The Diecast Zone Forums - Recent Topics https://diecast.org/community/ Diecast Zone Discussion Board en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:46:13 +0000 wpForo 60 getting the truck ready for a busy week... 1953 GMC DM https://diecast.org/community/1_24/getting-the-truck-ready-for-a-busy-week-1953-gmc-dm/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:35:41 +0000 Galen55 https://diecast.org/community/1_24/getting-the-truck-ready-for-a-busy-week-1953-gmc-dm/ Nostalgia Models... https://diecast.org/community/1_24/nostalgia-models-pic/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:33:18 +0000 The 1950s still saw a lot of home delivery vehicles. I remember small trucks offering to sharpen your knives and lawn mower blades. As a kid, the ones that I looked forward to were the Divco dairy truck that delivered un-homogenized milk in the early morning. Before school I would get the bottles from the milk box and pour the cram off the top for my cereal. Another Divco was a bakery truck that I'd flag down for their fudge topped cup cakes. But the real summer treat was from the Chevy 3100 "Good Humor" truck. I would here the bells in the distance and shake my mother down for the 15 cents toget my favorite treat - the Toasted Almond bar. These two trucks were such an integral part of suburban life in the 1950s.

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233751 233752 233753 233754 233755 233757 233758 233759 233760 233766 233761 233762 233770 233764 233765 233767 233768]]> Rich Sufficool https://diecast.org/community/1_24/nostalgia-models-pic/ A little Brooklin!!! https://diecast.org/community/1_64/a-little-brooklin/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:27:32 +0000 Fiat came out with an electric 500 in 2020.  With Brooklin's close connection with the Italians (see their larger Fiats and Alfa Romeos), it seems they made a promotional model for the release of the real one.  I got wind of it via a Facebook post more than a year ago but did not see a single one for sale anywhere.  Now, it seems Brooklin had one left in the back of the factory, so I picked it up recently from their eBay outlet store!  #1 of 275.     And I still do not see any for sale anywhere...  maybe people are hoarding them?  hahaha  In any case, why did I even buy this?   I don't collect, 1/64, or Fiats or electric cars or promo cars...   But I had to have it.

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One piece, brushed metal.  Nice job on the wheels and tires...

233716 233717]]> Karl Schnelle https://diecast.org/community/1_64/a-little-brooklin/ Poll: Which '60? (4/6/2026) https://diecast.org/community/lounge/poll-which-60-4-6-2026/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:19:24 +0000 '60 Buick or Mercury?

Be sure to make your selection.

Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.

If selection is greater than 2 rank them.

 

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233719 233720]]> John Bono https://diecast.org/community/lounge/poll-which-60-4-6-2026/ To those who celebrate Easter... https://diecast.org/community/lounge/to-those-who-celebrate-easter/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:47:13 +0000 The church I pastor is hiring a co-pastor. He'll be here next week. If everything works out, he will eventually be my replacement, probably sometime during the next twelve months. I love what I do, but I'm beginning to feel my bandwidth narrow, and, at seventy-three, I am looking forward to taking a step or two back.

I say all this to mention this: today may have been my last Easter Sunday sermon. If anyone is interested in hearing/watching it, I don't want to post it here. But, if you would like to see it, send me a note (kuvakas@gmail.com), and I'll send you the link. The title is "The Scars That Never Heal." 

]]> John Kuvakas https://diecast.org/community/lounge/to-those-who-celebrate-easter/ It pays to be dirty. https://diecast.org/community/lounge/it-pays-to-be-dirty/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:05:10 +0000 233709
 
Gardening is much more than just a hobby—it’s a biological interaction with the Earth that changes your brain chemistry.
There is a harmless, common bacterium found in soil called Mycobacterium vaccae. 

The Serotonin Boost: When you garden, you inhale this bacteria or it gets onto your skin. Research shows it stimulates a specific group of neurons in your brain to produce Serotonin—the "feel-good" chemical.

Prozac of the Earth: Scientists have found that the effect of this soil bacteria on the brain is similar to antidepressant drugs like Prozac, but without any side effects.

Brain Power: In studies (like those by the University of Bristol, England), mice exposed to this bacteria showed reduced anxiety and a significantly higher ability to learn new tasks.
 
So folks, it is Spring. Time for gardening. Time to get dirty.
 
]]> David Green https://diecast.org/community/lounge/it-pays-to-be-dirty/ Advertising the 1936 Dodge https://diecast.org/community/lounge/advertising-the-1936-dodge/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:49:34 +0000 The 1936 Dodge was a good-looking sedan even if $640 was a bit pricey back then ! I am happy to have a 1/25 Liberty Classics diecast of the 4-door convertible. Here the actual 1:1 sedan is obviously the favorite ride of actress and robot Claudette Colbert, who is apparently screwing her robot head back on to inform us all of the benefits of this Dodge automobile !

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]]> michaeldetorrice https://diecast.org/community/lounge/advertising-the-1936-dodge/ Sundays Pics: One of my cars. https://diecast.org/community/1_24/sundays-pics-one-of-my-cars-61/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:41:29 +0000 Never liked the wheel on this, changed them.

]]> Hollis Cornell https://diecast.org/community/1_24/sundays-pics-one-of-my-cars-61/ Sundays Pics: Guys Busy at the Shop. https://diecast.org/community/1_24/sundays-pics-guys-busy-at-the-shop-100/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:37:32 +0000 Hollis Cornell https://diecast.org/community/1_24/sundays-pics-guys-busy-at-the-shop-100/ Video: 1969 Pontiac Commercial...4/5/2026 https://diecast.org/community/lounge/video-1969-pontiac-commercial-4-5-2026/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:05:05 +0000 https://www.facebook.com/reel/2400965717032794

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