 Our feature photo for Photo Gallery 565 is another of Chester Fesmire's weathered masterpieces. Chester has turned his attention to one of Don Mills Models' resin Mack LTL kits and came up with a beauty! We also have some spectacular close-up shots of Kevin Shanahan's Detroit Diesel 12V-71 powered Freightliner from Photo Gallery 564. Joining Chester's vintage Mack is another world class collection of 1/87 scale vehicle models of all types. We would like to welcome first-time contributor Alan Ramirez to our Photo Galleries. We hope you enjoy all the terrific models on display in our Photo Gallery 565. [posted 05/15/2013]
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 While most of our web site visitors and many of our northeastern U.S. enthusiasts know Ralph Ratcliffe or at least his excellent modeling and commercial offerings, modelers of other scales and interests will no doubt become familiar with him as Ralph is profiled in a recently released book titled "The History of Resin Transport Modelling." The book by British author David Wright covers a wide spectrum of modeling topics, eras, and scales with the common denominator being all resin models. Ralph has expressed what an honor it is for him personally to have been included in such a work and recommends the book for modeling enthusiasts of all types and collectors as well. Many of the modelers presented may not be familiar to our group but the book opens us up to the many possibilities offered by the resin medium.
Direct link to Ralph Ratcliffe section of book, page 1
Direct link to Ralph Ratcliffe section of book, page 2
Direct link to information on David's book,
More...[posted 05/11/2013]
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The 1/87 Vehicle Club was established to promote the construction, use, and manufacture of prototypically accurate scale vehicle and equipment models specifically in 1/87 (HO) scale. 1/87 scale is most commonly referred to as "HO" scale because this is the scale of HO gauge model trains, by far the most popular scale for railroad modeling.
Our club assists in the exhibition, promotion, manufacturing, and production research of vehicles of all kinds in 1/87 (HO) scale. This web site and associated events are the place to meet and communicate with other people who are passionate about your hobby. |
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 Our Photo Gallery 564 features another outstanding collection of new photos and modeling. Out feature photo for this Photo Gallery is a very unique 4x4 Freightliner day cab truck tractor from Kevin Shanahan with a Detroit Diesel 12V-71 and Allison automatic transmission powertrain, all detailed of course, with a trio of fuel tank trailers. Check out the details of Kevin extraordinary modeling and all the companion models in this Photo Gallery. We hope you enjoy all the great models on display in our Photo Gallery 564. [posted 05/09/2013]
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 Our Photo Gallery 563 features a great collection of new photos and some terrific modeling. Headlining this gallery is a Mack DM800 prime mover and lowboy trailer with crane load from Ed Sweeney. Check out the details of Ed's great models and all the companion models in this Photo Gallery. We hope you enjoy all the great modeling on display in our Photo Gallery 563. [posted 04/26/2013]
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 One of the highlights of our 2013 East Coast Meet in W. Springfield, Massachusetts this past January was a large vehicle dominated CSX railroad themed module built by Jesse Weigand. Jesse's module is a highlight and crowd favorite of our show and everyone within our group admires Jesse's modeling skills and results. Our Photo Gallery 562 is a very unique collection in that all the photos were taken by Jesse of his models just prior to this year's W. Springfield show. We invite you to join us next year and enjoy all the great modeling we have on display in W. Springfield! We hope you enjoy all the great modeling on display in our Photo Gallery 562. [posted 04/20/2013]
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 We'd like to introduce you to and encourage you to check out a great automotive blog that our former club newsletter editor Bill Cawthon contributes to. In case you don't know Bill, he's been been heavily involved in 1/87 scale products from Ricko, Masterpiece Replicas, and several other manufacturers in a consulting role. Bill is a great friend to our hobby and you are likely to always find something interesting in his blog posts. We encourage you to check it out at www.acarplace.com[posted 01/15/2012]
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The 1/87 Vehicle Club sponsors an on-line discussion forum devoted to the exchange of ideas, news, and information of interest to 1/87 vehicle modelers and collectors. The name of the discussion group is 87scalecars. The group is open and free of charge.
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