[Closed] Response to Randy 15702.1 I chose beige. Buz only made 10 of each color.

Curtis, I agree about the lighter colors. There is actually a 1:1 of these wagons running..........

around here in Carlsbad. I see it quite often in the mornings when I take the kids to school. It is actually painted the green color. Might be just a tad darker on the 1:1 but not much. It looks real nice and its fun to see it driving down the road. I see more of the Ford woodies down here and its quite rare to see a Chevrolet woody wagon. I have not decided yet on the color I want. Probably go with the beige color as I have 2 green woody wagons already with the Hudson and the Packard. RANDY

Better get on the stick Randy - I just ordered a beige one.

I could have gone with any color actually. But I have so many red to maroon and all shades of green on the woodie shelves I just needed more variety.

I also ordered a beige one.

I also ordered a beige one.

So nice, you did it twice, eh, Bob?

Moi aussi in terms of snagging a beige!

First thing I will do is swap out the wheels and tires on mine when I get it !

Randy, try a set of Keystone classics on that one,

It will compliment it very nice, like the ones here on my buddies Camaro...

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Ugh on swapping. BTW - When will there be a quality 1:43 Chevette as in the rear of Ben's pic?

Finding Keystone wheels in 1:43 scale is not possible. It is hard to find any............

custom wheels in 1:43 scale. The ones I do find a lot of times are cheap and not done very well and come off of diecast models. On occasion I find decent wheels and will buy all of the models with those wheels that I can as long as I can get them at a decent price. I have spent hundreds of dollars in my quest to find decent custom wheels for my models. Its quite silly and some might want to or would question my sanity if they actually new the money I spent just to customize some of my models with wheels and tires. For this reason I will not offer any more info or clues into my sickness or obsession in this area of 1:43 models lol. RANDY

Got the hiccups while I was posting...hate it when that happens.

Thomas, Come on now its not that bad. All of the swaps that I have done..............

can be changed back to the stock versions. So its not like you ruined or changed the model forever. It just gives you a different look. Lets face it not every stock wheel and tire combination that came on the real 1:1 cars were that great to look at. Some were or are better then others. Also people have been swapping out stock wheels and tires on 1:1 cars since almost the beginning. So for me it is just a natural thing to do. I have always done it with my 1:1 cars. Lastly most 1:1 cars now days come with nicer wheels and tires compared to what they use to put on the cars. I agree there are collector cars that should be left as they came from the factory. But again the fact that I can change all my 1:43 models back to the way they came if I want kind of takes away any of the worry about changing them. Unless of course you just do not like it. And that as we all know is left to opinion which in respect to cars means nothing really. So I can not wait to put some custom wheels on that Chevrolet Woody Wagon. Trust me it will look great lol ! RANDY

Randy, just because I would never swap wheels like you do doesn't mean that you shouldn't.

I always say that what someone does with his car and his money is his business. I see beauty in the originality of an older vehicle and you see it as you think it should have been done. Admittedly,as I get older I see more young people going the direction of change. My biggest concern is that younger folks get a distorted picture of how things used to be and think a 1947 Chevrolet came with mag wheels. To each his own.

Randy, Bob posted an elegant response. I am a purist and because I wouldn't do it doesn't mean you shouldn't. For 1:1 cars (and 1:43), I am a bone stock purist. Except for 1:43 models that were made as rods to begin with (like some Durhams and of course Design Studio rods). Ignore my Mr. Grumble grunt.

Now, onto another matter - you lament above (and below) that you can't find decent custom 1:43 wheels. Does this quandry perhaps present a small business opportunity for you?