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The bus on that Hampton film
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You all remember that Vimeo video of the film shot in Hampton in color?
https://vimeo.com/333139398 At 0:49, we see the only color representations I've ever seen of a Carter County bus before VE day. Well, I was on a quest to find out the type of busses in that film, to get a model of it for my layout in O scale, I submitted the issue to a O scale forum and someone figured it out. It's a 1939 Dodge front end, with a custom body:   Scratch building the top of the bus body will be a real pain, but the rest shouldn't be too bad, in styrene. I just hope someone makes this truck in 1/43 scale! Lee Bishop
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Mark Lewis
Lee: Kevin Macomber @ Narrow Gauge Modeling Company, has die cast 1:43 1940 Dodge and !941 Plymouth trucks, that may fit your needs. http://www.narrowgaugemodeling.com/pickups-tow-trucks/ The 1939 Plymouth front end looks VERY close to your photograph. Mark Lewis narrow gauge modeling in N.C.
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 3:57 PM Lee Bishop <leebishop1944@...> wrote: You all remember that Vimeo video of the film shot in Hampton in color?
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Mark Lewis
Lee: Here are some close-up photos my my '39 Plymouth p/u, for detail info.
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 4:32 PM Mark Lewis via Groups.Io <narrowrails12=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Mark,
Ironically, I'm waiting for my previous order from Kevin to arrive for detail parts, but he doesn't have a 1939 Dodge. He has a 1940, which sadly has a totally different front end (as most companies did in that model year). It's got to be the right company and year, just as a D&RGW K series wouldn't 'do' for a ET&WNC locomotive. It's just a detail thing for me, I want to get this right. Lee
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Mark Lewis
Lee: I totally understand. If you are going to do a project like the bus, the parts/donor need to be as close as possible. Mark
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 4:49 PM Mark Lewis via Groups.Io <narrowrails12=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
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