i have a 11X16 garage layout single decked at this time. My questions is this. If HO scale trains are 1:87 then what size would I need for pickups (Dodge). I belong to a Dodge truck club and want to build a diorama showing Dodge pickups and trailers at a campground with a stream for the fisherman. I have to make sure I get the right size cause my friends are terrible about keeping to the right ratio.
Can anyone please answer this for me. Thanks.
Well, you could contact a dealer and check them out, they have books that will give you the length, height and width of the current and maybe last years models:…
you don’t mention what era you want, or whether you have tried to reason this out, but here goes nothing:
{If you belong to a Dodge pickup club, why don’t you measure yours or one of your buddies? or can you belong to the club and not own a Dodge Truck?}
If your friends are real sticklers for details, then you can do a google seach for the year you are looking for. Just ype in “2012 Dodge Pickup truck” and see what you get. You should be able to get a listing from the manufacturer’s “seller’s booklet” they have at the dealers and pass out for free.
For classic models, you might have to do a little more research to find the legth, but a good google search can turn up amazing results!
{Also in days of yore, the trucks came with either a 6 foot or 8 foot box, add about 10-12 feet for cab and hood, and you have an 18-20’ vehicle, which would fit in most 20-22’ garages. I guess today’s models have wierd length boxes due to the club and crew cabs taht are so popular.}
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Gidday, try googling 1:87 scale trucks. I got, (supposedly), 35,000,000 results.
Good luck.
Cheers, The Bear.
I think he is talking about what size MODELS to get, not what size a FULL SIZE trucks measurments are. [:$]
Is your DIORAMA going to be part of your layout? If it is then you will need 1:87 scale vehicles which is HO scale. [*-)]
So, if I understand the question, you are asking what scale pickup truck to use if you are using it with a 1:87 scale locomotive? 1:87.
Welcome aboard! [#welcome]
And thanks for being concerned about proper scale. I’ve seen far too many layouts at train shows where the builder has “incorporated” wrong-sized cars, typically 1:64 or Hotwheels models, into an otherwise well-built scene.
There are a lot of manufacturers of HO-scale vehicles. Simple searches should reveal many options for you. Many are ready to take out of the package and place on your layout, but don’t overlook the kits. They’re relatively easy to build and paint.
Yep - as others have said: If you want to keep your vehicles in scale with your HO (1:87.1 or 3.5mm) layout, you’ll need them to be 1:87.1, too.
Not knowing what particular era you are interested in modeling, you may want to peruse through and/or buy a Walthers catalog to see what’s available as far as trucks are concerned. (Should be $15-$20) It’s great having almost everything at your fingertips in one book - even if you only use it as a reference.
Tom
Well, a 1:87 vehicle is a DUH.
But I took his question as wanting to know what size a 1:1 truck is to scale down and MAKE a scale model of a Dodge PU.
Next, if he intends to buy the 1:87 vehicles, he will want to know where to get them for his diorama.
THAT would depend on what era he wants, and who makes or sells the Dodge trucks for that era. Ford and Chevy is common, Dodge less so.
A “quick and dirty” search turned up this:
Depending on era:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/189-44001
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/bus/bus44000.htm
http://www.toysperiod.com/magnuson-439935-dodge-1953-flatbed-truck-ho-scale-vehicle-p-912.html
To show a few.
There are far more Dodge Cars and mini vans and vans than there are PUs available.
again, good luck getting what you need!
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To expand on what “The Bear” said, I Googled “HO scale dodge trucks” and came up with:
if he heads out to the 1/87 vehicle club site he’s gonna see a lot of guys doing just that, using resin casting, or carving from Plexiglass, or scratch building from styrene - and also some sort of shrink casting process (Hydroshrink?) crops up where the modeler casts say a 1:64 vehicle (loads of those in many different models), the mold shrink down, and he casts again till he reaches 1:87 (or thereabouts). They look OK, but not sure how much detail is lost throughout the cast-shrink process, and scaling does not seem an exact science.
Assuming the modern post 1990 era, I don’t think there are true 1:87 Dodge Pick-up models out there for sale - 1950s Power Wagons sure, 1970s Dodge Rams (originally Roco) yep, and there was a nearly 1:87 Dodge Ram on the market (maybe 1:85? I tried to scale out the measurements awhile back), but newer models - haven’t even seen any in Resin (and there’s lots of different resin models out there).
A search in Walthers for HO scale and Dodge turned up 49 hits. Except for the Power Wagons, all were sedans or vans
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=Vehicles&scale=H&manu=&item=&keywords=dodge&words=restrict&instock=Q&split=300&Submit=Search