Vehicles

[South Park]

The touring car in front of the delivery wagon is an
unmistakable Pierce Arrow.  The delivery an Overland.
Overland would merge into Willys in the 20's, but at
this time, it was still just "Overland" ....  very nice cars.

[Chris Walker]

[Todd Hackett]

Vehicle at Singleton:



Vehicle at Pine Grove:



Vehicles at Buffalo:



with baggage/RPO 11














And more from the area:

[Chris Walker]

Park County Archives No.694

[Chris Walker]

[South Park]

The screenside unloading from the boxcar is a Dodge Brothers.
As a kid, those Model T axled homebuilt trailers were quite common.
Ultimately I plan to build a heavier version with TT parts and
use it to haul my Model T powered buzz saw out in to the woods
to cut firewood.

[drgwcs]

Just a little heads up for a great resource. The book "Cars of the Classic 30's" is a really fantastic resource for modeling 30's vehicles. I lucked out and found this for $5 at an estate sale a few weeks back. (It looks like its running about $40-60 on Amazon)  It shows the year to year design changes and such tidbits as when Ford started doing body paint fenders rather than black. Both restored and period ads are given most all in color. I wish they did this for the 20's too but they started the series of books on the 30's (and had books for the decades going forward to the 70's.)
Jim

[Keith Hayes]

Growing up in Colorado,  I recall seeing my share of well used vehicles.

I have been working on this AA Dump for the Penrose scene. As you know,  I have been following some military modelers videos, and they have some nice weathering techniques.

I got a Mig Uschi airbrush stencil and after a base layer of yellow,  I applied mahogany,  rust and yellow using the stencil.

I need to let this set overnight,  but I am excited about the results. It still needs some work but this truck will turn into some posh clutter for sure.

[Jim Courtney]

For folks modeling the mid-1920s, it's hard to find suitable vehicles in S scale. Just a few Matchbox cars that aren't too toy-like. Some white metal kits from Railmaster and one or two others vendors.

This evening my friend Dale Kreutzer (who models the RGS in the mid to late 1920s) gave me a heads up about a new vendor offering resin printed cars and trucks in HO, S and 1/72 scales: Toys in the Attic, Inc.:  https://www.toysintheatticinc.com/

In the S scale category there are some suitable prints for the 1920s. I've ordered one or more of the following:

Model T's. Ignore the gaudy colors and imagine them painted black.

Fordor:




Tudor:




In honor of Espee, a couple of TT trucks:

C-Cab stake bed:



Enclosed cab flat bed:




And finally, a 1918 Mack stake bed:




Evidently each print comes with 2 seats, one with printed driver, one without (for a parked car).

Fortunately, there are limited prints suitable for the 1920s, as I can see where these things could become addictive, a hobby within a hobby. For folks like Keith, who model the 1930s, there are a couple of dozen different prints for cars and trucks suitable for that era. Lots of ford model A variations. Also another makes and models.

Will report back when my prints arrive.

[Keith Hayes]

Jim, someone else told me about this line recently and it is a great addition.

While you look longingly at the 30s and all those available model vehicles,  I look longingly at the 40s.

For reasons I don't entirely understand mostly Fords are available in the 20s-30s time frame. And the Mack's. No Chevys or Packards or whatever else was in production at the time.