1/87th Vehicles

trainman1980 · Nov 14, 2009

Just picked this UPS delivery truck at the train store.The front wheels turn and the back door rolls up and down.
http://twitpic.com/pk57u

rock4329 · Nov 17, 2009

Brekina 1970 Camaro !!!!!!

I purchased a copy of Model Railroad News Yesterday, and found an article about 1/87th vehicles. There is a new 1970 Camaro coming out that will be decorated for the RS, SS, and Z/28 versions. The RS is all white, the SS is all black, and the Z/28 comes in red, yellow, and green, all with black racing stripes. Best way to view then is at truckstopmodels.com. look under the cars or automobile catigory, the camaros will be the first cars shown.

These are a limited run, so if ya want one, HURRY!!!!

Glen

Larry · Nov 17, 2009

if you have a smaller WM in your area & the Malibu trucks were always sold out when you went there you might want to recheck your stores until Christmas. WM is cleaning out their warehouses for non-moving merchandise & they have shipped a lot of these items to fast moving stores. These are the Volvo's, Mercedes & other european semi-tractors. I saw about 20 of them in 2 stores I visited this past saturday. Just a heads up for the people looking for them. I also saw 3 diff. colors of the Volvo tractor in the Matchbox vehicle line. They are exactly the same as the Malibu trucks but are only 97cents compared to the Malibu that are $3.00 ea.

jbaakko · Nov 17, 2009

rock4329 said:
I purchased a copy of Model Railroad News Yesterday, and found an article about 1/87th vehicles. There is a new 1970 Camaro coming out that will be decorated for the RS, SS, and Z/28 versions. The RS is all white, the SS is all black, and the Z/28 comes in red, yellow, and green, all with black racing stripes. Best way to view then is at truckstopmodels.com. look under the cars or automobile catigory, the camaros will be the first cars shown.

These are a limited run, so if ya want one, HURRY!!!!

Glen

rock4329 · Nov 18, 2009

Sorry about not linking the site, I don't know how to do that. I'll have to learn how to do the linking thing!!! Those Camaros are nice though, aren't they???

jbaakko · Nov 18, 2009

rock4329 said:
Sorry about not linking the site, I don't know how to do that. I'll have to learn how to do the linking thing!!! Those Camaros are nice though, aren't they???

Just copy the address shown in the URL bar in your browser when you're on the page(s) you want to link, and paste it here. That simple!

Rico · Nov 18, 2009

Nice stuff! Anyone know of a 70's Dodge Dart in "Popsicle Green"?

rock4329 · Nov 20, 2009

Rico, I'm not aware of ANY dodge Dart in HO scale. Don't think I ever ran across one!! I think a company called EKO may have made one, but they were crude and CHEEP!!!

tomustang · Nov 20, 2009

Heck the UPS around here didn't even upgrade to the new roofs

rock4329 · Dec 6, 2009

Nothing new,guys?? We can't just let this thread die!!! Anyone with anything new to report??? Sorry, nothing new here!! Just wanted to bump this back up.

Larry · Dec 10, 2009

I was in Northern Tools today & they have a nice line of new vehicles in HO. They have the new Kenworth Semi' tractors & they added a line of the Norscott lowboy trailers w/loads for $9.00 ea. They also carry the line of Norscott Heavy equipment that WM use to handle, plus some other items like a log skidder & a big Land mover & a larger backhoe.

kbkchooch · Dec 10, 2009

Larry said:
I was in Northern Tools today & they have a nice line of new vehicles in HO. They have the new Kenworth Semi' tractors & they added a line of the Norscott lowboy trailers w/loads for $9.00 ea. They also carry the line of Norscott Heavy equipment that WM use to handle, plus some other items like a log skidder & a big Land mover & a larger backhoe.

your'e teasing us!

railBuilderDhd · Dec 10, 2009

I checked the web site www.northerntool.com and found they have a few construction items but no semi trucks at 1-87 scale. I checked but they don't have any location in northern VA so no help for me. Thanks for the posting as I'm sure others will find it useful.
Dave

Larry · Dec 10, 2009

kbkchooch said:
your'e teasing us!

Nope, not teasing anyone. I'm just telling you what I saw. maybe a store in your area doesn't carry the same things as a store in my area.(50 miles south of me).
I only tell it like it is. I'm the one that originally started this thread back in the stone age & I keep up w/what the stores carry. Check out your Tractor Supply stores, some WM's(div.one stores handle diff. items than a SuperCenter), Dollar Tree's, family Dollar, Dollar General & Big Lots. At Christmas time every retail store stocks a lot of toys(some 1/87th) & lots of 1/50th & 1/64th items. So, get out of your vehicle & start looking for those vehicles that we so desperately neeed.

Rico · Dec 11, 2009

I've been finding some 1/87th stuff at Ag stores and heavy equip dealers. Most is about 1/64th.

Grant F · Dec 11, 2009

tsc stores in canada and walmarts in canada have the 1/87 scale kenworth and peterbuilt truck cabs and also full cab and lowboy trailer usually with a cat piece of equipment

tomustang · Dec 11, 2009

This is a cheap option, one of the Boley Wheel Loaders (usually found for $3)

Painted, decaled, and added glass

Larry · Dec 14, 2009

Bought these at a train show 2 weeks ago for a buck a pc. Only one is used.

Dsquared_sleeperMSP · Dec 19, 2009

Larry said:
Bought these at a train show 2 weeks ago for a buck a pc. Only one is used.

I like those ones more then the IHC ones (I have one of both)...

Ronzzr11 · Dec 22, 2009

I,ve found some useful vehicles at our local Asda supermarket. We don,t get the range of Real Working Rigs here in England, but we do get these.
The Porche,in the first photo, is one of the Hotwheels models to give you an idea of the Matchbox models size.None have the scale marked on, but look about right for HO scale.
The second picture shows three more Matchbox models, which are all around HO scale, the DAF truck is 1/86, the snow plow truck is 1/83, and the Mercedes Unimog is 1/84.
All of them are $1.60 each.
Ron

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