Thats absolutely AWESOME!
PMR
NHTXAlong with an 0-4-0T and an 0-4-0 tender equipped switcher,
STRATTON AND GILLETTE 0-4-0T number 408 is an unpowered Hobbyline kit.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Forgot to mention: The white in a number of the photos is ivory.
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
If you are ever in the NE Ohio area with a couple of hours on your hands, you should definitely stop off at the Warther Museum in Dover, OH. Here's a link to Mr. Warther's "carvings":
https://thewarthermuseum.com/ernest-mooney-warther
Ernest was not a train buff, per say, but he was fascinated by steam and steam locomotives. IIRC, all of his creations are hand-carved (no power tools used) and the steam locomotive drivers rotate. Mr. Warther used certain woods for the axles that contained natural oils so his trains never need lubrication. The museum runs them every day and some of them are close to, if not, 100 years old.
Yea, worth the stop. His wife's button collect is pretty impressive, too.
Tom
The NKP 2-8-4 static model referred to was part of a line of kits that COULD be motorized. Along with an 0-4-0T and an 0-4-0 tender equipped switcher, these models were produced in the mid-to-late 1950s by a company known as Hobbyline. In HO, along with the steamers, Hobbyline also made ALCo FA-1s and an assortment of freight car kits. The unpowered Berkshires sold for $2.98 and most freight car kits were $1.00 or less. Still, a princely sum for a ten or eleven year old, in those days. The strange thing about these kits was, I only saw them in one hobby shop, at about half of the MSRP. They were readily available in Kresge's and F. W. Woolworth's five and dime stores. Some of the Hobbyline tooling was picked up by Lionel for their foray into HO in the late 1950s, early 1960s.
At the same time Hobbyline was churning out unpowered steamers, the famous Hobbytown of Boston was producing an unpowered, plastic, ALCo RS-3 kit. These were also sold in the five and dime stores alongside the Hobbyline stuff for, if I remember correctly, less than $3.00
Classic confirmation that a model doesn't have to 'operate' to qualify as a model railroad subject.
I like it! That would look awesome on top of the credenza beneath my TV in the livng room.
I wish there would have been more narration.
How about something a bit different?
(140) 4-8-2 Mountain Steam Locomotive Wooden Model Build - YouTube
Free-lance design based on Internet photos