Publications on 87th vehicles

[Lee]

I have seen mention in various threads of books, etc that are used. Lets list them all in one place so the rest of us can find them again.

[Marc S.]

MAZ - Modell Auto Zeitschrift, monthly magazine on nothing but 1/87th scale miniature models, in German. Good coverage of bashing and scratchbuilding efforts.

Modell Magazin - monthly magazine on scale cars with a slight bias towards Wiking, in German.

Der Maßstab - Herpa's bi-monthly consumer magazine on scale cars. Only Herpa's scale cars nowadays. In German.

Modell Fahrzeug - bi-monthly magazine on miniature and R/C models, with a focus on everything but 1/87th scale, or so it seems. In German.

Route 1-87 - the official publication of the 1/87 Vehicle Club, every four months, in English.

Model Auto Review - monthly British publication on scale cars, with the occasional 1/87th scale item, in English.

[stanhas87]

Dear Sirs:

The Walthers HO Catalog.Yearly,english. A commercial catalog,it is true.But is a good source for HO trains and Vehicles plus everything else in HO. The problem: one has to figure what is avaliable as it happened wit the NJ International Dodge Aries,Ford Wagon.

Der Gelbe Katalog 1994 by Karl A. Koch.German language;the ultimate source on Wiking models

Catalog of Model Cars of the World by Bertrand Azema and Jacques Greilsamer.Published in 1967,and it is one of the most complete model books ever printed.The 1/87 cars that were made up to 1967 are listed at this book,including the ones molded by non-HO manufacturers. French,English.

Toy Car collectors Guide by Dana Johnson.Albeit a source of diecast,1/87 cars from EKO.Herpa and Wiking are listed because

these are well made [unquote].

Automobile Year book of models. Published by Edita S.A.,Switzerland. That was intendend to be an yearly publication that covered the model industry and it intended to update the contents of the Catalog of Model cars from 1967;their listings got to the letter 'B'. Published for three years only:1982,1983,1984,Their new model listings started on the half of 1980 and ended at the mid 1983.All Ho manufacturers that released models at the period,including Albedo,Brekina,Herpa,Roco and Wiking were covered.Starting with the second volume,there was a listing of the new models that were released,by manufacturer. If it kept its publishing,it would be an encyclopedic source of reference for models,such as Model Auto Review Magazine.

[cfesmire]

David Bontrager's 'A Truck Modelers Notebook' is reputed to be a pretty good source for info on guess what... tips and tricks are supposed to be amusing and helpful. Sorry, this info is all second hand, I haven't read it. See ad:

www.1-87vehicles.org/Ads/ad_bontrager_ebook.php

[stanhas87]

Dear Sirs:

Classic Miniature Vehicles made in France,by Dr. Edward Force.Lists of French models,including HO vehicles.Photos from all lists;helpul source when the item is unknown.

There is a similar book about Made in Germany models,but I never had the opportunity to see it. There is no doubt that the HO models will be quite well covered with that book.

[stanhas87]

Dear Sirs:

I understand that they are not in business any longer but their catalog are a good source of research for HO. I am refering to Danhausen. This catalog does list small manufacturers as well such as Limo. Of course,vehicles of all scales are present at this source,but their HO listings are quite extensive too.

[Marc S.]

STANHAS87 said:

I understand that they are not in business any longer ... I am refering to Danhausen.

Nick,

Danhausen was temporarily out of business, and their brick-and-mortar business still is. However, there is a webshop at danhausen.de now.
The people behind the Aachen model-car shop Danhausen concentrated on their own line of 1/43rd scale-cars a couple of years ago. These models were branded as Paul's Model Art first and Minichamps later. When these models became more and more of a success, Paul-Gunther Lang decied to close the shop's doors.

Marc

[stanhas87]

Dear Marc:

Thank you for the info. I can say that I quite liked their catalogs; I do have the 1981 and 1989 editions.

Dear Sirs:

Tha catalogs from the manufacturers are also a good source of reference. Busch and Herpa issues a nice one every year; AWM once issued an issue that covered all of their models; Albedo issues and update sheet and Rietze catalog is quite nice as well. On the last couple of years I did not saw-here,in the US- any catalogs from Wiking but I am not assuming anything. Brekina's catalogs are also nice and they have articles about real vehicles and cover their new releases mostly. Boley's were difficult to get,but by now I can see these more often. These publications are a way to keep out with the manufacturer-what they did,are doing and intend to do. And if one of these ever gets out of business, they are a testimony of the manufacturer's existence.

[stanhas87]

Dear Sirs:

Altough 1/90 scale, the Matchbox vehicles that were molded at this scale were listed by the Matchbox Toys: the Universal years,by Charlie Mack.

A book on Johnny Lightning ( Tomart Price Guide for Johnny Lightning) is also avaliable and gives photos-and listings- of their stepvans and tanks.

[BillC]

cfesmire said:

David Bontrager's 'A Truck Modelers Notebook' is reputed to be a pretty good source for info on guess what... tips and tricks are supposed to be amusing and helpful. Sorry, this info is all second hand, I haven't read it. See ad:

www.1-87vehicles.org/Ads/ad_bontrager_ebook.php

I have read it and wrote a review that's on the 1/87 Vehicle Club's website. Dave's book is very helpful, but is a tough read. It's more a collection of articles and chapters than a book. Good reference, though.

[stanhas87]

Dear Sirs:

Lledo Toys - A Collectable Guide by Charlie Mack.

The thing with Lledo was - to MAR's surprise - the fact that their buses were issued in 1/87 rather than the British standard of 1/76 scale. Also,they were the first ones to offer a model of the GMC Scenicruiser but there were two errors with it: it was a 35 footer, and it cames with liveries other than Greyhound. Otherwise,it was a nice effort. Other buses include AEC Renown, Bristol Lodekka, Daimler Fleetliner,Setra Tour bus and others on an immense amount of liveries and this book lists the majority of this and gives details of some more that were done. Good reference for its manufacturer which was the last UK made manufacturer before its acquisition by Corgi.

[Cor_DutchArt]

Hey Folks,

Maybe I'm a bit chauvinistic but I think one of the best is
our Dutch magazine. It is in Dutch but you also can take
a look at www.ho-modelautoclub.nl/ The site is
in Dutch; English and German.
You'll be surprised!

Greetings, Cor