Great news this morning by e-mail from CMW, they are producing 1960 Fords, from pick-ups to the F-600. These are in all manner of colors (original) and body styles, (flats, vans, tankers, etc.)
sounds like they should be out for the winter season. GMs would have been nice to. But they are continuing with their R190 Internationals .
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Shackels?
Dave
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last mountain & eastern hoggerGreat news this morning by e-mail from CMW, they are producing 1960 Fords, from pick-ups to the F-600. These are in all manner of colors (original) and body styles, (flats, vans, tankers, etc.)
Slight aside, was the 1978 Chevy Impala the latest model year that CMW ever released?
steemtrayn Shackels?
Maybe he means sheckels, i.e. money (I probably spelled it wrong as well)
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
chutton01I read on-line these releases are supposed to be in plastic and not die-cast - perhaps just a silly rumor.
Other recent CMW offerings have also been in plastic, and the upcoming 1955 Ford sedan appears to be plastic from the pre-production photos on their site. http://classicmetalworks.com/news-cmw-new-products/
Rob Spangler
I was able to finally check my last two Model Railroaders - the teaser ad with the F100 grill & headlights ("We're into the 60s") appeared in the Sept 2014 MR, about a month and a half ago, while in the October issue (which I got about 2 weeks ago) there was an ad on pg. 73 with a Full CAD drawing of the Ford F100 model (same image as onthe 1/87 Vehicle Product Page - in the cool color scheme of white & aqua), "coming early 2015". You'd figure an ad in one of the leading hobby magazines would be the time for an official release, not 2 weeks later, but what can I say. I guess the addition of the F600 (was the only difference in the chassis?) is something to announce.Apparently the 1955 Ford Sedans are coming and going - "Limited to One Run only", so I'm guessing this won't be like the 1941/1946 Chevy trucks which seem to have been run and run and run and so on...
Where's my dang 1950 Ford Sedan, CMW?
chutton01Apparently the 1955 Ford Sedans are coming and going - "Limited to One Run only", so I'm guessing this won't be like the 1941/1946 Chevy trucks which seem to have been run and run and run and so on...
That supposed one run does include every version of the 55 Ford from Mainline to Fairlane in all of the colour schemes.
Hopefully both the car and truck will migrate to N scale too.
Santa Fe all the way!I enjoy collecting 1/87th scale vehicles about as much as model RRing, so I love any info I can get on releases. I've been badgering CMW for a while trying to get them to produce a Chevy 41-46 school bus. As there really isn't any quality rtr school buses available for the transition Era, I think it would be a great seller. Looking forward to picking up a couple of the '55 Fords.
In the 50s and early 60s,Ford and Chevy used their regular pickup cabs on heavier frames for their medium-duty trucks.
1960 was the last year for that style F-100, the body style was introduced in 1957 and was unchanged for 4 years except for grilles and body trim.
Santa Fe all the way!I've been badgering CMW for a while trying to get them to produce a Chevy 41-46 school bus. As there really isn't any quality rtr school buses available for the transition Era,
Yeah, a mid-50s bus would be great. It's not just yellow buses. The military, at least Army and Air Force,were also big bus users, so both green and blue buses, too. Some were better quality intercity-style equipment (then there were the specialized med-evac buses, too), but most were just common ol' schoolbus type affairs.
I'm OK with a few Fords as a common enough vehcicle. Would love to see a mid-50s/early 60s Chevy pickup next. And how about some love for the 4x4 crowd, as this became a standardized option in this period, rather than a special order arrangement. A slight rearrangement of the underframe, maybe a plastic front axle and transfer case and some actually rather puny M&S tires and you'd have a great little product variation that would be eagerly snapped up.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Shekels Does that mean I have to travel to Israel to buy the cars? [:
I continue to wish I could get more modern cars in HO scale.
Joe Staten Island West
mlehmanYeah, a mid-50s bus would be great. It's not just yellow buses. The military, at least Army and Air Force,were also big bus users, so both green and blue buses, too.
I'm OK with a few Fords as a common enough vehcicle. Would love to see a mid-50s/early 60s Chevy pickup next.
And how about some love for the 4x4 crowd, as this became a standardized option in this period, rather than a special order arrangement
chutton01What were the buses they occasionally used in the show M*A*S*H (yes, I know the show was filmed in 1970s California). They "should" (emphasis on should) have been late 1940s/early 1950s school buses,
IIRC, Woodland Scenics had a bus that might work for that, but maybe I'm remembering wrong as I can't find it listed under WS anywhere???? I think it was generic, but whatever it was could work well enough.
chutton01Very true, as I was recently rereading a history of US pickups up till the turn of the century (2000), and in 1959 Ford officially offered its 4x4 option (since so many outside firms were offering this in earlier years, Ford finally got with the market). The 4x4 F100 they shows looked really jacked up high.
Exactly. I almost bought a '60 Ford 4x4 pickup once, the only time I've ever been tempted by a Ford. Decided I had enough on my hands keeping the LandCruiser fed and watered....
chutton01What were the buses they occasionally used in the show M*A*S*H (yes, I know the show was filmed in 1970s California). They "should" (emphasis on should) have been late 1940s/early 1950s school buses...
There was an episode called "The Bus," and you can find it online to watch, although I know the buses appeared in other episodes. This one looks like a 1953-1956 Ford.
There is the Johnny Lightning bus, which used a mid-late 50s Chevy chassis. It was orig sold as the "Partridge Family" bus, but was later in School Bus, and Sheriff's colors.
azrail There is the Johnny Lightning bus, which used a mid-late 50s Chevy chassis. It was orig sold as the "Partridge Family" bus, but was later in School Bus, and Sheriff's colors.
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pretty sure that vehicle supplement was in Model Railroading magazine
Four views of a 1942 Chevy School Bus:
http://www.bargainbusnews.com/Buses/1627-1942ChevyGilligBrothers/
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Frank
If my mind is working this morning Walther's has a school bus that would work for kit bashing.It's based on that oversized 56 Ford F-100 but should work with the CMW Chevy.
I get emails from Trainworld now and then. They frequently have CMW vehicles on sale for significantly less than MSRP, for those who'd like to build a fleet but have a limited budget.
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CattIf my mind is working this morning Walther's has a school bus that would work for kit bashing.It's based on that oversized 56 Ford F-100 but should work with the CMW Chevy.
A few years back, Southwestern Chief in his quest for the perfect 1950s school bus started an interesting thread which I think discusses in more detail most of the models mentioned here.I am going to link to it here. ETA, seems if you manually create the URL tags direct thread to thread linking works. Yes, of course it would, that makes perfect sense...
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The Johnny Lightining bus is definately HO up to and including the windsheild.Tghe front end is 1:64 which explains why the hood and fenders are the same width (or close to) as the bus body.I no longer have any pictures of mine (computer crash from a viruis picked up on a MRR site) but it fits right in with my other HO trucks.I think the reason for that though is the fact the bus is all one colour.
Where are the 1946/47/48 Fords?
Dusty
Thanks for the update. Always glad to hear of any 1960s North American vehicle being produced in HO scale. Cool factor is that many of the prototypes survived well into the 70s in regular service (private & commercial) so these vehicles will look appropriate on a good number of layouts within the 1960-1980 era. Looks like my HO GMC fishbowl transit buses will have some good company.
last mountain & eastern hogger Great news this morning by e-mail from CMW, they are producing 1960 Fords, from pick-ups to the F-600. These are in all manner of colors (original) and body styles, (flats, vans, tankers, etc.) sounds like they should be out for the winter season. GMs would have been nice to. But they are continuing with their R190 Internationals . johnboy out..............................and ready to shell out a few shackels.
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Santa Fe all the way!There's a resin 40's school bus on Ebay. I have seriously considered grafting a CMW chevy front end onto the resin body. I have a cab and chassis. Not sure I could pull it off. The bodies on the 40's busses were rounded at the rear making it hard to scratch build out of styrene. By the way, most of the ambulances in M*A*S*H were basically a modified Dodge powerwagon. If you want to get a good look at a 41-46 Chevy school bus, there's one in the movie Forrester Gump.
The seller is I think, bbuddd1. Selling school buses with, chevrolet & Reo chassis from the 1940's in 1/87 HO. They are inexpensive at around $7.00 each & if you were to buy three, why he will ship them out to you free of cost.
These look to be primitive castings along the lines of the now defunct table top resin castings of Gregs Garage. Which I hasten to add that I have bought & built many kits from that range & I think I fortunate to have them gecause the range no longer exists.
Back to buses: I do have a school bus model I built from Gregs Garage its a 1948 Chevrolet -the grill is a bit flattened out, but I'm pleased to have it.
They all require some preparation such as filling the air bubble pin holes made during the casting process. There is, like all resin kits the need to clean them of thir mold release medium, paint the parts here there are five - four wheels & the body, then assemble & admire.
If I didn't have the GG bus I may have bought one of the kits, bbuddd1 has liste ther on ebay.
Dusty.
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