Nice to see the new 1950`s Ford station wagon prototype in their ad in the Feb issue.
Is not Atlas coming out soon with a 1950`s Ford sedan some time soon as well.
Ah, and there is this 1949/50 Ford Police car available included in a traffic stop scene. Looking at the picture used to illustrate this scene in a magazine advertisement, the Ford police car is missing the single “spinner” section of the grill. Was this a mistake - was this intentional to avoid paying a license fee to Furd[?]
Any comments? I would like to buy this model, but not with the “spinner” missing though.
Bruce
City - FURD? [:-^]
Yep, need to give the slip to the license police[:D]
I have seen the ad also, too bad that have not updated their website. I would like to see more about that Ford woodie. They do not seem to be afraid of the Ford logo on their ad for the 59 Fairlanes
http://www.classicmetalworks.com/news.html
They have added a page showing all the CG Laser conversion kits for their trucks. There are some nice kits there
I’ve seen 52-4 “Woodys” in their ads - they’re not on the web site - anyone have any knowledge of them?[%-)]
The luicense police can be a real pita.
I own a 1968 Mustang ( restored) and over the last couple of years, Ford has given a lot
of the parts supply warehouses and outfits a real hassle over the use of “Mustang” in their company names.
Ford is claiming trademark infringement.
Oh well, I spend more time with my trains.
What’s funny is the fact that Ford “borrowed” the name “Mustang” without paying any royalties to the aircraft company ( formerly “North American Aviation”) as the name of their car in 1964, since it’s name is derived from the famous P-51 Mustang, and used many P-51 Mustangs in their advertising showing airplane and car together.What’s really interesting, sometime , take a close look at the side profile of a P-51, then take a close look at the side profile of the original Ford Mustang.See any resemblance?
Ford somehow managed a way around this by saying they named it after the Mustang 4 legged critter!
Also take a close look at the underbelly air intake scoop on the P-51 and the grill opening in a 65 Mustang.Okay for the big guys to rip someone off, but shame-shame-shame on you little guys doing it! LOL!
Well, time to get back to work on the PRR, getting ready to install a double track Walthers HO scale bridge.
TheK4Kid
These were designated by the USAAF as P-51 and initially named Apache, although this was soon dropped and the RAF nick-name, Mustang, adopted instead.
Comming Attractions for HO Scale
1953 Ford Country Squire Wagon
1956 Dodge Royal 4-Door
1956 Dodge Coronet 4-Door
1950 Dodge Medowbrook 4-Door Sedan
GMC TD 3610 Transit Bus
The 1949/50 Ford Police Car traffic stop car is produced by Woodland Scenics - “Willies Last Warning” is how they title this two car, one figure set and not Classic Metal Works as I first though pr alluded to.
I’ve e-mailed WS about this apparent lack of the Single “Spinner” grill feature and despite pouring over the picture provided on their web-site, I still maintain and contry to their reply, that there is no “Spinner” on the model.
Bruce(now with tattered eyesight)[%-)]
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The ‘original’ P51 was to use a copy of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine, but got the Allison engine - Performance was poor at altitude(a known Allison engine issue). The Packard-built copy of the Merlin engine showed up to save the project. The name ‘Mustang’ was used to denote that the aircraft had ‘mixed’ parentage. A British Roll Royce Merlin power plant in a North American airframe featuring a laminar flow wing.
The Allison engine was used in the A36 ‘Apache’ - a ground attack aircraft where normal flight operations were under 10,000 ft. About 500 were built, and it sometimes is called a ‘Mustang 1’.
I have to agree that the original Ford Mustang picked up a lot of the P51 ‘look’ - and I suspect that was the intent. Now, if you want to see real greed, go to a Chevy car show and watch all of the GM lawyer types looking at every ‘bowtie’ to see if it has a license!
Jim