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Exact 1/48th Scale Trucks and Other Vehicles
As we know, actual 1/48th scale in vehicles are NOT easy to find. And I've tried 1/43, really tried, and it just does not read to my eyes.
Here is one build I'm proud of because it helps create the fictional narrative of my Maine mill town in 1956. Cheers! PLEASE show your efforts in this direction. We need all the help we can get, right?
Here is one build I'm proud of because it helps create the fictional narrative of my Maine mill town in 1956. Cheers! PLEASE show your efforts in this direction. We need all the help we can get, right?
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But who makes the truck??
Jerry
Frank
It may well become a great topic. Give it some time to germinate and for members to dig back into their stash of completed models boxed up somewhere out in their garage or basement. I for one have some HO scale vehicles I completed about 25 years ago but for the life of me can't recall where I stashed them now that I am building in O-Scale.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
Terry
Any suggestions on how to form a correctly shaped clear windshield will be more than welcome.
Photo !:
Here are three of the kits that Revell offered: (there was actually a fourth kit of a moving van that seems to be as scarce as hen's teeth). The stake bed truck has a windshield similar to the pick-up truck, while the cab over gas truck had a more simple flat windshield. (See photo 2 for the kits I have purchased at swap meets to date.)
Photo 2:
Have a few ideas in the cooker for a bash of the Revell COE Gas Truck kit.
Later, Dave S, Tucson, AZ
Which Revell kit are you referring to?
My time to build would be somewhat sporadic and limited because of other commitments. Otherwise, I am interested. Note: I am a slow builder even when things are going at their best.
Later, Dave S Tucson, AZ
rant over.
I think I will probably start on the Revell 1956 Ford Pick-Up truck since I have a windshield (of sorts) in place on my test model (as seen in my earlier post). However, as we modelers know all to well, the only thing slower than watching paint (or glue for that matter) dry is waiting for paint or supplies to be delivered across country.
Before I attempt to do the 1955 Chevy 2-Ton Stake Truck I will want to try to make a windshield for it as I did for the 1956 Ford Pick-Up Truck. That is a slow very time consuming process. Test fit, sand, test fit, sand again and again and then some more. Then attempt to form a curved windshield out of clear sheet styrene in a vacuum form machine that will fit the opening in the model.
One thing I have noticed is that the test form I made for the 1956 Ford is practically the same size and contour as the 1955 Chevy will require. It is possibly a tad bit wider and possibly not tall enough. But that is where the test fit process becomes paramount.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
To add to your post this is what I have... some still available some you'll have to dig for but this what I bought over the years.