Santa Fe all the way!Wp8thsub, no disrespect intended, I have a few of the Sylvan kits( chevy COE's) and I'm going to try the Alloy Forms models you pointed out. I just think a nice, we'll detailed RTR, '53 Chevy 2 door or '51 Ford would be nice.
No disrespect taken. It's all a matter of individual taste what we like, so no worries. I hope you like the Alloy Forms cars. One great thing about them is modeling chrome. Instead of having to paint it, you can use a knife or other object to scrape the paint off the smaller chrome trim, revealing the metal underneath. It's great for the body side, hood and/or trunk trim on a lot of their kits.
Rob Spangler
No one makes early construction equipment except some kits that can be rather pricey and are complex.
Santa Fe all the way!rrebell, what about the Woodland Scenics bulldozer, grader and excavator? would they work for you?
Santa Fe all the way!Do the Alloy Forms cars come with clear plastic for the windshield /windows?
At a train show some years back, there was a layout where one of the club members had a dozen or more open auto racks, all populated with die-cast metal models. They looked beautiful, but the weight made it difficult for the engines to pull the train, even on the completely flat track. Some of the rolling stock trucks were bottoming out or binding up. An auto rack full of die-cast autos doesn't work very well. I saw that train again last year, and he'd replaced all of those nice die-cast models with cheap plastic ones. They didn't look as good, but at least the train would run.
Keep weight in mind. I'd imagine that sets of identical vehicles designed to fill an auto rack would be a viable product.
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WOW Guys! Thanks for your input! I never did consider the licensing issue! I have made resin tanks for quite some time and those dont require any specific licensing. Of course you can always get away with the "Looks like" description. So what I am taking away from the majority seems to be....
-NO more super cars, for one!!! Thats really good to know.
-Modern commonly seen vehicles.
-30's-50's Vehciles that are not all Ford/Chevy
-70's Typical cars too. (Sounds like no need for 'Cudas, Camaros, Mustangs, Vettes and other top performance cars. Since places make those and you probably dont need a town full of only muscle cars haha.)
-Some old school buses! I'm hearing around 40's yeah?
Thank you guys so much for all your response and input! I cant thank you enough!!! I will continue to check back here, so any more input is more than welcome and valued a lot!
CodyJWOW Guys! Thanks for your input! I never did consider the licensing issue! I have made resin tanks for quite some time and those dont require any specific licensing. Of course you can always get away with the "Looks like" description. So what I am taking away from the majority seems to be.... -NO more super cars, for one!!! Thats really good to know. -Modern commonly seen vehicles. -30's-50's Vehciles that are not all Ford/Chevy -70's Typical cars too. (Sounds like no need for 'Cudas, Camaros, Mustangs, Vettes and other top performance cars. Since places make those and you probably dont need a town full of only muscle cars haha.) -Some old school buses! I'm hearing around 40's yeah? Thank you guys so much for all your response and input! I cant thank you enough!!! I will continue to check back here, so any more input is more than welcome and valued a lot!
Ah, the OP is back in this thread. Cool.
Don't know how ambitious your plans are, or how the licensing would work out, but sounds like you could: Take the 5 top selling vehicles in each decade, taking care to remove the models which are already available (F150, Chevy Caprice, Ford Taurus, etc) and fill in with the next most selling vehicle not modeled (Long time span - Sound like the guys on this forum want you to start in the 1930s and continue on to the present).One possible method - make a list of the top five vehicles sold within North America within 2 decade periods (1930-1940s, 1950s-1960s, etc), after removing already available models (Chevy Caprices, Ford Crown Vics, F150s, etc). Then within each period, look at the top selling vehicles which were unchanged the longest (e.g., the 1990-1996 NA Ford Escorts - built in Mexico, or the 2000-2005 Honda Civics or 2000-2006 Toyota Corolla - hey, you guys wanted everyday driver cars), and plan that as your first release (how to get licensing is an exercise left to the reader). Follow up with the second, third, fourth etc most common release for each period as needed.And as always, key an eye out for whatever available from other manufacturers, resin or printed...
NB: Almost forgot - hollow interior, hollow interior, HOLLOW INTERIOR - no solid casting with only impressions for the windows that you have to paint with gloss dark metallic blue like old Walthers resin truck kits - those NEVER look good. Even if you don't provide a detailed interior (well, seat and dashboard castings), hollow interiors give us modelers half a chance to get a great looking vehicle model.
Some old school buses! I'm hearing around 40's yeah?