I found this neat HO scale steam shovel at a train show this weekend and bought it at a reasonable price..
Now I have to find a spot for a quarry or, at least, a hole for it to dig on my layout..
Jarrell
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Hi!
Gotta ask............... who makes it, and what was the cost?
It looks great, wish I had one!
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Jarrell,
Boy! That is very nice! And someone did a nice job on the weathering, too.
A couple of questions for you, if I may:
Nice acquisition, Jarrell. Thanks for post this!
Tom
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Johnny, I picked this up at the train show at the Centreplex in Macon this past Saturaday.
Johnnny_reb wrote:That's neat, if I modeled in the era it would be a nice model to have.
Fellas, I didn't get to talk to the man very much... he was kinda busy, but he did say it was a kit, but I forget who made it. It is super light weight so I'm assuming it's wood except for some parts. But I'm not absolutely certain of that. The cables are a type of thread. He did mention Jordan was coming out with a similar kit like it soon. He had a beauty of a drag line but my buddy snapped it up. Sorry I don't have any more information than that.
It's a Highway Miniatures kit. I assume they are a part of or otherwise connected to Jordan Products, as the instructions are done in the same way. The shovel was released some years ago, along with a similar model with a longer boom to make a crane. They were out of production for quite a while and have recently returned to the market. I have one like it and a crane version still in the box, bought them years ago.
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I paid $30 for it.
TA462 wrote:It looks like a Jordan kit to me. Who ever built it did a great job on it. The kits I believe are around 20-25 bucks. How much did it cost you Jarrell if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks Bob. The drag line he had was a real beauty also, wish I'd been a step or two faster! :)
Railphotog wrote:It's a Highway Miniatures kit. I assume they are a part of or otherwise connected to Jordan Products, as the instructions are done in the same way. The shovel was released some years ago, along with a similar model with a longer boom to make a crane. They were out of production for quite a while and have recently returned to the market. I have one like it and a crane version still in the box, bought them years ago.
Is it just me, or does that shovel remind you of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Mary Ann)
"We can dig as much in a day as a hundered men can dig in a week!!"
good times. I'll have to keep an eye out for that shovel model.
just found one on ebay, and the jordan kit is listed on the walthers website...
p.s. the one on ebay is MINE!!!
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