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07/04/2016 at 18:22 #40350
Paul
ParticipantHello all
Strange request, I know, but I am looking for a 15mm ice cream truck like this:A similar looking van will be cool, I could add the ice cream cone on top. I have looked for ho scale as well, but I am worried that an ho one would be substantially bigger.
Anybody have any ideas?Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!
09/04/2016 at 11:49 #40444Mishima
ParticipantCould you not scratch-build something like this from plasticard?
The basic form is pretty simple?
Tim.
Tim from Gomi Designs. 15mm Vietnam riverine. www.gomidesigns.co.uk
09/04/2016 at 13:14 #40450Not Connard Sage
ParticipantHO is 1:87
15mm is 1:100ish
HO would work, seeing as many 15mm figures are nearer 18mm.
That model in the pic looks very much like a Jeep Fleetvan FJ6 or perhaps a Studebaker Zip-Van BTW. I’m not up on American Outline railway models, but someone, somewhere, must do a HO version.
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09/04/2016 at 13:18 #40451Mishima
ParticipantTell you what – if you really can’t find one I’ll knock you one up and put it on Shapeways. I could do with the practice
Tim from Gomi Designs. 15mm Vietnam riverine. www.gomidesigns.co.uk
09/04/2016 at 15:57 #40460Mike
Keymaster09/04/2016 at 18:13 #40470Mishima
ParticipantCan’t guarantee it’ll be any good.
Tim from Gomi Designs. 15mm Vietnam riverine. www.gomidesigns.co.uk
09/04/2016 at 21:36 #40474DM
ParticipantHere’s a good example to use as a basis…..
09/04/2016 at 22:31 #40476Mishima
ParticipantIs that the Chuckle Brothers serving ice cream?
Tim from Gomi Designs. 15mm Vietnam riverine. www.gomidesigns.co.uk
09/04/2016 at 23:17 #40478Paul
ParticipantThanks for the real-world insight NCS. The main thing keeping me from using an HO model is that I am worried a 1/87 ice cream truck might look silly next to a QRF 1/110 scale tank. And I know, it’s silly to have an ice cream truck on the table at all, but still.
That’s a very kind offer, Tim. I think I will give it a bash scratchbuilding one: it is pretty boxy, so shouldn’t be incredibly difficult to do, was just looking for the easy way. Will let you know how I come along with a scratchbuild.
Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!
09/04/2016 at 23:44 #40479Mishima
ParticipantGreat idea. That was my thought – mainly boxy – and if you could score some wheels from a matchbox car or similar that could be a goer.
Tim from Gomi Designs. 15mm Vietnam riverine. www.gomidesigns.co.uk
11/04/2016 at 08:28 #40525Etranger
ParticipantThis van is a little larger than your example but it’s right on for 1/100.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MATCHBOX-LESNEY-MBX-CONSTRUCTION-WARRIOR-BURRITOS-FOOD-DELIVERY-VAN-/121640633750 I’ve got one, not sure what I’ll use it for though. Possibly transport for Lucha Libre superheroes?
12/04/2016 at 14:57 #40556Paul
ParticipantThanks Etranger, but it is a bit big. Will bear it in mind if I am ever looking for a slightly bigger van.
Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!
13/04/2016 at 17:45 #40615Les Hammond
ParticipantWhat railway scale does it equate to?
Loads here, various model railway scales…
http://www.ehattons.com/stocklist/SiteResults.aspx?searchfield=ice%20cream
6mm France 1940
http://les1940.blogspot.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/386297688467965/13/04/2016 at 18:12 #40617Paul
ParticipantI think TT (1:120) would be closest to my QRF vehicles (1:110). Thanks for the link, but most of those are 1/76, so would be better for 20mm I think.
Some cool stuff on that site, though.Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!
13/04/2016 at 20:16 #40629Not Connard Sage
ParticipantI think TT (1:120) would be closest to my QRF vehicles (1:110).
TT would.
I deliberately didn’t mention it in my previous post because there’s not a huge amount of TT stuff out there, and what there is tends to be bloody expensive 🙂
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13/04/2016 at 21:39 #40641Paul
ParticipantYeah, TT stuff does seem to be thin on the ground. Would have thought 1:120 scale ice cream trucks would be hot sellers 🙂
Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!
14/04/2016 at 22:03 #40688Guy Farrish
ParticipantTT was a niche market when it came out, and just as it offered a big layout in a small space, along came N gauge and stuffed it sideways. Since when it has been even more of a niche than when it started out – you’ll sell 1 TT vehicle for every 100 OO and 50 N gauge (if you are lucky)- hence the prices, if they exist at all. As NCS said. Most people scratch build TT stuff.
As you were then.
14/04/2016 at 22:19 #40689Not Connard Sage
ParticipantTT was a niche market when it came out, and just as it offered a big layout in a small space, along came N gauge and stuffed it sideways. Since when it has been even more of a niche than when it started out – you’ll sell 1 TT vehicle for every 100 OO and 50 N gauge (if you are lucky)- hence the prices, if they exist at all. As NCS said. Most people scratch build TT stuff. As you were then.
You’re no relation to Graham Farish are you? 🙂
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14/04/2016 at 23:20 #40690Guy Farrish
ParticipantRegrettably not – at least not for several generations.
15/04/2016 at 05:55 #40695Piyan Glupak
ParticipantBritish outline TT has not been produced for a (quite large) number of years. I understand that continental (for instance, German) TT stuff is still around, and being made. You could try looking at Gaugemaster, who do a lot of foreign stuff. Alternatively, you could try using Google to find German model shops.
There are modellers of the British railway system who use a 3mm to the foot scale, which is TTish, but they tend to have to make an awful lot of things for themselves.
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