Ashlin Designs Grumman Mail Truck

[Nato]

                         :|Ashlin Designs Grumman Mail Truck. www.ashlintrains.com    Nate Goodman (Nato).

[peteski]

The proportions seem a bit off on that one.  Few years ago our own DKS (aka NZT products) had a nicer one available.  But just few weeks ago Showcase Miniatures announced a really nice one too (except for the over-size rivets, which can be easily sanded down). I believe it is available as I'm writing this.

[Nato]

   Yes the Showcase Model is what prompted me to post this, a solid cast model is not as good as one with an interior and see through windows. Nate Goodman (Nato).

[peteski]

  Yes the Showcase Model is what prompted me to post this, a solid cast model is not as good as one with an interior and see through windows. Nate Goodman (Nato).

It is not only the solid casting. The overall shape is way off, and the wheels are too small.  To me the Ashlin model looks like a caricature of the Grumman mail truck.

[Ike the BN Freak]

This one looks more like the Ford FFV, but its missing the extra window on the left side

[peteski]

This one looks more like the Ford FFV, but its missing the extra window on the left side

Wow!  Looks like you have something there.  I didn't even know that there were other mail deliver trucks than Grumman.  That is all I see in this part of the country. Ashlin model does look like the Ford FFV.  Again, I have learn something new on TRW.  But IMO the wheels still look too small.