many thanks for all your help. See you next week.




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At first I had 1/43, 1/48 and some 1/50 vehicles on my layout, but to me they seemed lost in the scenery. I am a car guy, so I tried some 1/32 vehicles and they pop. I find that 1/32 scale vehicles look good on my layout, so the smaller scale vehicles were sent into the background.

So I would advise you that to draw attention to certain vehicle scenes on your layout, consider larger scale items up front for viewers.




All of the vehicles in these photos are 1/32 scale.