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11/12/2016 4:25 am
TSM GM Futurliner (PIC)
Yesterday I received the TSM Futurliner "Out of the Muddle Part II".
Great model, but can some-one explain to me why two roof-top-light-pods were added to the model ?
As far as I can tell, they are both the same.
Or am I missing something here ?
See the TSM-picture of the model:
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11/12/2016 7:34 am
(pics) While the original futurliner dates to, I believe, 1939, it was "modernized" for the 1950's Parade of Progress, a traveling GMC show that crossed the US and Canada. I think the upper lighting/billboard may have been part of the 50's work.
(later) I have found some small pictures on the web of the Futurliner, circa 1954, with similar lighting. Please forgive my poor attempt at reproducing them.
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I have a hunch the single column lifting apparatus was too fragile in plastic and so in our beloved 1:43 scale a doubled structure was substituted. Just a guess.
11/12/2016 2:34 pm
I was baffled by this as well, Joop.