1/87th Vehicles

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flh80 said:
Very nice, it looks just like a "International KB 8"
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flh80! Yes! Yes! Yes!
The original is the original ;-) My Father speaks that at us in Moscow such cabins after war under your license did.
But such beautiful decor wasn't... All chrome have cleaned...
 
Hot Wheels - wheels

Don't you find that the Hot Wheels vehicles wheels are a little over sized?? They certainly seem to be over here in the UK, I would have thought the vehicles would be made the same worldwide, but I could be mistaken??
 
Regular edition Hot Wheels are 1/64 scale (S scale). However, Hot Wheels has on a couple occasions, experimented with 1/87 scale. Most recently was I guess early last year. Some of the cars that were popular in 1/64 scale, were also released in 1/87 scale. But while the 1/64 scale Hot Wheels were a dollar or less, the 1/87 scale versions were $3 or $4 each. They didn't sell well and many that were planned (like a 67 Pontiac GTO and a 62 Chevy Bel Air), were cancelled before they made it to production. Among the ones that made it to production and looked the least toy-like, were the 70 Dodge Challenger in Plum Crazy Purple, the 70 Plymouth Superbird in Top Banana yellow, the custom 64 Ford Galaxie 2 door hardtop, and the 55 Chevy 1/2 ton panel truck. But, the wheels on all of them are way too big. A wheel swap goes along way on these towards making them usable on an HO layout.
 
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Just got the 1/87 scale 53 Ford Country Squire wagons by Classic Metalworks. I got a couple of each of the 5 colors. Nice little woody wagons.
 
Those do look nice. They will be having a 46 Chev truck coming soon also, several versions.
I wish CMW wouldn't discontinue their vehicles when ever they feel like! Some they keep others are gone, don't know their reasoning.
 
ChevelleSSguy said:
I havent heard anything about HW dropping thier 1:87 line of cars.
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They aren't, but they have discontinued many of the vehicles they've had in the past. Classic Metalworks distributes their vehicles through buyhobbies.com but if you visit their site, you won't find many of the cool cars they've had in the past at all, while a few others are on a closeout sale as they have been discontinued. So, if you want their 1/87 scale 70 Chevelle SS (like the one pictured here on my layout), you can now get them for $5 each closeout price, but once they're gone, you'll be out of luck.
 
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pick up these two m2 machines/auto projects to add to a junk yard I'm going to start on soon.
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Scordicus said:
Who make those? And what scale are they?? They don't look 1/87 but if they are, I wouldn't mind having some...
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M2 is the company that makes them. They are roughly 1/64 scale, like Johnny Lightnig and Hot Wheels. But they have better detail, and for around $4.00 are a pretty good buy. S scale modelers should love them.

Jim
 


Great find Rustam, I especially like that old Chev truck!
Good looking ground cover also, what did you use for that?
 
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