Survey, 1:56 cars

[Gailbraithe]

Things I'd love to see:

• Baja Bug
• Jeep Wrangler TJ
• 1959 Cadillac Eldorado
• Ford Model B

[Vanvlak]

Kubelwagen. 

[Legiocustodes]

A 1959 Plymouth Belvedere - also known as a Chryslus Highwayman.

Yes yes yes x100

[SBRPearce]

Ford F-150

Ford Transit Connect

some inexpensive modern small to mid-sized sedan - you know, the ubiquitous street car

[Hatemonger]

some inexpensive modern small to mid-sized sedan - you know, the ubiquitous street car

Absolutely this.

Every time I go looking at diecasts (or hotwheels/matchbox for that matter), there are lots of sports cars, muscle cars, racing cars, but you know what I never see? The kind of normal cars that would actually line the normal streets of a normal city on a daily basis. Maybe your hometown is different, but if a zombie apocalypse happens here, the cars parked on the street are not going to look like Fast & Furious or Nascar. I'm sure the Warboys would love to have a Ferrari to trick out, but how many of them are going to be left?

So to twist your question a bit: if I think of modern vehicles - which become post-apocalypse vehicles - the iconic ones for me would be:
1) Average, everyday, unremarkable car, of the kind everyone buys when they graduate, or get married, or get a "real" job, etc.
2) Pickup truck, if only because you can mod this into so many variations. The farmer's truck, a utility service truck, the survivalist's truck with camper, maybe even an SUV if you stick closer to the original styles. Maybe an ambulance and smaller delivery truck if you're tricky about it.

If you're talking about modern America, I'd add SUV and minivan next on the list, and some kind of van if you can't work off the pickup. That covers a lot of ground - just about any personal-use vehicle aside from motorcycles. The next step up would be larger trucks like UPS, or 20' hauler.

- H8

[Scorpio]

Herkimer Battle Jitney!

[Valerik]

Absolutely this.  ~

The next step up would be larger trucks like UPS, ~

UPS Delivery Die Cast Truck 1:55 Scale





http://www.amazon.com/UPS-Delivery-Die-Cast-Truck/dp/B001E09Y4I

& heap cheap too!!  "Price:   $11.89 & FREE Shipping"

Purists take note:  

This Package Car (everybody BUT Big Brown call it a UPS truck) should have a white roof.



It is a translucent plastic panel, for electricity free interior illumination...



The nefarious Post-Apoc mods would appear to be limitless!!

Then there's THIS genius!!



I'm OK with pick ups, delivery, not so much!!

Valerik

"The plural of anecdote is not data"
EDIT  Damn pictures disappeared

[pahvivalmiste]

Another vote for basic sedan. And a large tractor truck

[arget8]

My votes would go to the sedans (honda accord/subaru impreza), pick ups (F-150/Dodge Ram), and vans (minivan or 10 seater). That would cover almost anything from about the late 1990's to foreseeable future and post apocalypse.

As to scale, I would say that it may be better to go with 1/50 rather than 1/56. Due to basing and the fact that 28mm minis are almost never sculpted to actual scale, 1/50 would be much more appropriate size-wise. That's what empress has done with their modern vehicles.