British vehicles in N scale (1:148)

[kiwi_al]

These are really tiny.


English Taxi



Morris Minor Van:



Pretty good quality and they were only $9.00 NZD (full retail) , american vehicles are around the NZD $20.00 mark or higher. Their buses are really cool too  ;D

[sizemore]

Morris Garages...HMMM methinks I need a MG dealer...

The S.

[sirenwerks]

Gotta URL to see more?

[Mark5]

Too bad I model in 1:160 ...

The 1:144 models must be great for those that model in British N - not too far off.

[harrym]

Do they make my college dream car [in 1954], the MG TD?  Where can I find it?

[kiwi_al]

Mark these are so small you can park it next to 1:160 and not notice buddy! I'll put up some comparisons for you.

Here's the link from the manufacturer which has a store. The N gauge products are limited to a few types but they seem to be keen on expanding and the quality is good.

http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/n/index.htm

[sirenwerks]

Considering I am looking for models to fill out a 1971 parking lot, some of these might come in handy. Here's to hoping they make more of the larger scale models available in the smaller scale as well.

[Mark5]

This brings to mind, IIRC there has never been a MGB in N scale (1:160 or otherwise) 

Mark

[JoeD]

Is there a US Retailer?

Joe

[SirTainly]

Guys have you looked at:

http://www.pdmarshmodels.com/

N scale stuff at:

http://www.pdmarshmodels.com/product_list.php?gauge='N'&cat2='70'

and to correct you Alister, it's a London Taxi, (FX4 introduced in '58 oringinally built by Austin and later by London Taxis International Plc, and still some around today albeit the later Fairway version).

And the little van's business is quite ironic - Pickfords is a removal firm so normally bigger trucks, and infact still around today.

[kiwi_al]

and to correct you Alister, it's a London Taxi, (FX4 introduced in '58 originally built by Austin and later by London Taxis International Plc, and still some around today albeit the later Fairway version).

Hi Simon,
I was hoping you'd post some background info - not a lot on oxfords site , forgive the antipodean slip >> London taxi it is  ;D ;D

We get PD Marsh here too!

[sirenwerks]

Mostly Brit military but they do have a nice Land Rover... http://www.pg-models.com/index.aspx

[Mark5]

Mark these are so small you can park it next to 1:160 and not notice buddy! I'll put up some comparisons for you.

While this may be true for some of them, for many models it doesn't quite work. Carter Fritschle has been really good about posting side by side photo comparisons to the N Scale Vehicle groups from time to time (and giving us scale measurements to see how the various Japanese (1:150) and other close scales "measure up").

For my eye at least, I would have to take it on a case by case basis.

Mark

[kiwi_al]

Here you go Mark,
Unfortunately I only have pickup trucks - no american cars that I can find except those horrid bachmann things, so the comparison is against a CMW Santa Fe pickup truck 1954 FORD (gahhhh!!! should be a chevy - why have I got a FORD!!!! yucko)




Excuse the tilt on the Morris Minor Van - urr umm my fault  :

[SirTainly]

The Morris van is really a small car anyway, and almost certainly smaller than US prototype vehicles on the same period. I should say there was a Chevy pickup from the '50s driving around town last weekend and although it wasn't a long/wide vehicle it was substantially taller than most things on the road (except perhaps my Range Rover, but that's another story).

The Marsh Land Rover is OK I have the Series 1 example, but it's not great, and not particularly cheap but there isn't much competition. I really wanted a Series 3 example (since I own a real one).