Hi
I'm getting down to detailing a lot of my PRR / NYC HO layout set in 1954 and I'm trying to find HO scale public telephone booths. Those booths with the accordian door made of metal not wood. I've searched Walthers and the internet but to no avail. I'm sure someone must make them. Anyone know? If not, does anyone know the dimensions so I could make them myself?
Thanks guys.
How´s this?
Thanks Ulrich.
Try Osborn Model Kits made in Canada. I got mine from MB Klein. Four in each kit. Doug
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Model-Power-HO-Park-Scenes-p/mdp-5710.htm
Here is another one in a set but I think it only includes one phone booth.
Nit-picking alert!
Are we sure these booths are appropriate for 1954? I was just a kid then, but I think these booths may have been introduced around 1960 or so, with most or all public phones being indoors prior to that.
Could be wrong. Can anybody clarify this, one way or the other?
Tom
These are from Gold Medal Models:
http://www.goldmm.com/hoscale/gmhphone.htm
2 booths for $12. They're on sale for $10 at Walthers. I have a pair, but I haven't put them together yet. The cut metal sheet looks sharp and clear. I do have a set of their bicycles which came out very well.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
ACYNit-picking alert!
"The first telephone booth in London, England was probably installed near the Staple Inn in High Holborn in May 1903. It was operated and located by the Grand Central Railway. However, some sources[who?] claim that there was a telephone box called "Fernsprechkiosk" in Berlin in 1881." -- Wikipedia.
And then there's this piece of history from 1942:
I don't know if you can still find them but Walthers DID have a street detail set that included a late '50s early '60s era phone booth.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3535
Lots of drug stores, hotel lobbies and railroad stations had the wood booths like the one Superman is getting undressed in but they were always protected from the weather... indoors.
http://www.foxvalleyhobbys.com/ho-city-accessory-package-kit-933-3535-ol-1/
2 in stock? Might be worth a call...
Hope that helps, Ed
That little $10.00 station kit from Walthers comes with a phone booth included. There are always lots of these stations in the junk boxes at train shows for $2.00 a pop.
Not wanting to hijack the thread but it made me think a scene in a movie where a bunch of reporters ran into a row of phone booths in a rush to report a story and the whole row fell over. What movie was that?
My phone booth may have to go as I think an earlier era is in order for my layout.
Brent
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BATMANNot wanting to hijack the thread but it made me think a scene in a movie where a bunch of reporters ran into a row of phone booths in a rush to report a story and the whole row fell over. What movie was that?
Airplane!
That's it! Thanks Mr. B. Still makes me
Here's another option:
http://www.rocousa.com/preiser_17213_letterboxes_telephone_boxes_kit.asp
Bob
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I remember seeing PhoneBooths in a Woodland Scenics package with people and other items.
That is how I accumulated the phone booths on my layout. Real world wake up call came when the young grand daughters could not find them, because they had never seen one. Just another reminder of the perils that come with my increasing sense of becoming more and more vintage in my outlook.
Sigh.
Don H.
Those are German booths, I think the OP is looking for American booths.
Jay
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glutrain That is how I accumulated the phone booths on my layout. Real world wake up call came when the young grand daughters could not find them, because they had never seen one. Just another reminder of the perils that come with my increasing sense of becoming more and more vintage in my outlook. Sigh. Don H.
ACYAre we sure these booths are appropriate for 1954? I was just a kid then, but I think these booths may have been introduced around 1960 or so, with most or all public phones being indoors prior to that.
Hi Chutton01
Superb details. Thank you! And yes I already have the Bell .... phone from here signs.
Hi All
Thanks for all the pointing in directions for available HO phone booths. Very obliged guys!
Thanks
Barry
Chutton:
That's the info I've been waiting for in this thread. During the 1950's, most of the phone booths I remember were indoors and made of wood. By about 1960, I think the metal outdoor booths were becoming more and more numerous. When a business establishment had an indoor booth, they would display one of those Bell signs outside. Since nobody had ever heard of a cell phone at the time, this was a good way to get potential customers into the store.
Ah..... the halcyon days before cell phones..............
woodman I remember seeing PhoneBooths in a Woodland Scenics package with people and other items.
Woodman, I believe this is the set you are referring to.
Street accessories
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
OP,
If you are still looking for a telephone booth you might be interested in this one.
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Miller-Engineering-HO-879550-Phone-Booth-Kit-p/mil-879550.htm
As has been said, many of our younger modlers have never seen a telephone booth and I'll have to admit I was beginning to forget just how they looked. Below is a picture of two and I'd guess that they are the latest model that was use in the area where I live.
superbe As has been said, many of our younger modlers have never seen a telephone booth and I'll have to admit I was beginning to forget just how they looked. Below is a picture of two and I'd guess that they are the latest model that was use in the area where I live. Bob
Love the Bell sign above the telephone kiosk.
Well, this thread prompted me to dig out the Gold Medal Models phone booth that I hadn't yet assembled. This is 2 booths on one sheet of metal:
As you can see, it's nice,clean sheet. The metal color is perfect. I painted the interior floor and the phone while still on the sheet, and then cut the parts out. The folds are all notched and bend easily and straight. The model does not come with "glass," but I found a sheet of acytate in my parts bin. I cut sections to shape and painted the bottom panels with red craft paint, and attached them with canopy cement. Here, I left the front panel and top unfolded so you can see the phone and shelf details inside:
The bi-fold doors on the front can be left closed, or folded and positioned as desired.
This was a fun little kit to put together. For the second one, I will notch the acytate windows so they fit properly around the phone.
MisterBeasley
Excellent model. I had seen these on the Gold Medal Models website and the picture there was, quite frankly, awful. So didn't take too much notice. Your phone kiosk show they need to put on a better photo!
Nice.