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Yellow Box Kit Grain Elevator

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Yellow Box Kit Grain Elevator
Posted by tomkat-13 on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 10:22 AM

Here is an old "Yellow Box" kit I got at a swap met for $8 

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Posted by mlehman on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 11:42 AM

Looks good, TomThumbs Up

An old Suydam kit, but I wonder why the generic label? or maybe they didn't put their name on early labels???

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 12:33 PM

It was a newer California Model Co kit. I used gap filling gel Super glue to assemble it.

 

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Posted by mlehman on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 2:33 PM

OK, hadn't seen the boxes from the new mfg of these kits. The generic look I guess? I'm with you, though, if I ever assemble any more of them with the metal siding it'll be all about epoxy for me. I still remember what a bear the Black Bart mine was to solder -- when I had only the barest of clues on how to do that correctly.

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Urbana, IL

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