Nice job. How did you create the early Mc Donalds signage witht the 15 cent Hamburger. This wa snever in the Life-like kit. Do you have art work available for this?
Dean
joe323The Voller kit is ok except for the sign and the McCafe part. I understand you can just build the restaurant without McCafe
I just ordered one like this from Walthers thru my LHS. I model 1970-72, and drive-thru windows were just starting to appear. Hopefully I didn't go wrong, obviously I'll need to do some kitbashing to make it look more American. The roof looks quite similar to the 'retro' McD's in Ocean City, MD, in the photo below:
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Model railroading is such a good hobby for stirring up childhood memories.
This looks so much like the McDonald's that my Dad took us to during the late 60s-early 70s in New York City (Queens / Long Island area). It was his routine to stop at either that McDonalds or White Castle and treat us to dinner on our way home to the Bronx after visiting my godfather in Queens. Simple enjoyable pleasures that are now treasured memories.
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A mini update.
Did a little more work to the MCDonald's. But still lots of detail work to complete as well as cut some plastic (and paint it) for the parking lot.
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My McDonalds looks busier than yours. Har har.
Seriously though, yours looks really good especially with the cars parked up next to it! I'm going to have to go back and review my parking lot layout! Beautiful job, Matt!
John
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Added an old Walthers fluorette for lighting. Seemed fitting to use an older lighting source with an older kit. Sorry about the image quality, the camera I used is not the best for indoor or night photography.
Few more, at "nighttime"....
That is looking awesome, Matt! And the ceramic sign is just the right size, too!
Got a package in the mail today...a McDonald's sign I got on eBay. It goes with a ceramic vintage McDonald's. The sign broke from the base so this one was way cheaper then others you find on eBay. It was super easy to glue it back too.
So here is what the McDonald's looks like now on the layout:
Getting closer to finished, but I still have to cut out some styrene for the parking lot. Then paint the road and parking lot. Paint the building base, add lighting, and add the building McDonald's sign.
Thanks. This is actually an "inside looking out" photo. The building is near the edge of the layout and wouldn't photograph well (due to the fascia of the layout showing) so I put the compact digital camera on the tracks facing the building, using manual focus, aperture priority, and self-timer. I also used a mirror to be able to see the screen of the camera to compose the picture, and held up a temporary "sky" background to hide the other side of the layout. Looking at it some more, I should put something on the background (hills?) to give it a bit more depth. Learning something new every day....
That is great!
Looks perfect for a 60s scene.
Here's mine in Hannah Vista on my layout:
Looking forward to some pics John.
I plan to work some more on mine this weekend. Got some figures too add for the tables as well as some people behind the counter.
I have the Life-Like McDonald's on my 1960s layout; I got it at a model railroad swap meet in Pomona 20+ years ago; at the time the seller wanted $50 for it. I inquired why it cost so much, and he told me the story behind the model, so I snatched it up for $40. I need to take some better pictures of it and will post it here when I get home.
BTW Matt, it's looking good on your layout!
PS there's one on eBay right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-SCALE-MCDONALDS-BUILDING-GREAT-CONDITION-PERFECT-SCALE-TRAINS-/110771143721?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item19ca798429#ht_600wt_1386
I found one and got to work on it this weekend. I'm not using all the parts of the kit as I'm going for a mid to late 1950s appearance while the Life-Like kit is more of a 1960s style.
Here are two photos of a test on the layout. I didn't glue many of the parts yet as I actually may paint some things.
Been waiting for one of these for a long time. Now I can finally finish up this section of the layout (roads, scenery, etc...)
I always wanted to get one (sometime), but it never looked like any of those I frequented. So, someday I plan to scratch my own. The arches are not a problem, I'm an RC Aircraft modeler & know how to 'bend' & laminate thin wood or styrene, just pin down a pattern & go with it! You will impress yourself how easy it was to make those parts. Draw it, pin it, form it... It's just that easy!
Supposedly Life Like brought out their version of McDonald's about the same time that McDonald's brought out its new building design (the mansard roof), which is why McD's took away their permission.
Imex makes a cast resin drive-in in HO scale that could be converted into a 50s era McD's with some paint and a pair of golden arches.
scoutII $250.00 WOW!!!!
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Markgro Perhaps the Freezee version might be slightly easier to find. You could even re-convert it back into a McDonald's by making your own signage and scratchbuilding some new arches.
Perhaps the Freezee version might be slightly easier to find.
You could even re-convert it back into a McDonald's by making your own signage and scratchbuilding some new arches.
Given it a lot of thought, as they (Freezee) are easier to find. But how to make the arches has always confounded me. I'm good with styrene, but not that good. And the roof is slightly different as well..no yellow round roof edges.
I figured that I might be luckier finding the McDonalds kit, but so far my luck hasn't worked. Freezee may be the way to go.
After LifeLike pulled the McDonald's kit from production (due to licensing issues), they retooled it slightly and re-released it as "Freezee Ice Cream Drive In." It is essentially the same building, it just lacks all of the McDonald's signature icons (the name, the golden arches).
The reason you don't find them is that they never gave permission to use their logo, their received a cease and desist order.
gabeusmc tstage: McDonald's refused to remove the trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup from their Life-Like menus so Walthers (the new owners of Life-Like) had them shut down. Tom I like the trans-fat and and high fructose corn syrup, the food tastes better. Oh yah about the thread. I have no idea.
tstage: McDonald's refused to remove the trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup from their Life-Like menus so Walthers (the new owners of Life-Like) had them shut down. Tom
McDonald's refused to remove the trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup from their Life-Like menus so Walthers (the new owners of Life-Like) had them shut down.
Tom
I like the trans-fat and and high fructose corn syrup, the food tastes better.
Oh yah about the thread. I have no idea.
Fries cooked in beef tallow (basically lard) and real cane sugar in the coke was even better :)
My greatest find at Timonium was a nicely built Life-Like McDonalds. It was in a box of O scale Plasticville kits on the white elepahnt table. Got the whole box was $50. Later sold the Plasticville kits for $40.
richg1998 I see some similar ones on ebay right now. Rich
I see some similar ones on ebay right now.
Rich
Similar? You don't mean the Vollmer kit do you?
tstage McDonald's refused to remove the trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup from their Life-Like menus so Walthers (the new owners of Life-Like) had them shut down. Tom
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