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1:87 vehicles make the scene, please share yours

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1:87 vehicles make the scene, please share yours
Posted by dragonriversteel on Monday, October 1, 2018 6:38 AM

Often when modeling,sooner or later. You need a specific vehicle to sell a scene. Whether it be one as simple as a forklift.

My vehicles are scratch/bashed into steel mill related vehicles. In my case most are specialized to the steel industry. Currently working on scratch/bash building a Kress SC-400T slab carrier in HO. 

What are vehicles on your layout that you think sell the scene ?

Patrick

 

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Posted by zstripe on Monday, October 1, 2018 7:09 AM

Patrick,

I would run out of pages..before I would be able to show more than 250 1/87 vehicles of all types that I have built over the yrs. They all started out as kits.....from plastic to white metal/pewter, to resin.......a few samples:

All Pics' may be clicked on for larger view.

Take Care! Big Smile

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Monday, October 1, 2018 7:19 AM

 

Happy times!

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Posted by dragonriversteel on Monday, October 1, 2018 7:25 AM

Wow ! 

   Frank you have a great fleet of tractor trailers. Would you be kind enough to share who the maker of the tri-axle dump trailer is ? That's the type of trailer I'm looking for to bash into a scrap metal hauler.

Is it a Alloy Forms trailer ?

Got an extreme soft spot for Autocar's and Mack's myself. Throw in Pacific & Hayes trucks too.

Thank you for sharing Frank.

Patrick

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Monday, October 1, 2018 7:29 AM

Between layouts so no scenes possible right now.  Most of my vehicles so far have been bought to load on open auto racks - enough for two so far - pretty major effort and cash outlay!  I'll have a few to set up in scenes around the layout but thats probably a year or two off.  Have lots of trailers for piggy back service as well lined up.

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Posted by dragonriversteel on Monday, October 1, 2018 7:33 AM

Hi Ulrich,

  That's a nice dump truck in the first pic. Who's the maker ? 

  With a very rare VW bus to boot. 

 These vehicles certainly sell the scene. Thank you for sharing.

 

Patrick

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Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.

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Posted by dragonriversteel on Monday, October 1, 2018 7:40 AM

Riogrand5761,

    Stumbled across a video of another HO modeler who made a straight up fantastic scene. He was modeling a wrecked autorack. Cars & vans crumpled into a mess. Along with the autorack being crumpled as well. Really neat modeling.

The vehicles he used for this. I have no idea. They were early 70's vans and cars.

 What vehicles did you use to fill the your autoracks ?

Thanks for sharing.

Patrick

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Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Monday, October 1, 2018 7:57 AM

dragonriversteel
That's a nice dump truck in the first pic. Who's the maker ?

It´s a model of a 1950s Sauer Berna dump truck, made by Arwico Swissline Collection and marketed by Bachmann (Europe) Plc in Switzerland only, which means they are rare and expensive (in excess of $50)!

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Posted by zstripe on Monday, October 1, 2018 8:06 AM

dragonriversteel
Is it a Alloy Forms trailer ?

Patrick,

Mine is a Lee Town original, but Yes Alloy Forms does Make them now:

http://scale-structures.com/af3110

I deal a lot with Alloy Forms.....Pete who runs it now, has asked Me a few times to explain what was missing in a few kits that I had purchased with wrong parts to complete a kit. He was unaware of what should be in some of them, when they took over. I even made a couple for Him, to show what they should look like and what the parts were for.......nice friendly guy!

This is one of the kits that He didn't have a clue, as to what parts were needed in the kit or what it looked like for that matter:

Tandem axle Dolly:

Not for the light hearted.....not an easy kit to build and have it work.....requires a lot of patience..........

Take Care! Big Smile

Frank

BTW: The rear tandem on the tri-axle dump truck is the same as above, but with a extension built on it for the third axle, that will raise up, if done correctly!

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Posted by kasskaboose on Monday, October 1, 2018 8:13 AM

I'd also welcome places to get inexpensive 1:87 vehicles.  They can really make a scene.  I like how even one vehicle "sells" a scene.

Please put reputable places to buy post 1970 vehicles.  It seems that many vehicles are from the 1950s.  I get it but there are plenty of us who after well-after that date.

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Monday, October 1, 2018 8:19 AM

kasskaboose
I'd also welcome places to get inexpensive 1:87 vehicles

We ask for more and more detail on our engines and rolling stock and are prepared to give an arm and a leg for that, but look for inexpensive or cheap vehicles to populate our layouts.

I have seen so many close-up photos of beautifully made, realistic looking layouts being spoiled by cheap looking vehicles.

Happy times!

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Posted by Medina1128 on Monday, October 1, 2018 8:22 AM

 

 

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Posted by zstripe on Monday, October 1, 2018 8:27 AM

Patrick,

Got another one for You..........Wheel Works kit spotting tractor. When built in kit form it is a static model......non roller. I changed the suspension on mine to accept A-line wheels and tires and brass tube/rod......I also redid the fifth wheel, so it can be raised and lowered.......that is what the brass handle is for on the side of frame. You press down and the fifth wheel raises up, press trailer down and the fifth wheel goes down........works like a charm!

Take Care! Big Smile

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Posted by RR_Mel on Monday, October 1, 2018 8:44 AM

I model the 50s in HO and have close to a hundred vehicles, most with operating head and taillights.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by zstripe on Monday, October 1, 2018 8:59 AM

kasskaboose

I'd also welcome places to get inexpensive 1:87 vehicles.  They can really make a scene.  I like how even one vehicle "sells" a scene.

Please put reputable places to buy post 1970 vehicles.  It seems that many vehicles are from the 1950s.  I get it but there are plenty of us who after well-after that date.

 

Lee,

Keep Your eye on this site.......they used to have quite a few 70's era vehicles, mainly Autos. They are supposed to redo many of the autos they had made, with newer ones of that era:

http://www.wmbros.com/store/c19/HO_Scale_Automobile_Kits.html

They used to sell three pretty decent autos in one package easily built/painted, then went to one in a package. Hopefully the price won't break Your bank.

You also can look at American Excellance models......they also have some.....but I think they are high priced. There are other Mfger's in their home page.

Good Luck! Big Smile

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Posted by Southgate on Monday, October 1, 2018 10:41 AM

Fleet of cement mixers will help make the scene of a model of a 1/1 building that stood in Bend Or from the 40s in to the late 90s.  Three are Athearns that I got on ebay for the price ONE commands now. Four are CMW internationals, one with an athearn mixer. The other 3 IHs have modified Boley mixers to backdate them and make them look more like the Athearns.

CMW with Boley mixer

Components. Note the ConCor chassis to provide tandem axles

CMW-Athearn

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Posted by Medina1128 on Monday, October 1, 2018 11:09 AM

I forgot about the cop that spotted a couple making out in the back seat of their convertible.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, October 1, 2018 12:15 PM

Oh boy! a 1:87 vehicle thread.  Regards,  Peter

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Monday, October 1, 2018 12:34 PM

Frank kindly gave me some advice to help with the orange tractor trailer in my rural scene. 

Also, Frank advised me when I built the Burlington tractor trailer. He explained how to shorten the wheelbase of the Ulrich Models Mack tractor. .... Both the CB&Q trailer and the GN trailer are from old Ulrich metal kits. The GN tractor is from a resin kit. I painted and lettered both CB&Q and GN models. 

I made the red lumber delivery trucks from kits too. 

I have some junked vehicles in Reggie's Junkyard. 

 

GARRY

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Posted by nealknows on Monday, October 1, 2018 2:38 PM

These are my HO scale custom lighted Fire Trucks. I still need to work on the road in the area and some other details. 

If you want to know who did the work, please message me as I don't want to violate any rules.

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, October 1, 2018 3:15 PM

For some reason, I do not have many photos with my vehicles in them. So this will have to do for now.

  

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, October 1, 2018 4:22 PM

Southgate
Three are Athearns that I got on ebay for the price ONE commands now.

Nice work on those mixers, Dan.

You're right about the prices commanded for the Athearn trucks. I checked Ebay for my Cleveland Builder's Supply mixer and saw one listed at over $100! Crazy.

Glad I got mine when I did (should have stocked-up then) the wrecker is from Artitec.

 Mixer_mishap by Edmund, on Flickr

I used to see a lot of these C.B.S. trucks, I think they were a Heil body, around Cleveland. I'd sure like to make one into a Collinwood Concrete truck sometime.

Cheers, Ed

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Posted by Little Timmy on Monday, October 1, 2018 9:32 PM

Oh Boy !! 1/87 scale vehicles,... I'll "try" to keep the picture's down to a few...

1920's Ford C cab Delivery.

1923 Mack Dump truck.

1923 Mack Stake side ....( loaded with Dynamite ! )

( I had to use a windshield from a second kit , so I could open the windshield frame on this Mack. Totally worth the extra effort ! )

1922 Ford Stakeside.

1922 Ford Tank truck.

1932 Chevy.

1932 Chevy pick-up.

1937 Chevy pick-up.

1937 Chevy 2 ton truck.

These were all made for customer's, so I dont have them anymore.

I have more picture's ... somewhere... but I didn't want to hog the entire thread.

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Posted by hon30critter on Monday, October 1, 2018 10:28 PM

Like Mel, I enjoy putting lights in my vehicles:

This was one of my earlier attempts. I hadn't mastered the ability to simplify the wiring as you can see.

I also enjoy converting vehicles into rail trucks:

Dave

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, October 1, 2018 11:36 PM

Those are some real gems, Little Timmy and Dave!

Here's a Woodland Scenics D-8 Cat helping me clean up some wood shavings to get the main line re-opened after I routed some slots for the roundhouse inspection pits.

 RH_pits by Edmund, on Flickr

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Posted by Southgate on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:14 PM

Nice work, everyone. I like that cat cleaning up router chips!  Mel and Dave, those lighted vehicles look GREAT! That White has more wires that my 1/1 Chevy truck. 

Timmy, what brand are those vehicles? The spokes on some of those cars look better than some 1/25th scale renderings. 

If I didn't have a train layout, I'd still build and collect 1/87 vehicles.

Here's a few more.

Roco Minitanks trucks gone civilian. Wrecker body off a Lee Town Mack

A Magnusen cab on an Athearn frame, Matchbox Mercedes trailers. (remember those?) Athearn wheels

Lee Town Mack

Brekina A-100, Oxford C-10. Unmodified.

Matchbox GMC Tipper trucks with Athearn wheels. They look better when not in a brutally close picture! Note the paint scheme matches the cement mixers posted earlier. 

 

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Posted by Little Timmy on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:56 PM

Southgate
Timmy, what brand are those vehicles? The spokes on some of those cars look better than some 1/25th scale renderings. 

Those are Jordan Hi-way Miniature's  AKA: Jordan.

 But, the 32 Chevy Cabroleit and the 32 Chevy pick-up are Williams Brother's kit's that I replaced their wheel's with the Jordan wheel's.  The 37 Chevy truck's are Sylvan scale kit's . ( Made from some "Funny" Resin )

Jordan went out of business a few year's ago, so when I find their kit's  I BUY THEM ALL !!!

I love their Mack truck's, but I can't seem to keep any for myself. Somebody always offer's "Ridiculous " money for them , so off they go to new owner's.

Their simple little kit's that with some care, can be very nice car's / Truck's.

It's easy to open the door's / hood, and most of their kit's have motor's in them, so why not open the hood and show it off. You guy's are always trying to figure out what to do with the lower half of figure's that you cut to fit in passenger car's. put the leg's under a car with the hood open. Instant "mini- scene" !

Rust...... It's a good thing !

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Posted by Little Timmy on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 9:15 PM

Southgate, that A-100 is Beautiful !

Rust...... It's a good thing !

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 10:32 PM

This Model T pick-up, usually with a load of crated chickens, is one of my favourites...

...but it didn't fare so well in a grade crossing incident...

...driver and passenger escaped unharmed, but most of the chickens weren't so fortunate.

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Posted by hon30critter on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 10:41 PM

Southgate
That White has more wires that my 1/1 Chevy truck. 

Yes, it is pretty crude. The problem was that I used fiber optics for the roof lights and the bundle with the LED attached took up a lot of space inside the cab. Also, all the other lights each have their own LEDs, plus there is a flasher circuit in there somewhere for the turn signals. Next time I will try to do a cleaner job like Mel does.

Mel: I tried to find your blog on how you supply power to your vehicles but I couldn't find it. Would you be willing to add it to this thread?

Everyone: Your vehicles all look great!

Dave

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