Promoting Excellence in HO Scale Vehicle Modeling

1999 Portland Convention Prototype Display


As part of the 1999 1/87 Vehicle & Equipment Club convention, attendees were treated to a fantastic display of 1:1 scale vehicles arranged by convention chairman Gary Haynes. Click on the images below for additional photos.

sm_joint_venture.jpg (3634 bytes) This is the Joint Venture salt flats racer. Runs around 225 MPH!
sm_Pete_Olsen.jpg (3878 bytes) This Peterbilt tractor is one of Joel and Darin Olsen's trucks on display. Lots of shiny stuff.
sm_chip_truck.jpg (2405 bytes) This is one of Interstate Wood Products' wood chip hauling trucks. Tractor is a Kenworth T800B.
sm_century1.jpg (2854 bytes) Another of Interstate Wood Products' wood chip hauling trucks; this is a Freightliner Century.
sm_FLD120.jpg (3803 bytes) Phillips Motorsports had this beautiful race car transport rig on display; Freightliner FLD120.
sm_racer.jpg (2856 bytes) The cargo for the black beauty above is this Toyota powered formula race car.

Bob Johnson