Lionelville reviews??

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challenger3980

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March 2007
From: Rhododendron, OR
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Posted by challenger3980 on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 1:57 AM

Hi again CS,

I tried to post some pics, but I couldn't get it to work, I have only done that once. If you do a search for "Pics of the Christmas Tree, Carpet and Western" those were the pics that I was going to post for You anyway. the two Stations that you see are Walther's Golden Valley Depots Cornerstone series built ups (Nice buildings) but the rest are Lionelville Buildings.

Doug

May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails

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challenger3980

Member since
March 2007
From: Rhododendron, OR
1,516 posts

Posted by challenger3980 on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 1:23 AM

Hi CS,

Yes these are O-Scale, They are nice buildings, especially for the price. They are much larger and nicer than Plasticville, but they wont be mistaken for Craftsman quality kits. I have a very large collection of these, waiting for that layout that is getting built when I FINALLY get the garage cleaned out.

These buildings have opaque windows, they are translucent so light shows through them when illuminated. They do not have any interior detail, if you wanted to replace the opaque window glazing with clear, you could detail the interiors if you liked, but the stock window glazing's would not make it possible to see any interior detailing if you added any. Also, if you have a variable voltage accessory post, that would be helpful in adjusting the intensity of the interior lighting to get it to a nice level, rather than looking there is a small piece of the sun inside.

I have bought from that ebay seller, got what I ordered, Quickly and in Excellent condition, no complaints. His prices are often catalog MSRP + shipping, but if you want something and can't find it anywhere else, then WELL...

Another ebay seller to check out is j.tripp3 I have bought many of my Lionelville buildings from him, he has good prices and a lower shipping charge (at least showing to MY ZIP) He combined the shipping on about 8 (IIRC) buildings that I bought all at the same time from him, saved me quite a bit in shipping. Right now, j.tripp3 is listing several of the business buildings, but none of the residential buildings.

I would say that in MY experience, both sellers were honest and dependable, I would buy from either of them again, if they had what I wanted at a price that I could accept.

Doug

May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails