Vehicles

[Keith Hayes]

You have probably noticed this old boy in the background of my model shots for over a year now.

I figured I better finish the model before I started losing parts. This is the third or fourth color for this model, now a black with a blue cast.

[Chris Walker]

Sorry Jeff,

for some reason I missed this post of yours, they were in here http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/Stanley-Mills-Part-One-The-Lincoln-and-Alma-Lincoln-Mills-td3389.html#a3391 cool shots that possibly fit in here too, perhaps cropped better

[Keith Hayes]

All done, save for some weathering.

[Robert McFarland]

Looks like it needs a pair of overload springs.

[Keith Hayes]

Seen at Home Depot today:

I must have it!

[South Park]

  Seen every day in my shop and driven regularly:  

[South Park]

  One must be careful to understand what sort of "cutesie" stuff has
been added to old cars if one wishes to model accurately.  The above
Model A has added "bright" headlight rings and aftermarket visors.
The color is questionable, and the wheels, if painted a correct color,
would likely be dark and dull after a few seasons of snow driving.
Studying old photos shows that most old vehicles end up being OVER
restored and equipped with lots of extra silly stuff than what was typical
of the first 10-20 years of a car's life.  The desire to make them flashy
seems to overrule the desire to make them period correct.  

[Keith Hayes]

Espee, I was so smitten with the Ford when I saw it that I did not see the false eyelashes and all the rest of the make up until I posted the pic. Yes, it could do without some of the gadgets  (you would be especially appalled with the muffler), but it is still a nice ride.

[South Park]

  One of my first vehicles dragged home was a similar Model A woodie Mail truck.
At the time, all open fender vehicles were of the same status to me, but 40 years of
doing big fin 50's cars has tempered my tolerance for the latter day hobby paradigm
of over-blinging cars ...  especially the ones that were purposely toned down back in
the day.  Note the black painted radiator shell and headlight buckets on the A.  Most
of these surviving today would have been replaced with the CAR versions - nickel
plated - or had them (oh God, no! ..... ) CHROMED !  

  The black era Model T (1917-25) is so iconic for it's understated appearance and
the roll it played in moving America from horses to motorized wheels, ...  I have
become a Model T snob ! ...  dismissing all the "improved" Fords that replaced them.

  I give the Model A guys nothing but crap for their "modern" cars, even tossing the
Improved 26-27 Model T's under the bus as looking too new.  Of course, being a guy
with nothing but trucks, I dwell in the lowest depths of the popularity bucket to begin
with, in terms of vehicle ownership, so it is all in good fun.  But I would not own a
Model A today.  The character of the driving experience (20hp and planetary gears)
and the overall iconic appearance of the black era T's make them a ride like no other.
As I tell the A guys ....  A's are for sissies .... it takes a real man to drive a T, especially
a TT !  

[Lee Gustafson]

Here is a Model T truck build in 1/48 scale kit from about 20 years ago.

Lee Gustafson

[Jeff Young]

Great looking truck, Lee.  I can't believe I missed it when you posted it....

Cheers,
Jeff.

[Jeff Young]

I'm preparing to build this lineman's truck for my Jefferson scene:

 

I'm going to kit bash it from a Wiseman Model Services (ex-SS Ltd) Kleiber stake-bed truck, which will supply the chassis and cab.  I'll just be scratch-building the cargo area.

However, having never built one of these white-metal kits before, I thought I'd start with a derelict dump truck for my Kokomo scene (as any mistakes can easily be chalked up to damage).

The SS Ltd kits are a bit fiddly -- think a Jordan Highway Miniature kit squared (there are 28 pieces in the chassis sub-assembly shown below).  However, it went together easily enough in the end.  I've gotten it about as far as I can before it starts to make painting harder, so the sub-assemblies are off for a bath and a primer coat:



Cheers,
Jeff.

[Bill Uffelman]

Looks like the crew has lunch on in a pot over a burner with wind shield at the base of the pole. Neat scene -- probably need John Denver playing in the back ground too.

Bill Uffelman

On Monday, October 3, 2016 2:47 PM, Jeff Young [via C&Sng Discussion Forum] <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'm preparing to build this lineman's truck for my Jefferson scene:

 

I'm going to kit bash it from a Wiseman Model Services (ex-SS Ltd) Kleiber stake-bed truck, which will supply the chassis and cab.  I'll just be scratch-building the cargo area.

However, having never built one of these white-metal kits before, I thought I'd start with a derelict dump truck for my Kokomo scene (as any mistakes can easily be chalked up to damage).

The SS Ltd kits are a bit fiddly -- think a Jordan Highway Miniature kit squared (there are 28 pieces in the chassis sub-assembly shown below).  However, it went together easily enough in the end.  I've gotten it about as far as I can before it starts to make painting harder, so the sub-assemblies are off for a bath and a primer coat:



Cheers,
Jeff.

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[Chris Walker]

Bill Uffelman Wrote: Neat scene -- probably need John Denver playing in the back ground too.

Yes what a wonderful picture, but more like Glen Cambell singing Wichita Lineman

[Bill Uffelman]

Right song, wrong singer on my part 8>))

Bill Uffelman 

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Bill Uffelman Wrote: Neat scene -- probably need John Denver playing in the back ground too.

Yes what a wonderful picture, but more like Glen Cambell singing Wichita Lineman

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[Lee Gustafson]

Jeff, thanks for the kind words on my TT truck build. I'm looking forward to your truck build.

Lee Gustafson

[Don Gustavson II]

So this thread has made me want to get out this old truck. I bought it as you see it, from a local Hobby Store on consignment. Its been sitting in a plastic bag inside a scratch built Church I built for many years. I do not know anything about it. So I pulled it out this week and found a temporary place on the layout for now.  I am calling this area "King City" coal mine.
Looking forward to the completion of your trucks.

[Jeff Young]

The Kleiber dump truck with a good few years on it:







A Jordan Essex coach in considerably better repair:





Cheers,
Jeff.

[Jeff Young]

Forgot the front of the Essex:



And one of the wider scene:

[South Park]

  Were Essexs ever painted such a bright color ?  Looks
mighty bright for a 20's car !