40s and 50s cars and trucks

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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At the train show i picked up 2 55 chevys and a 56 ford pickup

one was by Malibu International the other 2 were under the Model Power label

but all 3 were Manufactured by High Speed

Does anyone else Make 40s and 50s cars and trucks

Thanks !

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Terry,

Just a suggestion. Stop off at one of your LHSes and spend the $10 and invest in a 2007 Walthers catalog. You’ll have all the info you need. Once you get to the late 40s and into the 50s and 60s, there’s just a boat load of cars and models available to chose from. 30s and early 40s is getting better but nowhere near as plentiful as the era you are modeling.

Tom

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I believe Athearn is coming out with some, and Mini Metals also makes them.

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Williams makes a number of kits, as well as Busch. Life Like makes cars, trucks, taxi, etx etc. The suggestion on a Walther catalog is a good one, or go to their web site.[8D]

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Thanks everyone ! The Walthers idea is good but having the Mfg name helps in the search

At one time I thought Hubely <sp? made trucks but i don’t know if the scale is right

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http://www.classicmetalworks.com/ This is a wwebsite that has tons of cars - not as detailed as Busch & Wiking, but good for 2’ away from the front of the layout![;)]

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Thanks Lou that’s a great link I had never heard of this brand before

they have several trucks that would apply to the time period of my layout

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Terry,

The one thing about the Walthers catalog is that the car manufacturers and pictures are all listed in one section for you.

Tom

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Thanks Tom

I thought possibly Walthers didn’t carry all the Mfg

and doing an online search of the Walthers site is easy using the Mfg’s name

Using Lou’s link i did a search using that Mfgs name and came up with this

http://www.cchobbies.com/hoscale/vechicles/asscemboley.htm

I had never heard of Boley before

Thats a great looking Woody easy to see why it’s out of stock

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This isn’t all of them, but here are the ready-to-run models I remember right offhand:

1948 Ford Convertible Classic Metal Works

1948 Ford F1 Panel Delivery Classic Metal Works

1949 Dodge Power Wagon Busch

1949 Jeep Station Wagon EKO

1950 Buick Super Riviera Coupe Busch

1950 Chevrolet 3100 pickup Busch

1951 Chevrolet Fleetline Classic Metal Works

1952 Cadillac Ambulance Busch

1952 Cadillac Series 61 sedan Busch

1952 Cadillac Series 62 convertible Busch

1953 Cadillac Eldorado Malibu International/Model Power

1953 Ford Victoria Classic Metal Works

1954 Ford F-350 Classic Metal Works*

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Classic Metal Works

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Malibu International/Model Power

1955 Chrysler Imperial Model Power*

1955 Ford F-100 pickup Athearn*

1955 Ford Panel Delivery Athearn*

1955 Lincoln Continental EKO

1956 Chevrolet Corvette Busch

1956 Ford F-100 pickup Model Power

1956 Ford Thunderbird Busch

1956 Lincoln Continental Mk. II Model Power*

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop Busch

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop Promotex

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible Busch

1957 Chevrolet Corvette Malibu International/Model Power

1957 Chrysler 300C Classic Metal Works

1957 Plymouth Fury Hardtop Model Power*

1958 Chevrolet Corvette Classic Metal Works

1958 Chevrolet Impala Classic Metal Works

1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk Model Power*

1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible Busch

1959 DeSoto Adventurer EKO

1959 Ford Fairlane sedan Classic Metal Works*

1959 Plymouth Suburban station wagon EKO

White 3000 COE 1949-1958(?) Classic Metal Works

White WC-22 1950-1959 Classic Metal Works

International R-190 1954-1967 Classic Metal Works

Mack B-Series 1954-1966 Athearn

Ford C-Series 1957-1990 Athearn

GM PD-4103 bus 1951-1953 Classic Metal Works*

GM TDH-5301 bus 1959-1977

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Thanks bcawthon [bow]

That’s a great list !!!

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If there is one area where we model railroaders are unquestionably better off today than we were even a dozen years ago, it is in the quality and variety and accuracy of vehicles, including various vintages to the 70s, 60s, 50s, and before.

Hubley by the way (mentioned in a prior post) offered all metal screw driver assembly kits of automobiles such as Ford Model As, but the one I have is probably twice O scale, maybe 1:25 scale. I botched the assembly and painting as a kid but I have saved it in a box and one of these days I’ll strip the thing and start over because properly assembled they were a nice looking, really heavy and solid car.

This website has some interesting info on Hubley car kits.

http://www.mafca.com/hubley.html

Dave Nelson

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Hey, C&O Fan…

Here’s a couple links for you. First, here’s a link to the 1/87 Vehicle Club website with lots of photos and links to many manufacturers:

http://www.1-87vehicles.org/

And here’s a link to the Train Exchange, a distributor for Greg’s Garage line of cast resin cars and trucks:

http://www.thetrainexchange.net/gregs.htm

Hope this info is useful for you!

Bruce J.

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Those are cool looking kits

Thanks for the link Dave

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One company that is often overlooked for 40s and 50s era vehicles is Alloy Forms.

The obvious downside is these are all kits and must be painted, which is not all that easy to do on “vintage” vehicles…especially with all that chrome. But the cars are metal so it you get the painting right they look almost real.

Here is a link to the Walthers listings for Alloy Forms

One of my favorites is the 49 Hudson.

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Ah yes the 49 Hudson !

Now that takes me back to my youth and Drag Racing days !

"Hillbilly Duncan " in his 49 Hudson Hornet was a local fokelore hero

Rumor has it he stopped racing to preserve his source of income

some say he ran Moonshine with that car

Thanks for the link and the memories !