Identifying Lee Stokes models

[Christian]

I am at a loss ... these models all look a bit generic to me, although I know they are not. The key might be the grilles.

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1. Station Wagon:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/woody1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/woody2.JPG

2. Taxi:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/taxi1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/taxi2.JPG

3. Panel Van:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/panel1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/panel2.JPG

4. Pickup:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/pickup1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/pickup2.JPG

5. Cadillac?:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/cadillac1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/cadillac2.JPG

6. Woody Convertible:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/convertible1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/convertible2.JPG

7. Sedan:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/sedan1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/sedan2.JPG

8. Another Panel Van:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/van1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/van2.JPG

9. Truck:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/truck1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/truck2.JPG

I would be happy with the manufacturer names and model years. Thanks a lot ...

[Sylvain]

I think that these models could be…

1: 1949 Mercury Station-wagon
2: 1949 Chevrolet sedan
3: 1949 Pontiac panel van
4: 1950 Chevrolet Pick-up
5: 1951 Odsmobile Holiday Hardtop (fine, I didn't know this model was so neat)
6: 1947 Chrysler Town and Country convertible
7: 1947 DeSoto Sedan
8: 1950 Chevrolet Panel van

I've seen the truck presented as a "MO Dump truck"

[superba]

Did Lee Stokes make models in any other scale?

[Christian]

Shows me what I know about Cadillac. Thanks Sylvain!

superba said:

Did Lee Stokes make models in any other scale?

A few in 1/43 apparently. I have of course never seen those.

[superba]

I think I have one, 1950 Chevrolet Taxicab. Interesting in that it looks like a big version of the HO cars. Its clearly a Chevy, but the shape and lines are all a little off.

Joe

[Christian]

Now that's something ... I bow to the one who can identify this:
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/leestokes1.JPG (Or is that something obvious, a Ford T maybe?)

What about this one?
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/leestokes2.JPG

This is a Studebaker?
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/leestokes3.JPG

It's interesting to note that a lot of the Lee Stokes models that I recently got (thanks again, Lee!) have separate wheels and are apparently made of a different kind of plaster. Also, some were obviously reworked for better proportions and details.

www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/leestokes4.JPG

RCB perhaps?

[Sylvain]

I don't know about the first two ones, but the third could certainly be a Studebaker. But there is something strange with the front grille, very different from the 2 Lee Stokes Studebaker I've got, which are also 2-door sedans of the same years (1947 or 1948).

Have any picture of the rear of the model?

[Christian]

Sylvain said:

Have any picture of the rear of the model?

I'll take some later today.

[mrbst30]

I took some pictures of Lee Stokes 47-48 Studebaker (sorry mine is actually a copy and not the original my uncle cast it to modify, I have posted some pictures of a modified plymouth convertible he was working on) that I believe Sylvain is refering to. You can compare them to the pics of the Studabaker posted by Christian. Christian's is definiately a different year, or car?? (I often confuse cars from before my time) hope these pics are useful.
www.dementia.org/~mark/ls.html

[Christian]

mrbst30 said:

www.dementia.org/~mark/ls.html

Thanks, those are some interesting pictures. Yours appears to be a (Starlight?) coupé while mine is definitely a 2dr sedan.

www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/studebaker1.JPG
www.geocities.com/prometheus87de/images/studebaker2.JPG

It has "Lee Stokes" and "W6" on the bottom, so it's not an RCB copy or something like that.

[Sylvain]

yes, it's a Studebaker 2-door sedan, no doubt about it. The rear of your model is similar to the one I've got. And mine has also W6 on the bottom. But the front grille is definitively different. I'll send you a picture of mine.

mrbst30 is a Starlight Coupe.

[Lee]

I have a vintage catalog (around 1954) of Railmaster products which look like they may be painted Lee Stokes models. If anyone wants pictures of it let me know and I will be glad to email them to you. Eric, Christian and Sylvain already have them.

Lee

[50scars]

I think the one you think is a Studebaker but don't know about the grill is a Kaiser or Frazer of 47-49. That Oldsmobile is a 98, which shared body sheetmetal with Cadillac and Buick Roadmaster.
The DeSoto sedan has a GM body, like Pontiac Streamliner, Oldsmobile, but that is definately a DeSoto Grill.