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1/87 School Bus (1950s) Updated

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Posted by m horton on Sunday, January 23, 2011 2:06 PM

Yes it is, you get to cut off the front end and add your own truck front of your own like the D&H kit bash above. It's a starting point.

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Posted by charlieB on Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:12 PM

Yes that International looks sharp.As I recall the older bodies had more of a slope to the rear

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Posted by Mark R. on Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:47 PM

charlieB

Yes that International looks sharp.As I recall the older bodies had more of a slope to the rear

I used the Herpa body for my D&H bus and grafted on the rear section from one of those cheapie European short buses offered by AHM / AHC that have advertised in MR for years. Not a perfect fit, but nothing a bit of filler wouldn't take care of ....

Mark.

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Posted by jwhitten on Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:02 PM

Mark R.

 

 charlieB:

 

Yes that International looks sharp.As I recall the older bodies had more of a slope to the rear

 

 

I used the Herpa body for my D&H bus and grafted on the rear section from one of those cheapie European short buses offered by AHM / AHC that have advertised in MR for years. Not a perfect fit, but nothing a bit of filler wouldn't take care of ....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/markroach/FinishedRR.jpg

Mark.

 

Wow, that's pretty cool. Is that HO scale? (It seems bigger than that...?)

 

John

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Posted by Mark R. on Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:10 PM

jwhitten

Wow, that's pretty cool. Is that HO scale? (It seems bigger than that...?) 

John

Yup - Classic Metal Works nose on a Herpa bus .... both of which are HO scale.

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Posted by charlieB on Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:30 PM

Great idea.I know the exact AHM bus you are talking about.I will have to search for some.....

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Posted by rockislandnut on Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:07 PM

Well give your HO kids a break and let them ride in 1951 style. ( mabe paint her ole yaller first. )

http://www.classicmetalworks.com/video_cmw4/vid-4.html

Wadda ya mean I'm old ? Just because I remember gasoline at 9 cents a gallon and those big coal burning steamers.

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Posted by Santa Fe all the way! on Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:19 PM

[View:http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/themes/trc/utility/:550:0] Ma..Ma..Mama says this is my favorite school bus 1941 Chevrolet.

Come on CMW, make a '41-'46 Chevy school bus!
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Posted by azrail on Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:11 PM

If you are willing to wait, Classic Metal Works is bringing out a 1941-47 chevy truck in several configurations...the same cab as the one in the photo.

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Posted by charlieB on Monday, January 24, 2011 4:50 AM

Yep.I can wait..Theres only one model that I want that as far as I know is unavailable and thats a 57-60 Ford..

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Monday, January 31, 2011 4:54 PM

Well my Johnny Lighting school bus arrived.

My first impression was that It seems to be on the small side of Hot Wheel sized vehicles.  Then I put it on our HO scale layout, and surprisingly it looks really good.

See what you think:

 

Following are some photos comparing it to a Classic Metal Works bus (which is presumed to be true 1/87 scale):

 

All in all, I've got to say it looks pretty dang good as an HO scale school bus. 

To me the only complaint is that it appears to ride a little high.  I plan to paint the interior seats and maybe add a few figures in there, so I'll have to drill out the rivet holding the bus together.  Then I might be able to do something about the height.  I might even replace the underbody altogether.

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Posted by Mark R. on Monday, January 31, 2011 5:04 PM

Actually looks pretty good. I think what's throwing it off is the width of the nose - it's too wide for that style of Chevrolet ....

Mark.

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Posted by charlieB on Monday, January 31, 2011 6:21 PM

Doesnt look bad at all.Kind of reminds me of the 58 GMC we had at my HS in Maine.

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