Mel's Drive - In

[TooOld]

I got this a couple of weeks ago but just took some photos this morning . It looks pretty basic but there is a lot of details there including all of the windows and doors . Plus the brick walls and posts and the Mel's sign in two sizes . Looking on line I found some miniature neon sign kits that run on a 12v adapter !
It has a lot possibilities for some one who is skilled in dioramas .

[AL]

....... that's neato, -thanks for posting this ... !!!!!

-AL

[Tory]

It's a shame it doesn't come with any cars.

I did find a nice HO scale 3 window coupe kit that might suffice as Milner's coupe:



www.valleymodeltrains.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=221&products_id=7642

[TooOld]

Actually , all of the cars from the movie are available in 1/64th scale along with some figures .
Do a search for 1/64 American Graffiti Diecast .

[Tory]

tooold, the "Mel's Drive-In" kit is HO scale which is 1/87th scale, so the 1/64 diecast vehicles would be considerably out of scale. Had the same problem when Moebius did the Munster's House in HO, both the Munster's Coach and the Dragula were available in 1/64 diecast, but were too large for the model of the house.

[gfgcollects]

Apr 3, 2013 12:17:33 GMT -6 Tory said:

tooold, the "Mel's Drive-In" kit is HO scale which is 1/87th scale, so the 1/64 diecast vehicles would be considerably out of scale. Had the same problem when Moebius did the Munster's House in HO, both the Munster's Coach and the Dragula were available in 1/64 diecast, but were too large for the model of the house.

That's too bad in both cases that these are not available in 1/64 so Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Johnny Lightning etc. could fit right in. I guess they figured there would be more interested buyers who would fit these into model railroad layouts. Kit looks cool though.

Gerry G

[TooOld]

Apr 3, 2013 12:17:33 GMT -6 Tory said:

tooold, the "Mel's Drive-In" kit is HO scale which is 1/87th scale, so the 1/64 diecast vehicles would be considerably out of scale. Had the same problem when Moebius did the Munster's House in HO, both the Munster's Coach and the Dragula were available in 1/64 diecast, but were too large for the model of the house.

You're right about the size difference between the kit and the diecast cars that are available . I'm planning on " Up-Scaling " this to the proper size . Looking at the parts , most of them are simple square or rectangular shapes that can be modified or re-made to larger dimensions . Even the main roof section can be enlarged by adding to the perimeter . I might be over simplifying it a bit , but I guess I'll find out .

[RatRod]

One good thing about this little kit, if you have a well stocked model railroad shop around, there are tons of nice built-ups, and kits in HO scale to stock this baby up!!!

[Deleted]

I have most of the star cars in HO scale form my Mel's. There is a kit for milners car made by Jordan. The Merc and 55 Checy are easy. And I even got a HO scale 2CV!! There is more available in 1/87 than in 1/25.