The Pazan kits are neat.
--- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote:
>
> guys, don't forget the Hubley (may have that misspelled) line of die
> cast vehicles. I have a Chevy dump truck and a fairly large step van.
> They are mentioned in some of the very first Herald's.
>
> Bob Werre
>
>
> On 7/21/11 2:31 PM, Pieter Roos wrote:
> >
> > Aurora was a pretty big-time maker of plastic kits; mostly ships and
> > planes with some 1/48 scale tanks and various autos. They did the Ford
> > twin rear axle tractor and the White 3000 "Traffic cab tractor with
> > four different trailers in 1/64 scale.
> >
> > Milk Tanker
> > Gasoline Tanker
> > Refrigerator Van
> > Low boy trailer with steam shovel.
> >
> > They were sold in various color civilian versions and olive drab Army
> > versions. Some kits included some pretty nice 1/64 figures as well.
> >
> > Un-built models in the box often sell on Ebay for close to or over
> > $100-$200 dollars. Partly built versions can be had for less. Back
> > when they sold new for 59 cents, people made some nice conversions to
> > straight chassis vans and flatbeds. The White cab, BTW, had a much
> > more prototypical shape than the later Winross diecast (or the current
> > HO Mini Metals diecast version).
> >
> > Don Dewitt produced resin versions of a couple of the Aurora kits, and
> > 'S'cenery Unlimited may have copied the steam shovel.
> >
> > Winross did a similar tank trailer, usually sold at collectors prices,
> > and Hartoy/AHL had a tank trailer as well which is still sold as
> > new-old stock in some places and is more affordable on Ebay than
> > either the Aurora or Winross tankers. Barry Pazan has some very nice
> > 1940s and '50s tractors which Dick Karns recently reviewed in Model
> > Railroad News. These can add considerable variety to the usual Hartoy
> > and Matchbox models on S layouts.
> >
> > Pieter E. Roos
> >
> > --- On Thu, 7/21/11, trainsjeep88 <trainsjeep88@...
> > <mailto:trainsjeep88%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > > The Aurora or copies were of a White
> > > cab over tractor with box trailer with refrigeration unit
> > > and a Ford tractor with tanker trailer. The White and
> > > trailer are a shade small compared to Ertle/Winross etc and
> > > the Ford and trailer are a tad large compared to same.
> > > They show up on Ebay from time to time. A box trailer,
> > > no cab, was on recently. Sold for $11 or 12 but
> > > complete units usually $20 or more.
> > > Stan
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > Jeff Sankus <uvrail@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Tom;
> > > > If this is the same truck that I think you are talking
> > > about...Don DeWitt
> > > > had one of the Aurora semi-truck kits reproduced in
> > > resin possibly, 20 years
> > > > ago??
> > > > Possibly someone may still have on of these kits
> > > unbuilt or maybe Don D.
> > > > still has one laying around?
> > > > Jeff Sankus
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Thomas Baker
> > > <bakert@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > **
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Back in the Fifties, hobby shops sold tractor and
> > > trailer kits produced by
> > > > > a company that called itself AURORA. I recall a
> > > gasoline tanker and a semi
> > > > > tractor and trailer. They were scaled for S. I
> > > think if I had the dimensions
> > > > > of the trailer, I could scratch-build one or more
> > > for my railroad, but it's
> > > > > been decades since I've seen one. Too bad they're
> > > no longer being produced.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom
> >
> >
>
>
>
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>
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