Woodland Scenics New HO Scale Autoscenes

[cfritschle]

Since Woodland Scenics has released many of the HO scale Autoscene vehicles in N scale, I was wondering what the interest might be in N scale versions of this group of “generic” vehicles.  Here is the link to the Woodland Scenics “Coming Soon” page.

https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/comingsoon

The van (71-77 Chevy) and the pickup (77-78 Dodge) are easy to determine the intended prototypes, and would probably work OK with models that are more prototype specific.  I am not sure what to think about the sedan, the coupe or the sport coupe.

Does anyone have any thoughts on more N scale “generic” model vehicles?

[keeper]

I am not sure what to think about the sedan, the coupe or the sport coupe.

Although it is not very close, that one reminds me bit of a BMW 320 of the late 70's early 80's.

Thomas

[cfritschle]

I was thinking the sedan may have been inspired by a 1986-88 Buick Century, but the prototype Century has rectangular headlights.   

[Steveruger45]

I would love to see some n scale cars and vans that would suit my mid 90’s era.  Right now all I have are semi’s and box trucks.

[Englewood]

Those look good enough to me. I'd buy some in N.

[SkipGear]

Sports car is a Subaru BRZ or its Scion cousin.

I think the Coupe is a Celica variant.

The sedan looks like an older Toyota Carolla or Camry?

[daniel_leavitt2000]

I would be in for some. But I buy everything.

Sports car is a strange mashup of BRZ (doors, fender vent placement, rear clip) and a 2008 era Hyundai Tiburon (front clip, roof and windshield slope).

Coupe... Celica front clip. Body looks a bit more like a Sunfire to me with the large rear window. Not sure about the tail lights.

[cfritschle]

Woodland Scenics likes to take styling bits and pieces from more than one prototype to make their Autoscene vehicles.  However, thanks to Tony and Dan, it looks like the coupe was "inspired" at least in part by a 1990-93 Toyota Celica GT.   

[cfritschle]

Following Tony's information that the sport coupe was based on a Subaru BRZ, I searched Wikipedia for the Subaru BRZ, and got redirected to the Toyota 86. 

Here is a link to a front view of the Scion FR-S version of the automobile:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scion_FR-S_3-22-2012-Toyota-Motorsports-Kickoff-Day-USA-100-57.jpg

And here is a link to a rear view of the Toyota 86 GT:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2013_Toyota_86_(ZN6)_GT_coupe_(23629231930).jpg

The Woodland Scenics ad on page 19 of the June 2020 issue of Model Railroader states:  "Model late 20th century automobiles still seen today"  However, the "Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S/Toyota 86 GT" is definitely a 21st Century automobile!  So, it looks like this model would work for those modeling 2012 to the present.

[john3]

I could go for Chevrolet Vans and Dodge trucks.

[Mark5]

Honestly the N scale versions of this vehicle line have been kinda "clunky" or "globby" (I do have a few for background scenes).

I agree on the Chevy van, kinda iconic for the 70s and on for a few decades - hope it makes to N as a decent representation. 

And yes on the Dodge pickup!

Mark

[cfritschle]

Honestly the N scale versions of this vehicle line have been kinda "clunky" or "globby" (I do have a few for background scenes).

I agree on the Chevy van, kinda iconic for the 70s and on for a few decades - hope it makes to N as a decent representation. 

And yes on the Dodge pickup!

Mark

Mark,

The Chevy van and Dodge pickup are also the ones that I would be the most interested in. 

The HO models in this release look pretty good.  So, I am also hoping if they do make these vehicles in N scale, the models will look better than the N scale models from their earlier releases.

[peteski]

Mark,

The Chevy van and Dodge pickup are also the ones that I would be the most interested in. 

The HO models in this release look pretty good.  So, I am also hoping if they do make these vehicles in N scale, the models will look better than the N scale models from their earlier releases.

Exactly. So far the N scale vehicle offerings from Woodland Scenics, and also Classic Metal works have  not been very impressive. Compared to other  brands (like Kato, Wiking or Atlas) they are rather crude.