All; Agreeing with Bob, I failed to mention that the trucks that I would be interested in are of the "farm" variety. Single rear axle, dual wheels. Similar to the attachment. The variety that every farm could afford.
Jeff Sankus On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > ** Michael, I would be interested in any trucks that aren't HarToy. As > good as those are with the exception of the Ford F they seem to be very > large capacity vehicles. Where I came from, a Peterbuilt or Mack was > rare. International, Ford, Chevrolet and a few Dodges were owned by nearly > every farmer and small store owner, so that 50's Chevy farm (Erthl) vehicle > was a good hit, but like anything good you want more styles. Those M2 > pickups are very nice too. So I see the middle size thing being fairly open > for new models. I also would think that you would need the cabs in > addition to the chassis--these are great for junk yard scenes--the same > goes for really old cars. > > Back about a half million years ago, Don Heimberger asked me to enter a S > Gaugian contest featuring the Erthl vehicles. So for one shot I cut off > the wheels, broke out the windows, painted it with roof brown and rust and > created a burned out junker. It is far short of what could have been done, > but I still get folks commenting on that car today. > My reward for entering for placing in the contest was many similar > vehicles, several of which I also wrecked for my junkyard scene--others > went to Toys for Tots! > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > > On 3/15/13 11:30 AM, Michael Eldridge wrote: > > > > I'm curious how much interest there would be in older S Scale automobiles. > It seems like even in the "transition" era so favored by model railroaders > there is not a lot available. > > I have been considering making some patterns for trucks (Mack, Ford) built > in the late teens / early twenties. I would only cast the basic parts, and > then individually build the beds, boxes, tanks, possible even cabs, that > rode on the chassis. > > This is total vaporware (that's software engineer speak for it's on the > someday list), but I'm curious if I got around to this if anybody else > would want to share the setup costs in order to get some parts. > > -Michael Eldridge > > --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> <bob@...> wrote: > > > The other view is of some vintage cars. I don't recall ever seeing > > anything like that in our favorite scale except maybe some of the > > RailMaster vehicles might be close. > > > >
