You may recognize this photo above as one of the first Route87 modules publicly displayed at the 2010 East Coast Meet in W.Springfield, MA, January 30-31, 2010. The module was built by Chester Fesmire and he's agreed to share some of his basic building techniques using the Route87 standards. We want to thank Chester for sharing his building tips!
The 2010 Springfield show saw the first of the Route 87 modular dioramas on public display. And although the numbers of modules were small, they provided a great deal of interest and showed many just how well our vehicles are validated in a realistic setting. Continue ...
The 1/87 Vehicle Club was established to promote the construction, use, and manufacture of prototypically accurate scale vehicle and equipment models specifically in 1/87 (HO) scale.
1/87 scale is most commonly referred to as "HO" scale because this is the scale of HO gauge model trains, by far the most popular scale for railroad modeling.
Our club assists in the exhibition, promotion, manufacturing, and production research of vehicles of all kinds in 1/87 (HO) scale. This web site and associated events are the place to meet and communicate with other people who are passionate about your hobby.
in addition to the new look we've been very busy working on the past few weeks we've undertaken several additional projects that will come to fruition in the coming months. One in particular we'd like to share with you now is a very important enhnacement to the Photo Gallery Search Index. At the suggestion of Glenn Williams we have added a thumbnail of every Photo Gallery subject to date - all 6,238 (and counting) of them! We haven't completed updating all the page formatting but you can see the results of this important new enhancement on any of the Photo Gallery Search Index pages. Check them out and let us know what you think! Remember, there's more new stuff coming!
This week's Photo Gallery features another very creative model from Italian modeler Giancarlo Apicella based on the Masterpiece/Atlas step van model. Joining Giancarlo's model is another world class collection of models from around the world. Check out all the great modeling on display in Photo Gallery 398.[posted 03/07/2010]
One of the highlights for everyone attending the 2010 Amherst Railroad Society Show in Springfield was the "Best Use of 1/87 Vehicles on an HO Layout Competition" sponsored by the 1/87 Vehicle Club. Competition was keen between the registered HO scale model railroad layouts and each of our winners shown above are to be commended for their excellent integration of scale model vehicles into their model railroads.
The prize pool totaled more than $3,000 when the final tally was in. We want to thank Athearn, Classic Metal Works, Norscot, River Point Station, Don Mills Models, Sheepscot Models, Zycon Models, JCTrucking, Model Railroad News, Muggie Models, Truck Stop Models, Sylvan Scale Models, Plano Model Products, and Burbank House of Hobbies for each of their contributions in making this endeavor a rousing success! Continue ...
We now have the standards for our Route87 vehicle module concept posted and available for your inspection! We are very pleased to share these with all of you and hope they provide the basis for a worldwide format for displaying 1/87 scale vehicles in a public venue in the future.
In short, our Route87 concept is a set of standards and recommended practices for the construction of realistic display modules for the sole purpose of providing a common platform for displaying 1/87 scale vehicles. We anticipate these new standards opening a whole new window into our little world of scale vehicle modeling! Continue ...
This latest Photo Gallery features a collection of unusually high quality models. Almost any model in this Photo Gallery could have been our lead photo! We finally settled on Roger Dowden's Bucyrus-Erie 30-B model but it was very difficult to choose only one! Check out all the fantastic modeling on display in Photo Gallery 397. [posted 02/28/2010]
We have another group of models that were on display at the 2010 East Coast Meet in Springfield, MA. Headlining this Photo Gallery is another spectacular scratchbuilt crane model from Denis Doucet. In addition to Denis' model we have a terrific group of models of a variety of prototypes in Photo Gallery 396. [posted 02/20/2010]
Our Photo Gallery 395 features a complete gallery of models on display at the 2010 East Coast Meet held recently in W. Springfield, MA. Headlining our latest Photo Gallery above is a very special Indy car model built by Ralph Ratcliffe. Ralph's model of the 1972 Indy Mystery Eagle is a very spectacular model as you can see! Check out Ralph's model with all the great companion models in Photo Gallery 395. [posted 02/14/2010]
The 1/87 Vehicle Club sponsors an e-mail list devoted to the exchange of ideas, news, and information of interest to 1/87 vehicle modelers and collectors. The name of the discussion group is 87scalecars. The list is open and free of charge.
