Table of Contents

Acknowledgements and Introduction Handbuilt Models from start to present day The Origin of Handbuilt Models The Market for Handbuilt Models Current Builders of Handbuilt Models of Ford Motor Company Automobiles The Character of Handbuilt Models (a description of a typical model) What goes into making a Handbuilt Model (The process of building a model from conception to completion) Ford (4 pages of summaries, by decade of significant 1:43rd scale handbuilt models of Ford brand automobiles) The Thirties The Forties The Fifities The Sixties Ford (Starting with 1930 and following in chronological order until 1969, approximately 40 pages of photographs and captions of scale Ford brand models. The chapter is somewhat broken up with special pages on 1940 Fords, 1950-51 Fords, 1953 Fords, 1955-57 Thunderbirds, 1958-60 Edsels, and 1964-68 Mustangs.) Lincoln - (A 2 page summary, by decade of significant 1:43rd scale handbuilt models of Lincoln brand automobiles) The Thirties The Forties The Fifities The Sixties Lincoln (Approximately 22 pages of photos and captions of Lincoln models) Mercury (A 1 page summary, by decade of significant 1:43rd scale handbuilt models of Lincoln brand automobiles) The Forties The Fifities The Sixties Mercury - (Approximately 9 pages of photos and captions of Mercury models) The Builders (The author s impression of their models, brief historical and contact information where available, a representative photograph, and a complete listing by model number of each builders models - active and defunct (Approximately 18 pages). Suppliers A map with contact information of suppliers of handbuilt models.

About the Author

Randall Olson grew up in the small city of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the centre of the North American continent. He has vivid memories of cruising across the vast flatlands of his childhood in the Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler land yachts of the 1950 s. A love for these automobiles became a part of his life, as did his enjoyment of photography and scale model motorcars. Randall has combined these loves in (Title). The author lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada with his wife and twin teenage sons. He is a business consultant, skilled miniaturist and diorama builder and is working on his next book in this series.

Reviews

The International Plastic Modelers' Society, USA
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'Ford in Miniature' is billed as the first book ever devoted to handbuilt model Fords. In its 128 pages and over 400 color photographs, the author has attempted to provide a comprehensive listing of all the 1:43 scale handbuilt model Fords, Edsels, Mercurys, and Lincolns available for the model years 1930 through 1969. What are 'handbuilt' models, and why would IPMS members be interested in them? According to the author, a handbuilt model is built entirely by hand out of white metal or resin. They are normally sold pre-built, but are occasionally sold as kits. They generally contain far more detail and are truer to scale than the die cast toys one finds in many stores these days; they are built in limited numbers (generally 1,000 or less); and they are fairly expensive, ranging between $75 and $300. Traditionally they have been 1:43 scale, although recently several manufacturers have been offering them in 1:24 and 1:18 scale as well. The accuracy and detail are what make them interesting to IPMS members: they provide, ready-made, what many of us strive for in our own models. While I tend to build 1:24 scale cars, I have a small collection of these handbuilts as well, which I purchased for all of the above reasons as well as the fact that they offer subjects that I can't get in 1:24 scale. I'm sure I'm not the only scale modeler whose interests include handbuilts. But I digress.
The book in question is organized into six chapters. After an introductory chapter, the next three are each devoted to one of the makes produced by the Ford Motor Company in the US: Ford (and Edsel), Mercury, and Lincoln. Each chapter begins with a brief summary, decade-by-decade, of some of the more significant models available. The summaries are then followed by page after page of photographs of models arranged by model and year. The photos are of high quality and provide an inter

Old Cars Weekly News & Marketplace, "Dec. 28, 2006"If you are like me - a Ford fan and a model car collector - Ford in Miniature "will be an invaluable part of your reference material ... This one's highly recommended."
MCM", April 2007
."..a very worthwhile reference."

The Automobile, January 2007

If you are into the collection of hand-built 1:43rd scale models and North American Fords in particular, including Lincoln and Mercury, this is for you. Die-cast manufacturers such as Corgi, Dinky and Matchbox are thus not included. This is not just a review of North American products as more than half the current builders come from Europe. The book is largely pictorial and is also an interesting way of showing the history of Ford from the 1930s to the 1960s.


The Automobile, January 2007
If you are into the collection of hand-built 1: 43rd scale models and North American Fords in particular, including Lincoln and Mercury, this is for you. Die-cast manufacturers such as Corgi, Dinky and Matchbox are thus not included. This is not just a review of North American products as more than half the current builders come from Europe. The book is largely pictorial and is also an interesting way of showing the history of Ford from the 1930s to the 1960s.