Customized 1956 Divco milk truck

[Kenmojr]

I photographed this 1956 Divco milk truck at Hilden, Nova Scotia, Canada - September 21, 2019 
Scotia Pine Show & Shine at Scotia Pine Campground.

 

 

[Kenmojr]

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[Kenmojr]

Was a Divco milk truck ever offered in a 1/24 or 1/25 kit?

[DJMar]

1 hour ago, Kenmojr said:

Was a Divco milk truck ever offered in a 1/24 or 1/25 kit?

There were a few diecasts from Autoworld and Danbury Mint, among others. R&R Vacuumcraft and Ron Cash offered some resin bodies/kits a while back. There might have been more, but I can't recall any others at the moment. I don't believe there has ever been a full on plastic kit of one.

Jimmy Flinstone still offers a chopped resin body.

https://jimmyflintstonestudios.com/NB277--1948-Divco-Chopped-Delivery_p_344.html

[Kenmojr]

Thanks for the link. I wonder if anyone here has purchased this resin body?

[stitchdup]

3 hours ago, Kenmojr said:

Thanks for the link. I wonder if anyone here has purchased this resin body?

somebody did a build on one somewhere on here maybe 5 years back

[jokar124]

On 10/9/2024 at 3:38 PM, Kenmojr said:

Was a Divco milk truck ever offered in a 1/24 or 1/25 kit?

 

On 10/19/2024 at 10:31 PM, Kenmojr said:

Thanks for the link. I wonder if anyone here has purchased this resin body?

I once owned this kit which was marketed by Testors and briefly available to hobby shops through normal distribution channels. It contained a Jimmy Flintstone resin body and a minimal number of other parts to make a curbside/slammer model. The windows were molded solid: the entire body shell was roughly 1/4" thick. The body was fairly well done but the lack of any engine, chassis and interior parts made me lose interest in it so I traded it off to a friend. Twenty years later now, and he hasn't touched it either!  This pic is from the Spotlight Hobbies site, but the next time I see my friend I will try to post pics of the actual kit here.

[Ace-Garageguy]

I bought a slightly damaged Danbury/Bordens 1/24 diecast some time back to pull molds from, but I'm running years behind on doing any of that stuff.

[Kenmojr]

On 11/11/2024 at 2:31 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

I bought a slightly damaged Danbury/Bordens 1/24 diecast some time back to pull molds from, but I'm running years behind on doing any of that stuff.

Come on man, get your priorities in order...LOL (just joking). Some times life just gets in the way of having fun...

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, Kenmojr said:

Come on man, get your priorities in order...LOL (just joking). Some times life just gets in the way of having fun...

I just found and bought another one that's not damaged, for less than I paid for the buggered one. And it's got all the extras too.

So now I have one to strip and pull molds from, and a nice display-ready piece for the shelf.

That kinda puts the project a little closer.