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1929 LS Series Chevrolet 1-1/2-ton Truck

Various views of 2D drawings of this automobile, in S-scale.

A Mack "Bulldog" Coal Delivery Truck in S Scale

The author describes how to convert a Matchbox "Models of Yesteryear" series, part # Y3O, a 1920 Model AC Mack, to a local coal-delivery truck (made from 1916 through 1936). Includes scale diagrams and two model photos.

A Steel Mill Heavy Hauler

Dean describes how he built this specialized vehicle used by steel mills.

Are Your Vehicles To Scale?

The author describes a handy grid card that can be used to quickly measure the wheelbase and track/tread width of S-scale vehicles to compare them against prototype measurements, to see if the model truly is to scale.

Building a Modern Stock Trailer

Includes prototype, model, and some construction photos, scale drawings, and parts list to build an HO-scale model.

Building a Vintage Payloader

This article describes the process the author went through to build a model that is not available. He uses as an example the front-end loader common at mines and quarries. Includes prototype and model photos.

Building an Inspection Car

Prototype and model photos of a Ford Model T that was converted into an inspection car. The HO-scale model construction is documented with the parts used to create this model.

Detailing a Chevy Farm Truck

The author writes about how he super-detailed an Alloy Forms 1956 Chevy truck.

Detailing Intermodal Vans

TOFC (Trailers On FlatCars) are slowly replacing box cars. The article describes various manufactures that make these trailers, with special attention paid to Front Range Products.

Front of the Layout Vignettes No. 17

This installment of the series covers threshing machines.

Fuel Truck Kitbashing

The author took a stock Con-Cor Tractor and some additional parts and created a fuel truck. Includes a prototype photo and a parts list.

Gallimaufry

Photos of vehicles built by Vic Roseman, as well as some other model manufacturers' recent S-scale vehicles.

Icon of the Thirties

Centering around migrant workers' automobiles in the 1930s.

J.B. Hunt Containers Revisited Part 2

Prototype photos of the J.B. Hunt trailers.

Kitbashed Boom Truck

The author converted an Athearn Ford F-850 to a crew cab, which is what he remembers the trucks were like when he drove them. Includes modeling the interior of the truck. There is also a sidebar on additional M.O.W. vehicles the author has kitbashed.

Kitbashing a "Fire Duck"

The author describes how he scratchbuilt the amphibious vehicle used by a fire department.

Kitbashing a Maintenance-of-way Truck

The author took parts from several model trucks to build this unique model. Includes one prototype and model photo.

Kitbashing a Stock Trailer

The author used a Mini Metals tractor trailer, replaced the sides and created this stock trailer. Includes detail model photos, scale drawing, and materials list.

Mack Trucks

The author scratchbuilt several variations of the FK Mack trucks. Includes model photos.

Matchbox Cars

The author lists available Matchbox cars, as of that date, that are suitable to S-scale modeling, along with the physical dimensions.

Missouri Pacific Inspection Car

A photo and a brief note about an ex-Missouri Pacific inspection car found at the railroad museum in Eurica Springs, Arkansas.

Modeling a Conrail Fuel Truck

A modern locomotive service truck built from a Bolley's GMC Topkick tanker. Many close-up detail photos.

Modeling a Transit Mixer

How to model a concrete mixer. Includes a parts list, a bit of prototype history, and terminology used in the concrete business.

Modern Modeling

Information about how to model railroad trailers (i.e. those of semi-trucks) in S-scale. Includes several model and prototype photos.

Oshkosh Trucks

The history of the Oshkosh Truck Corporation of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which was incorporated in 1917 under the name Wisconsin Duplex Auto Company. Includes several prototype truck photos.

Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines

History of the Greyhound bus lines, a large portion of which was owned by the PRR. Includes a map, many photos,

Roy Meissner Trucking

A visit with Roy introduces the author to the many trucks that Roy builds, some based on prototypes his family used to drive. The article includes many photos of Roy's modified trucks. Roy sells some of his trucks at shows he attends.

Scissors Trucks and Coal Bins

Description and a couple of photos of home coal delivery trucks in Scranton, PA.

The Big Truck Bash

The author describes how he took existing HO-scale trucks and kitbashed them into specific models he wanted. Various different truck types are discussed.

Tired Wheels

Using a Miasto toy diecast Allstar cab-over transport truck, the author made several prototypically-accurate models.

Triple Crown Services Part 2A

The 53-footers.

Triple Crown Services Part 2B

The 53-footers

Trucks Not Only For a Layout, Can Also Lead To Collecting

The author describes his journey into collecting S-scale tractor trailers, box trucks, utility trucks, and delivery trucks, and evaluates what is currently available in the market. Includes several photos in and of his collection.

Trucks of the '40's

At the time of the article there were no 1940s truck models available, so the article describes how to kitbash dump, tank, flat, and shipping trucks from available cabs and bodies.

White County Highway Department Dump Truck

The author modifies a Mini Metals dump truck to match the prototype befitting his modeled time period. Includes a sidebar on snow plow brackets and how to model them.