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Post by stanhas87 on Nov 9, 2004 0:52:48 GMT 1
Dear Chester:
I believe so; I do not know much about Cox R/C or slotcar offerings. I know of -and want it badly - of a circa 1/12 scale AMC Matador gasoline powered model.
Nick K
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Post by stanhas87 on Nov 21, 2004 0:06:34 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
My own enquiries determined that Clay Alvey is no longer producing resin-made model kits.Cfesmire entered in contact with Trip Aiken from Truck Stop Models and uncovered the following listing of Alvey's products as listed below and these have reference number. This is by all means a partial list.
Numbered articles: #009 - CCC Conventional #011 - Mack R #013 - 1940s Diamond T Conventional #015 - 1950s International R #031 - 1980s Navistar 4000 #034 - Ford CL-9000 COE #057 - Mack Midliner COE #604 - Freightliner COE Day Cab
Non-numbered article: #?? - ?1940s Reo Conventional
At the early 1990's, I met the gentleman and got a Divco (as the articles above,cab only) stepvan from him and he showed me some of his projects and that included a cab only of a FIAT truck from the late 1950's. I am not sure if that ever made. The Dodge Ramcharger that was mentioned on another threads was acquired on the year 2000; no doubt, a Roco was used as a basis of this model. The Dodge is complete,including interior and chassi; just does not have wheels or windows. By that time,Chassis was avaliable for the Divco stepvan.
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Post by stanhas87 on Dec 15, 2004 4:33:09 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
MAR Magazine at times had interesting articles about vehicles that were 'shared' - so to speak - about a couple of manufacturers. Since the Chinese are the major power in modeling, models are often seen at different packaging logos while the manufacturer is about the same. The three latest entries on 1/64 scale II will give more details about this fact.
On the 1/87 scale front, Monogram castings are sold as Herpas and the former products of IMU went elsewhere,including,I think Busch.
At the 1/64 scale II thread I dealt about the Motormax/Realtoy/Fast Lane combos. On a way, this is affecting 1/87 scale as well.
On my walks towards the stores a couple of weeks ago, I found a brand of HO trucks (well,close to 1/90 scale) that were labeled as Hot Zone (red window-type boxes). I kept reading further and the semi trailers were actually Realtoy trucks that were packaged under this brand (alas, by now,is the only way I know to get Realtoy's 1/87 trucks. One eBay these do not appear this often). Cars from other scales,including 1/64, do appear under this logo and the three inchers are also Realtoy cars.
Last Sunday I walked at the CVS pharmacy and found another series of trucks under the Hot Zone brand. I recognized these immediately and the box confirmed my suspicions: these were Motormax semi trailers.
The thing I do not know is: are these trucks different (in terms of markings,livery et al) than its Realtoy or Motormax counterparts? If one throws the box away, will be able to tell that these belonged to that series?
Perhaps not; these just would be a semi trailer from Realtoy or Motormax and some time later,the logo will be dropped and as it happened in the past, will leave a big question mark to the future collectors.
It is possible that as more and more 1/87 vehicles are made in China, more cases like that may be a rule. Something that comes to my mind is Hongwell: is traded as Schuco,Model Power and in small cases,Boley. On the larger scales front, the High Speed name appears.
Also, some of the Yatmings semi trailers were offered as Imperials (Imperial Toy Co.) in the early 1990's. If my memory serves,some of these still had the Yatming logo at the truck chassi. Imperial,per se, never did offered 1/87 scale semi trucks or any other vehicles at this scale.
So,as I stated on the messageboard, this is the point where ones keep the boxes - or blisterpcks - of the models these vehicles came in. After all, it is the case that a logo has vehicles from different manufacturers or as Hongwell and Golden Wheels, called different names.
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Post by stanhas87 on Dec 15, 2004 4:47:11 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
I received e-mails in the past that I could receive,free, an HO racer with different numbers (driver/sponsor combos). But,as it went on, I had to apply to a credit card,or subscribe to a magazine and so on hence these were not that free. Incidentally,these were keyring cars. I did not wanted any of their offers; hence that was that.
Last Sunday I walked at the CVS pharmacy and saw this racer-car/keyring and lighter set. The vehicle is a solid-molded,diecast current Monte Carlo racer,is sponsored by Nascar and has different liveries avaliable. The scale seems to be around 1/82. I am not sure,because I did not got any and these seem to be the offerings that I received above. I did not got one; hence I can not comment further on it.
I also do not know who is the manufacturer. Eric asked in the past if Action Collectables - the company whose specialty is Nascar - manufactured 1/87 scale racers. Well will be interesting if these sets would be from them. I do not know; I will get one and give more details on future threads.
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Post by stanhas87 on Dec 30, 2004 6:14:27 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
I still have to compare it to the Boley's Seagrave piece, but I am quite sure that Corgi's Emergency One Fire Unit from their Fire Heroes series do approach 1/87 scale; it just seem too wide,but the lenght may be correct. It looks, in fact , too small to be even 1/76 scale.
If memory does not fail me, that unit was made by Lledo before its acquisition by Corgi. And as I stated before, Lledo did molded 1/87 scale items before and yes,sorry,these are buses.
This is interesting, because the makes of American Fire aparatus in 1/87 is represented by American La France (Busch,Majorette,Golden Wheel), Seagrave (Boley) S & S (Boley) and now the Emergency One by Corgi. I hope that some more, such as Crown and Ward La France would be molded by someone.
The item: Corgi,Fire Heroes series. Reference # 90234. Description: Emergency-One Cyclone 'Fairfax County' VA. Comparisons are on the way and I will describe the results. It looks like an 1/87 model for me.
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Post by stanhas87 on Feb 23, 2005 7:16:09 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
I wrote about Hino buses on the Buses thread and remembered that I have a diecast model from ASC, a japanese company which reproduced Hino city buses in 1/90 or so scale (they declared 1/100 but it does not seem so). The front plastic door does open,thank to a pin that slides on an opening at the chassi and one has to push it and the rear door slides thanks to a square knob that can slide on an opening at the chassi.
Accordingly, these were sold nearly twenty years ago by a mail order company and that was the way I got mine. My version is cream (beige) colored with blue stripes; wheels are similar to the ones from Tomica (no doubles at the rear) and there is a wealth of details in it; painted and modified it will look great. It seems that was the only model made by ASC; the buses come on a variety of colors.
Isuzu and Hino are the major bus producers in Japan; Nissan,Toyota and even Mazda made these vehicles; the latter offered minibuses and Tomica had a model of that,and it also comes close to 1/87 scale. Otherwise.models of Japanese buses are scarce at best. There is a Subaru bus in N gauge,but this is other story.
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Post by stanhas87 on Mar 8, 2005 2:33:45 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
Christian discovered this eBay seller from the Brazilian Mercado Livre who is issuing resin models based on Herpa originals. Up to now,42 cars are listed as issued by this individual and the listing is given below. Some are converted to Brazilian Prototypes as the Volkswagen Gol. The Corsa is sold as Chevrolet in Brazil.
The list of cars is:
Volkswagen Santana clio - older model golf - older model mercedes benz A class BMW 325 i Audi A4 Zafira golf new model vectra omega omega supreme kadett kadett convertible corsa 2 door corsa 4 door opala 76/79 fiat uno gol square van gol square volkswagen bettle volkswagen kombi van older model volkswagen kombi van newer model chevrolet 59 bel air 58 mustang (from gone in 60 seconds) mustang older model seat cordoba grand cherooke escort escort convertible fiesta focus Chevrolet s 10 Chevrolet blazer voyage chevrolet monza van mercedes benz sprinter van
According to his eBay sheet he also offers tractors and trailers but these are not listed.
All of the Opels are sold as Chevrolets in Brazil and the most popular brazilian Chevrolet - the Opala - made it too.
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Post by stanhas87 on Apr 3, 2005 20:14:11 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
For info regarding Zylmex/Red Box/Motomax see the 1/64 scale thread.
By the 1980's,this company had a miniature of the Chevrolet Dooley pick-up (crew cab) as a Monster truck and regular;thing is the Monster truck version was well detailed while the regular version was not so good (overuse of the dies?) This truck is a tad larger than the Trident miniature as it should be with the 1/1 scale versions.I do not know how it measures against the Magnuson one.
The Monster truck was avaliable at the Red Box period; it may be part of the Motormax line up as well;not quite sure. The regular version was a pain to find in the 1980's and I did not see it ever since.
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Post by stanhas87 on Apr 7, 2005 3:32:08 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
As will happen on the 1/64 scale, there are also several manufacturers of 1/87 scale scale automobiles. Granted, this scale features a good amount of train modelers,but some like Life-Like,Model Power,Athearn and others are adding automobiles to their line-up.
Again,as stated on several threads,things are happening now. Things is,at the mid-1950's, wiking and Jordan were the ones who were offering model cars at this scale (well,Wikings were 1/90 scale,but still) and if they are considered crude today, they were state of the art then (well,no criticism on Wiking's Chevy Stake truck,but their Dodge truck from the early 1950's has almost that shape) and as many modelers and kit-bashers can tell you, is not that easy to give details at this scale.
One of the things that should be told about 1/87 is the fact that -let's face it,is true - is train oriented.Consequently,until the 1980's these were considered models for layouts and at the several books I see about m---l r---------g I am able to spot vehicles in the streets that are completely out of scale and the person running the layout is or was not concentrating on that. Similary,as the railroad community managed to have their equipment on an uniform size (NMRA anyone?) the same thing happened with the cars the were destined to these layouts; hence,people started to notice.
As it happened to me, maybe it did to the majority of the membres from this site: Wiking introduced them to 1/87 scale cars. Granted, EKOs were around - sucessors of the Anguplas brand - and one will notice the enormous different on detailing. As always,there is a however in this story:EKO's had a larger selection of makes avaliable as opposed to Wiking.
Also, as opposed to 1/64 and 1/43 scale, since this scale is train-oriented, the number of kits were also a good affair; modelers such as Jordan is offering them for at least 50 years and the ones molded in resin is also a big affair. Granted,S gauge is 1/64,but is limited only to the US market and has only 2% of the modelers loyal to it. The thing with O gauge is the fact that,no matter what scale one say it is (1/43 or 1/48) a layout takes great expenses of land in order to be realistic. O gauge is more popular than S and 1/43 scale is the universal collecting one; hence kits are quite avaliable in there but these been disappearing lately.
Hence,1/87 scale has the best on ready-made and kits and even the ready ones are bashed down and goes without saying that toys do exist at this scale too, but these are the minority and mostly are from the past.
At this scale, as anywhere else.there are the ones which are widely known and the obscure ones who nevertheless made a good contribuition to this scale.
Wiking is the mostly known. I can not pin point when they started so I go by the book that I have about the subject and points thier first Willys Jeep to be from 1947 or 1948. Their first vehicles were on 1/90 scale and by the mid 1950's these were real jewels.Today the company still around and besides automobiles they been releasing very interesting vehicles including an ATV. Nowadays, same family as Siku.The latter is molding 1/87 scale cars. More details next thread.
Jordan is still active and their kits were avaliable around 1955 or so (I have some model railroader magazines from that period) and one the vehicles from their past is the Jeep Willys Wagon. These are nice,albeit fragile creations when done and lots of details at their kits.
Dyna models. Existed on the mid 1950's and these are kits as well; on their Packard models, the windshield is a separate piece. Does one wants a Maxwell? Dyna Models has one.As of 2003 , they dropped some of their models and actually ony their Ford pick-up is avaliable.
Herpa. You know,competiton exists on anything and 1/87 scale is no different. The first vehicles came out in 1978,but the company was in business for a while. The vehicles had mirror detail which was a great deal for the early 1980's. Interesting vehicles were molded as this Ferrarri which even had engine detail (late 1980's). As one can read at these threads,the company is mostly involved with Promo models now and some cars such as the Alpine A110 were not that well molded. And then there is the Monogram 'inheritances' so to speak and the Magic series. But be as it may be,this is a globally known manufacturer and they also got fame due to another product: aircraft. The wings series are a known product from them and yes,not 1/87 scale.
Roco. Superb military miniatures and at all, is not only the tank but several acessories with it. They had a 'civilian' range of vehicles since at least the 1980's but these were recently dropped. As I read in one of their catalogs, Peetzy was their predecessor (again,my memory; I hope that is not doing any tricks here) and their models comes from 1961. Or so I understood. Some of their cars are also top quality.
Praline.Busch. By the early 1980's, these started by the name of Wadorlf and then the Praline brand was born. One of the few German companies who offered american cars other than Jeeps,Camaros or Mustangs.Praline went bankrupt by the early 1990's and Busch whose major business was electric acessories (again,as I can remember) took over. Some of their vehicles are five star products while some others are not. I met its charming founder and he has explained to MVU how its interest for American cars started and the mental associations he made in order to remember the difference between the Dodge Monaco and Plymouth Gran Fury. Busch is quite a respected manufacturer and the release of the Toyota FJ40 and GMC TDH were very well received by collectors. In Europe,distribuitor of the new Ricko line of cars. More details on the next thread.
Brekina. I remeber their citroen traction avant and basically was the first model I got from them.Thing is by now their detailing is basically incredible by offering modeled dashboards at their miniatures. Not only that, they are history-oriented, so expect to see this or that classic vehicle to be offered by then. The BMW Dixie is also charming and can be convereted to the Austin 7, who was virtually one of the first small cars (which was not a cyclecar) to be offered to the public. Since around 1981.
Rietze. Too bad that these are scarce in the US. A gigantic selection of Buses,including the Irizar which is an unknown on the States. They also did something different as they started: 1/87 scale japanese vehicles such as the Suzuki Swift,Mitsubishi Pajero and van and Honda Accord. Mid 1980's. By the 1990's, the cars were replicas of German vehicles and by then their 'bus division' started. Frankly,I can not have enough of their Neoplan Megaliner which,in real life, is a sixty foot long vehicle! (Fifteen meters or more,I would guess). .As of 2005, the new Suzuki Swift is being molded by them. They distributed the Peak Horse Dennis bus from Hong Kong. Associated with the Igra brand from Czeck Republic. More details at the next thread. Continues on the next thread. Additions,corrections are welcome.
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Post by stanhas87 on Apr 8, 2005 2:10:54 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
This is a continuing report about curremt 1/87 scale vehicle manufacturers:
AWM: In all, they change the logo to AWM sometime on the 1990's due to the fact that their previous logo - AMW - would be confused with BMW or so the Bimmer Manufacturer stated.
Volkswagen modeler and some of the current SEATS are part of the line up. Semi trailers and buses are also offered. Bob Kelly sold me a catalog that lists most of its models up to 1997 or so. I do niot know where it is currently. 1980's. These also do not appear in the US,at least at the are where I live.
Albedo.Early 1980's. It is the 1/87 equivalent of Hartoy: semi trailers with ad infinitum liveries. However,we are not talking of van trailers only. Its on-line site is very torough if someone like me can not understand what kind of trailer is featured with,say,reference number #1111 and the dictionary is of scant help. As I was told, current releases are on the cheap side.
EKO. The spanish manufacturer is around since 1964 (catalogue of model cars of the world) and some of them were based on Anguplas versions. The detailing is not that great but alas, there are vehicles in there that are unique to the scale as far big manufacturers go. Military vehicles as well and some interesting commercial vehicles such as Ebro, Chausson,Pegaso (besides the truck,a coach is offered) and Barreiros. Walthers still list it and no newer vehicles were offered for a while now.
Igra. This Czeck manufacturer been around for a while and the first models I ever got from them was a circa 1/36 scale Aero 500. Models of Skodas and other Czeck equipment are molded and appears at Rietze site. Trucks are also part of the line-up.
Athearn. It is the case when a train manufacturer decides to offer autos as well. A Cadillac,Plymouth Station Wagon and a Freightliner were one of the first; current ones include ad-infinitum variations of the Ford 'C' series truck and a couple of very classic Macks which are superbly casted.
Alas,it r------d equipment is offered mostly as kits.
Atlas. Other of the train manufacturers which is molding road vehicles. Started with the Ford trucks and the next release was a 1996 Ford Taurus. Good quality products.
Life Like. Here, the vehicles are at cases not so well detailed,but the 4-door Chevy Citation is unique model and perhaps a memory to the real car as I can not see many of these.A circa 1978 Ford F 100 pick up was the other model offered twenty years ago. As this century begun, a circa 1956 Ford F100 and 1950 Mercury pick up were the next releases along a not so well formed 1953 Chevrolet. New vehicles been announced but some of them such as the Divco stepvan needs lots of work to look realistic. Yet,as it happens with the Ford pick up from the 1970's,the detail is in there. Train manufacturer.
Motormax/Red Box/Zylmex. The trucks are around 1/90 but the liveries such as Good year or OOCL are realistic and again not only van trailers. Unique vehicles such a Mack Cruiselaner Cabover (1976 model) and an International 9670 Cabover which was also offered by Walthers. Motormax are still offering these with new liveries and some of the Realtoy semi trailers are also currently offered (more details below). Peterbilts were also offered.
Realtoy. One of the several Chinese generic brands who got hold of a name. Truck and trailers only and the cabs seem smaller that the ones from Motormax.Some of these are sold with Motormax packages as it happens with their 1/64 cars that are sold under the Fast Lane brand at Toys R Us.
Welly. Mercedes Actros with semi trailers only. Thanks to an another site (the pictures of Welly's site are too small and one can not read the inscriptions at the side of the trucks) one can tell that the inscriptions at the side of the trucks seem to be generic in nature; I been informed of and have a picture (at this site) of one of its beer trucks. The tankers have Shell logo. The brand exists since the 1980' s (mostly tomica copies) and by 1998 it was a known manufacturer. 1/87 since 2000,I would gather.
Model Power. Former Playart. The latter molded a circa 1/100 Scania cabover truck,a Scania City Bus that was also had airline liveries at its sides; the last of these were three different versions of the American La France fire units which also were offered under Model Power name. Up to now,mostly truck and trailers but as 2004 1/87 diecast cars were also offered (which are shared with Schuco). See more details at the next thread.
As always, additions and corrections are welcome.
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Post by stanhas87 on Apr 9, 2005 2:23:04 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
Continuing with manufacturers who offers 1/87 vehicles.
Peak Horse.I was in the late 1990's when I read about Peak Horse on MAR. I thought that these were one of these generic Chinese modelers and they wares would be found anywhere.See,by 1995,I found Lledo's Daimler Fleetliner doble decker buses that were copied by the Chinese and assumed (I know,never do that) that was the case with the above-mentioned manufacturer. Thing is, by them,EFE and OOC were at the line of serious competition so far 1/76 scale models were concerned, and Peak Horse were one of the first ones to get into that arena. Fortunately,some of their Dennis buses (which were specially made for Hong Kong market and I understand some of these are running on British roads now) were molded in 1/87 and were impossible to find. Bob Kelley got me the one I have and that after a sweat or two. The Double Decker tram from Hong Kong was also reproduced by them but these articles are equally as scarce. These were distributed by Rietze but it does not seem to be the case any longer.
Matchbox. Not exactly the average 1/87 manufacturer, but some of the vehicles are fit for this scale.A comprhensive list is given at this site and this thread; a big argument involves their circa 1962 Pontiac Convertible. Some literature states it as 1/80; some other individuals state that is an 1/86 or so scale. Some of their trucks are between 1/80 and 1/100 and there are some in 1/87 such as the British Dodge truck,Scania Conventional,Volvo Cabover,Ford (UK) truck,Ford N (USA) series plus others and from their collectable series,the Mack B series and 1939 Peterbilt alongside a Jeep Willys Jeep. They also had a line of sets that offered a 1/64,1/90 and 1/200 scale vehicles; the 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria was one of these.
Albeit this a 1/100 scale vehicle and belongs to the Collectbale series, the Seagrave Meanstick is a very nice piece. The original model was casted on gold and diamonds and sold on auction for tens of thousand of dollars. The money went to McDonald's Charities. For the rest of us, a red and golden-painted model was done and it has authentic wheels and exterior mirrors. If that had graduated to 1/87,it would had been on the same level as Boley,perhaps better. One of their new releases,King Tow, only resembles the current Ford F 650.I am hoping for more realistic models.
Mattel. The Hot Wheel manufacturer had a unique model in 1/87: the Ford LNT Conventional tractor. A german company - or so I understood,because these are beer trucks - is offering one now and it seems that Boley has one at it catalog. Other included a CL 9000 Cabover that could be had as a stake and tow truck.A series of mini cars were done too,mostly on 1/90 scale.More details at this site.
Majorette. The French company had a Saviem City bus that had a railroad type balcony at the rear and it is explained at the Buses sections about this vehicle. Other includes a Bernard truck which was copied by Yat Ming and a cabover Mercedes Benz that spoted an auto carrier trailer - among others - that had a 1/87 scale Porsche and Alpine A310 with it.These have no interior or chassi and the wheels do not run.American truck miniatures include a Kenworth T600,a White and a Ford CL 9000 that as a tractor and Fire ladder trailer is a very interesting model. The Ford can also be had with other trailers.A Neoplan coach was also offered.
Schuco. This is a traditional toy maker which was quite known for its powred,wind-up vehicles. They also had a diecast line-up of vehicles in 1/90 scale,1/66 and 1/43 scales. 1/87 is also offered but these are diecast and as I understand,not so detailed as its plastic made counterparts. Interesting vehicles at its roster,such as a Camaro,Subaru WRX and a 1955 Chevrolet that can be convereted to a 150 series. Alas,the 1/87 are molded by the Chinese.
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Post by stanhas87 on Apr 11, 2005 19:26:21 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
Continiuing with the current 1/87 scale vehicle manufacturers:
Siku. This German manufacturer has a long history and its series of three inch cars goes to the mid-1950's. At first,these were molded in plastic but the enormous sucess from Matchbox made this company to make miniatures ind diecast. Their 1/87 range appeared by this Century. This company is associated with Wiking.
Maisto. It founder is Thai, and an automotive enthusiast. First vehicles were offered with Zylmex packaging with no logos at its base; no D or P plus some number as it was Zylmex practice at the time (around 1987). Later,the vehicles had a MC Toy logo at their base and lately,around 1995 or so,Maisto. Mostly trucks or construction equipment in 1/87. Trucks from Mercedes-Benz (some without the Company's star) S & D and Ford were offered. Two cars were also a part of the line-up, but only two of them: a Porsche and a Lamborghini (and these had keychains as well). Currently - and this is criticized by the brand's collectors - its vehicles have no interiors despite their good overall shape and decals. And their truck and trailers, plus some others at the Tonka line-up have a very generic shape.
Norev. Its the history of two brothers who went separate ways and created two differen companies. Alas,Norev stands for Veron spelt backwards. The company major scale is 1/43; however, a line up of 1/87 scale cars were offered at the early 1960's. According to this site, some vehicles from Anguplas were also part of Norev's line-up. Interesting vehicles and suitable for the ones who want French vehicles at their collection ir lay outs such as the Peugeot 404,Panhard and Renault Dauphine. Vehicles from non-french vehicles were part of the line-up as well. Trucks and buses were also offered. Norev ceased operations by the last decade and came back and as I understand,as Herpa, this is a promo-oriented manufacturer. At their comeback, the first 1/87 scale models were re-issues from the earlier series; now, original and newer prototypes are molded.Not only french vehicles.
IMEX. Part of Golden Wheel group. A manufacturer who made model for others and as I understand several other companies. Pepsi promos were also part of an extensive line up. The IMEX division had a Ford F6 and circa 1939 Peterbilt truck at their line up plus a range of military vehicles. The IMEX trucks also saw life as Golden Wheel and an American La France also exists, but as Golden Wheel. I read that the tanks have to be modified heavily to look realistic.
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Post by Meguntic on Apr 11, 2005 23:44:58 GMT 1
Thank You, for the posts above, I find it very interesting and appreciate the effort you are putting into it.
Dwight
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Post by stanhas87 on Apr 12, 2005 5:06:57 GMT 1
Thank You, for the posts above, I find it very interesting and appreciate the effort you are putting into it. Dwight Dear Dwight: Thank you for the quote. I like to write about the manufacturers of 1/87,1/64 and 1/43 scale.
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Post by stanhas87 on Apr 12, 2005 5:58:23 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
The listing of the current 1/87 scale manufacturers continues:
CMW. It is interesting to notice that I saw the first models of this manufacturer by around 1998 and these were 1/24 scales,including 1999 Ford Crown Victorias police cars. By 1999 it was official: this company would mold diecast vehicles (cars and trucks at the moment) in 1/87 scale. The detail at these is quite amazing and they have opening panels as well (mostly the engine). No unique models, but some are miniatures of no so-often reproduced vehicles such as the White 3000 tractor. The Chevrolet Impala is one of the very inexistent replicas of the 'square body' chevrolet. Add a LTD/Crown Victoria from that period and that will be all right for many layouts. Lledo. Jack O'Dell was instrumental when Matchbox was created. At the 1980's, he helped with Lledo's creation and that stands for O'Dell spelt backawrds. Also,Lledo was a bit like Brekina: having a model from the past series and that included horse-drawn vehicles. The thing is, Lledo is at the border between model and toy as well and I understand a couple of things about it: collectors are having a hard time trying to sell their Lledo wares; and the manufacturer would call a truck a Bedford but in reality it did not looked like it. Their Vanguards series reproduced (unusual at times) British cars in 1/43 scale and these were reviewed in a positive manner by the scale model press. And alas, before its acquisition by Corgi around the end of the last century,it was virtually the last of the British-made models.Yet,vehicles such its circa 1/48 1939 Chevrolet 4-door sedan was copied by the chinese on a larger scale and so were its 1/87 scale Daimler Fleetliner Double Decker buses( this time the Chinese kept the models at the same scale). Bus model were,to MAR's dismay, made in 1/87 scale. Lets face it, the British had an equally large amount of different bus manufacturers and the majority saw the light of the day on 1/76 scale;Lledo decided otherwise and brought models such as the Bristol Lodekka Double Decker are AEC Renown single decker plus another AEC Double Decker. No new bus models were molded under Corgi but I suspect that their Emergency One fire pumper is 1/87 or close to it. Also, most of the Lledo's commercial vehicles were at 1/64 scale.
Corgi. Corgi jr started as Huski and ceased to exist when Mattel took over. By around 2000 or so,some of the Corgi Jr were offered as Hot Wheels. Mostly trucks or construction equipment; supossedly an Iveco was molded. Currently,Corgi has a toys line and some 1/64 cars are offered but these are a minority. Owner of Lledo,but it was announced that the later's name will not be used any longer; the Vanguards,however,stays.
Walthers. Is not only the producers of the largest HO catalog that there is,but it also offers models of cars,trains,structures and other. The cars had at first the Magnuson name and offered vehicles such as a Plymouth Barracuda,Chevrolet Nova,circa 1969 Ford Van,Oldsmobile 442,1939 Chevrolet panel van, circa 1953 Dodge Stake truck and some unique models such as a Ford F650 Crew Cab truck,Otawwa terminal tractor,Chevrolet Dooley truck.By 1999, under the Walthers name, 1998 Ford Crown Victoria,Ford Mustang,1965 Ford F100 pick up were offered and the Magnusom products,albeit avaliable at the same time,became Walther's offerings. Alas,Magnusons were solid-cast items; but by now some of these are now hollow. The first Checker Marathon models were from Walthers.
Kibri. This is all about 1/87 scale: kits.Magnuson was a series of it; Kibri is a series of pre-painted kits that form to reasonably complex and delicate items.Trucks,cranes and construction equipment which are quite well detailed and they been around for a while. New models are constantly released.
BS Design.Kit manufacturer which also reproduced some interesting models such as the 1980's Ford Bronco, Lincoln MK VII, Nissan Patrol,Checker Marathon including the Aerobus and many others. At least since the 1980's. The kits look good after these are built.
Alloy Forms.Early 1980's. In all,when these came out, there was an assembled and painted version and a kit version. Models such as Hudson Stepdown series,1948 Ford Convertible,Bel Air,1950 Chevrolet fast back sedan and so on. By 1986 the company decided to move towards 1/43 scale and the name was changed to Motor City. Alloy forms was,so to speak,the 1/87 scale series albeit some pewter-molded Alloy Forms cars were molded as Motor City that were monted over a wooden plinth,but as Eric discovered,if the wooden extension is removed, the cars have Alloy Forms marked at the base. One interesting fact: one, no more assembled models; secondly no more new Alloy Forms in 15 years or so.
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