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1:50 scale vehicles and people?

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1:50 scale vehicles and people?
Posted by Birds on Monday, November 27, 2006 4:56 PM
Does anyone use 1:50 scale vehicles and people?  If so, do you have any pictures of how they look next to trains?

Thanks,
Chris
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Posted by CSXect on Monday, November 27, 2006 6:06 PM
Look at it this way 1:50 is two steps smaller than 1:48 and 1:43 is 5 steps bigger than  1:48 both look good with O scale just don't place a 1:43 and a 1:50 next to each other.
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, November 27, 2006 6:15 PM
I use John Deere tractors, dozers and etc. in 1:50.  Looks great. 

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Monday, November 27, 2006 7:33 PM

1/43  Divco

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Posted by spankybird on Monday, November 27, 2006 7:35 PM

you will find that many of your buses, trackors and constrution equipment is at 1:50. Arttist makes people at both 1:43 and 1:50.

 

most of these people are either 1:48 or 1:50 next to 1/43 cars.

 

 

 

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Posted by csxt30 on Monday, November 27, 2006 7:37 PM
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:

1/43  Divco

Yes, nice Chuck !! Here's a sister ship to yours !!

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Posted by c50truck on Monday, November 27, 2006 7:53 PM
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:

1/43  Divco




Now why didn't the magazine send me one of these in the mail instead of that dvd, which I sent back!
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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Monday, November 27, 2006 7:56 PM
 c50truck wrote:
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:

1/43  Divco




Now why didn't the magazine send me one of these in the mail instead of that dvd, which I sent back!
Rod L

The magazine didn't send this to me. I bought it from DieCast.

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Posted by traindaddy1 on Monday, November 27, 2006 8:44 PM

I was given a Gorgi Lionelville Pine Peak Tree Farm truck as a gift.  It is 1:50 and is on my layout now.  Along side of my 1:48 trucks, it does look a little "out of range" BUT standing by itself, it looks just fine. 

I have 1:43 and 1:50 people. (I realize that it is not "politically correct" to segregate people but on my layout, they are not mixed)  Sorry that I have no pictures to share. 

PS  I also have those giant Lionel guys that pop out of their sheds to signal the on-coming trains....The 1:43 and 1:50 people don't seem to mind!

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Posted by Birds on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 7:58 AM
Thank you for all the replies and the pictures!

That gives me a great idea of how sizes look and work together.

I've been having a very hard time finding family cars from the 1930's - 1940's.  But if Gary Larson can mix cavemen and dinosaurs in the "Far Side" cartoons, then I can probably mix '56 Chevys with 1930's & 1940's era trains.

Thanks,
Chris

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