1/87 scale....

The first pic is a Monogram '69 Mustang (sucker cost me $9!), the second is the Bachmann autorack car, which was supposed to come with 15 cars but has only 10, the third shows the three different cars (L to R: Cad Eldorado, Merc sedan, Merc wagon) that came with the autorack, and the last is an Ertl 1948 Pete 344DT tractor and Fruehauf 40' trailer, decorated in Railway Express Agency colors. It comes with superdetail chrome parts that I need to attach.

 

If you're unfamiliar with HO scale, its 1/87 scale. A car in 1/87 scale is about 2" long. By comparison, a Hot Wheels car is 1/64 scale and is about 3" long. Even though I try not to have anything newer than '71 on my train layout, I may just have to get this one.

Neo, a European manufacturer of high detail assembled scale models in 1/87 scale and 1/43 scale has just introduced a 1/87 scale Chrysler Town and Country wagon. Its currently available on Amazon from this European dealer. These aren't cheap for their small size, but the detail on Neo's 1/87 scale miniatures is pretty amazing (as long as you aren't looking for opening hoods or doors). Check out the tiny grab handles for getting into the third seat. Below are the pictures of the 2" long 1/87 scale model, but the manufacturer also makes it in 1/43 scale.

http://www.minicar87.de/uk/news/708...n-1-87-by-Neo-Scale-Models.htm?userid=4709180

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_seeall_9?rh=k%3A1%2F87+chrysler%2Ci%3Atoys-and-games&keywords=1%2F87+chrysler&ie=UTF8&qid=1406517796

 

Damn, those are nice, but are too new for my era. The price, based on exchange from Euros, is only about $13 more than the most expensive ones you find in the Walther's catalog.

 

All I have so far are the ones I could get at Walmart (Fresh Cherries), a white '81 Ford Escort and a maroon '84 Ford Tempo. Love them and will buy more on eBay when I have time/money and hopefully they won't increase in value in direct proportion to the amount of time it takes.

 

I just wish the companies, like Fresh Cherries' parent company, would keep everything they put into production on their list. And it'd be nice if Fresh Cherries would bring back the ones they've halted production on.

 

Yo, Jim68cuda, I just got the new Model Railroader, and Athearn has an ad for the first F89 flatcars with the Whitehead and Kales autorack, so they're bi-level. Very cool looking, and the flatcar is the flat-sided style (unlike the older Athearn 89' TOFC flat, like the Accurail models). The two cars were lettered in Frisco (TTX yellow) and NYC (NYC green). Can't wait to see these.

 

Jim, I sent a response to your PM; let me know if you didn't receive it, as I'm still having problems with the PM system.

 

ah a cool thread

 

Absolutely stunning modeling skills Ratmaster. Love the contemporary house and the house under construction.

 

It looks like you're an architect or architecture student. The constructions look really good.

 

X2!

 

I use to build architectural models for a living back when you had to read the blue prints, and know how to use a scale.......

 

That would be my dream job. Other than building a few scale models of structures I designed in High School Architectural Drawing classes, I never pursued that dream.

 

Oh, yeah, I remember those classes, but I did engineering drawing.

 

it was a great job, I lucked into it. but in the mid 90's the place I where I was working got amalgamated and the new firm did not do models for clients, they did virtual 3D computer generated video tours.......