IXO O gauge vehicles to be available in the UK

[37114]

5 hours ago, Hal Nail said:

Slight hijack but the AEC mantador, leyland beaver, albion and comet (and others) all seem to look the same. Were they different chassis/engine with a standard (ergonomic) cab?

Yes, the cab was broadly the same, the key difference was the grilles. 

[Simond]

Austin - Morris all over again.

[Hal Nail]

5 hours ago, Simond said:

Austin - Morris all over again.

Its more akin to having virtually identical cars called roots scepter, roots hunter and roots vogue, which didnt happen as they kept the old brand names, Humber, Hillman and Singer?

 

That's why I was confused about these different types of Leyland branded lorries....    

[w124bob]

14 hours ago, Hal Nail said:

Slight hijack but the AEC mantador, leyland beaver, albion and comet (and others) all seem to look the same. Were they different chassis/engine with a standard (ergonomic) cab?

Pretty much, typical BMC badge engineering like the Austin/Morris/Wolsley/Riley/MG 1100 variants. I think the cab pressings were outsourced, but can't offhand remember the supplier.

[37114]

1 hour ago, w124bob said:

Pretty much, typical BMC badge engineering like the Austin/Morris/Wolsley/Riley/MG 1100 variants. I think the cab pressings were outsourced, but can't offhand remember the supplier.

Sankey I recall.

 

It was a little bit more than badge engineering  as with the exception of the cab there were differences to the chassis, engine and running gear between AEC, Leyland and Albion variants. This was different to the 1100 where the basic car was the same engine, gearbox etc. 

[CME and Bottlewasher]

On 13/06/2020 at 23:09, Hal Nail said:

Slight hijack but the AEC mantador, leyland beaver, albion and comet (and others) all seem to look the same. Were they different chassis/engine with a standard (ergonomic) cab?

Yes that's pretty much as you say from my understanding, Eg number of wheels, chassis size/type, different engines, some trim differences and later a slight face lift iirc.

Edited June 14, 2020 by CME and Bottlewasher

[Sturminster_Newton]

Which ever of the larger scale you choose to muddle in the road vehicles available never quite match.

 

16mm/ft = 1:19.3 nearest vehicle scale 1:18 or 1:16

 

'G' scale 1:22.5 apart from a few specialist items the nearest scale 1:25

 

O-gauge 1:43.5 limited 1:43, but shelves full of 1:50

 

G1 1:32 loads of 1:35 military a few Britains Farm models

 

Model vehicles seem to be more of a near miss when developing new models. Other than OO and British N the other choice is Foreign HO and N. Model vehicles are biased against the railway modeller.

 

Fortunately modern computer controlled laser cutters allow models to be carved out of the sheet in all scales, but model vehicles seem as trapped by historic scales ratios in the 21century as they were in the 20th and I personally think this will remain the situation for years to come. There is no demand from collectors to change, just as rail modellers are as unlikely to bin off OO for HO. Or 1:43 to slide down to 1:48...