(Pics) 1946 DeSoto Suburban

Looks like an excellent model Mike. I like the last picture best without the narrow white walls.

I really like that one. Very nice. I am not sure I know about this one. 

Posted by: @bob-jackman

Looks like an excellent model Mike. I like the last picture best without the narrow white walls.

Thanks, Bob. It's a very nice replica of the big DeSoto. The tires can be reversed, so now it has the blackwall look that can give cars a kind of vintage "everyday driver" look which can be cool.

Sometimes (like during parts of the Korean War) shortages and restrictions led to even higher end cars sporting more "budget" looking blackwalls.

Posted by: @jcarnutz

I really like that one. Very nice. I am not sure I know about this one. 

It's a really good White Box release of a large DeSoto from just after WWII. These WB 1/43 models were available at a very reasonable price and may still be out there, perhaps in various color schemes.

Too bad that no model maker has ever made a correctly sized Desoto Suburban.  They are longer than the standard sedan and have a third row of seats inside.  The front door is much longer on the Suburban.

Here's a link to a real example of the long wheelbase Suburban:

Suburban

Here's a standard length Desoto sedan, the one all manufacturers from Sun to Vitesse and others have attempted to pass off as a Suburban.   

Standard wheelbase

Amazing how this old Vitesse casting keeps soldiering on. Gotta be at least 20 years old now.

Mike, I frequently reverse the tires on my models to make them more period correct. I agree with D Crowe about the DeSoto Suburban being a long wheelbase car.