Replacement "OO" 1950's lorries, MMS, Milicast, Road Transport, or ?

[phil gollin]

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I am considering replacing my Base Toys and Oxford lorries with "better" ones.

 

So far I have identified the following possibilities ;

 

MMS :

 

http://www.mmsmodels.co.uk/home

 

 

Milicast :

 

http://www.milicast.com/

 

 

Road Transport Images :

 

http://www.roadtransportimages.com/

 

 

And also,  Springside :

 

http://www.springsidemodels.com/id45.htm

 

 

And Langley Miniatures :

 

http://www.langleymodels.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_OO_Vehicle_Kits__lorries_trucks_farm_machinery__22.html

 

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Although limited in scope I am attracted to the MMS and Milicast ranges as their latest offering are said to be very good.

 

Does anyone have any experience with these, or any further possibilities ?

 

Thanks.

 

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[colin penfold]

I have recently built some milicast military vehicles and found them to be well made and simple to assemble. Instructions are limited but you can refer back to the photos of your chosen model on their website. Mail order service was pretty good too

[RANGERS]

Not sure what you mean by "better ones"?! The Base models are fairly basic representations but some are pretty good (the AECs in particular) and would take a lot of work to better. The Oxford range would be even harder to beat.

 

I've built a few RTI kits and although fairly basic in that they are a set of parts rather than a kit, they go together easily and with a little care make up into extremely attractive models. As the cabs are sold separately, you can mix and match with chassis and bodies of other kits or ready made models

 

I've no experience of the MMS or Millicast but they have a good name among military modellers.

 

Langley do a good range but much of it was tooled a quarter of a century or more back and they aren't really up to modern standards, nonetheless with some work they are still a good starting point and can be made into good models. The range has some of the more unusual prototypes, particularly bodies - tankers, gulley emptiers etc - which would otherwise mean scratch building and a lot of work to better them.

 

The Springside range were once among the elite but time has overtaken them and there are better options, that said I still have a Bedford OL built from one of their kits.

[Kiwi]

John Day Models (under new management) have a couple of 1950's trucks:

http://johndaymodels.webplus.net/1950-1960s.html

The originals were good and are now gradually being remastered.

[milkman matt]

I have just ordered 2 kits from the MMS "Civvy street" range. I've never built a metal kit before so this should be an interesting exercise. Hopefully, the kits are as good as they look on their website. 

Edited April 30, 2017 by milkman matt

[milkman matt]

Ok. The MMS kits have arrived. They look simple enough to assemble although I have managed to break the windscreen pillar while clearing the window aperture.

 

Oh well, Live and learn.