I recently found out about some new HO scale vehicles made by Oxford Diecast. I was especially interested in their 1958 Edsel. Although a somewhat unpopular car it is one of my favorites.
Here is a link to Oxford’s current line of HO scale vehicles:
For my 1958 HO layout; I ordered two 1958 Edsels, two 1949 Mecurys, and one 1956 T-Bird.
I think they are great HO cars and compliment my existing collection of Classic Metal Works and other various HO vehicle manufactures nicely.
The paint application is smooth and accurate color choices for the models. They even come with license plates installed. Scalewise the Edsels seem a tad large, but I believe the original was a large vehicle for the time.
I’m definitely looking forward to more of their new 1/87 line of vehicles.
Here’s what the ones I got look like lined up together:
And here are some pics with them mixed in with other vehicles:
Thanks for sharing that. A very good friend of mine, his Dad had a 1958 Edsel, looked just like that ,but Peach color. I will never forget that car, they were sorta big, with a 480 cubic inch engine, with a two barrel carburetor. I guess, they didn’t want to admit,it was a gas hog. [(-D]
Interesting, I was familiar with Oxford vehicles from the UK Model Railroading site RMWeb, and just figured they did UK scales (OO, british N, and O scale). Didn’t know they started doing proper HO scale models. The Edsel does look pretty neat. And at £4.75 (which currently seems to be US$7.75), they are cheaper than the usual CMW prices I see (of course, while £4.75 may include VAT, it doesn’t include shipping or currency conversion fees…)
Funny, I was just going to post about these. I’ve got both colors of the Edsel, Lincoln the coral T bird and the two tone green mercury. I thought the Edsel was too big also, so I measured it against the real things dimensions and it is correct. The best price I’ve found is on EBay by a lady seller from the UK, some other sellers are sell them for over double what she is!!! I got mine for $8-10 ea. + shipping. She also told me that she thinks Oxford will be comming out with some more American cars in March.
For 1958 there were two versions of the Edsel,one was based on the Ford platform and one on the Mercury there are size differences.The Citation which is the one Oxford did is based on the Mercury which you can identify at a quick glance by looking at the squared off roof, the Ford version has the Ford Fairlane roof line.
Nice - I checked out the site and under farm equipment they have a fergusen tractor , I spent a lot of hours riding on the fender as a kid talking to my dad as he mowed , bailed etc… These are in pounds how much does 4.25 pounds eqaul in USD ? How difficult is it to order stuff from over seas ?
Some of their models are available on eBay and Amazon. I couldn’t find any of the 1:87 ones, though. If these are relatively new, it may take time for suppliers to buy a bunch of them and bring them over here. That would likely be cheaper for us than ordering a small number and having them shipped from England.
Well If anyone is interested: If you read the OP’s original link and scroll down on the left, there will be a conversion chart, with, pounds, dollars and ero’s and what shipping charges are, to wherever.
Sure it can! I can look it up and post it, now that you’ve told me where to look.
It costs 5.45 pounds to ship one or two cars, or any shipment up to 25 pounds. (That’s British pounds, purchase price, not pounds-and-ounces.) The shipping increases slowly after that.
So, if you just want one car, you’re going to pay more for the shipping than the car itself, pretty much like any online place in the US for that size order.
Oxford Diecast is opening a USA subsidiary and plans on producing lots of different American products. I have been importing their OO and British N gauge vehicles. They are very well detailed and Oxford tries to keep pricing reasonable. I believe they have their own factory in China, so they are able to produce quite a variety of products and maintain supply. This should be a big plus to North American model train and auto enthusiasts.
I have been able to find more affordable shipping costs from the UK through an independant hobby shop. Now your going to ask me who and I can’t find the details - I thought I had them saved. The name of the hobby shop owner is Amanda Montage but I couldn’t find anything hobby related under her name.
Anyhow, I ordered an 1/87 MGB and the shipping was $4.00 Cdn at the time about a year ago.
If I can find the link to her hobby shop I will post it.
Point being that you might be able to do better by not ordering factory direct.
If you go to EBay, search Oxford Diecast, then refine your search, you will find the seller I revered to I. My first post. She combines shipping, and ships fast from the UK. Its just a couple of clicks of your mouse and there on the way.
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