Coffee Table Car Show

[JWL4541]

I have a large collection of model vehicles. Most all are 1/24 scale. These and the 1/43rds and 1/18ths are displayed in my home office. They are great dust collectors. Because there are so many they are not in a good position to be appreciated. To remedy this and enjoy the models more I decided to select a few each month to feature with a model of a Texaco service station on a coffee table. Last month is displayed my 1940s and 50s woodies. This month it is Studebakers in a holiday theme.

The Studebakers displayed are the 1/24 scale by Danbury Mint.
1937 Pickup
1950 Champion Convertible
1953 Starliner Coupe
1955 Speedster
1957 Golden Hawk
1963 Avanti

Enjoy.

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[Silverplate]

I like it John. Collecting and displaying diecast cars is a neat part of our hobbies. Wish I had the room for them. Thanks for sharing...Mike

[raprice]

Nice idea and well executed.
Rog

[j.byrd]

Very neat ! I was mentally saved by building model cars in my "kid" days during surgeries almost every summer ! That really looks good, but no room for us to do that now, the ones I kept are all in shelves. Love that Texaco building too. Did you get the "junk yard" 1/18th Hawk ? It was pretty neat too.

[48skyliner]

I think your collection is really nice. You probably spent as much time collecting those as I spent building toys.

When my kids were young, I bought a lot of old Tonka construction toys from the salvation army or wherever and restored them, painted to better than new. We always taught our kids to take care of their toys, and years later when I sold them all I could not believe how much people were willing to pay for them. When my grandchildren came along, I was bothered by the fact that so many of the toys were just cheesy plastic junk. I thought that children should have the experience of playing with things made of wood and steel, and made especially for them. I built small cars, a toy train, a wagon, a pedal car and some tricycles. I think it is unfortunate that so few parents take the time or have the skills to do these things.



Regarding the die cast toys, I have never seen any of the 47-52 body style except the bullet nose. Are there any models or toys of the 47-49 starlight coupe?

[kurtruk]

Yes, there are Ben.

[48skyliner]

Thanks for the response, but a little more info would be helpful. Is there a plastic model, a die cast model or toy, is it from the distant past or is it being made now, what is the brand name associated with it, and where can I find one? Have a picture of it?

My interest is to find something I can modify slightly and paint to match my car.