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	1/87 #1107 Monogram Hudson Steam Locomotive (HO Gauge) Sante Fe Exc++ Injection Molded old			$24 Sale Pending Email for availability.
	1982 release. Very nicely detailed and finely molded. Includes track display base, train and tender. The model has never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

	1/87 #865 Balboa Brass Southern Pacific - Streamliner Golden State Train Cars - Baggage Mail / Pullman Sleeper / Dining / Vista Dome / Observation VG Metal old			$650
	Brass hand crafted and painted Japanese HO train from Balboa Katsumi Scale Models. The original Katsumi blue hardbox has some wear but is solid. Inside, this set is in investment grade condition. The Golden State is the rarest of the Balboa streamlined kits. This is the first time that I have ever seen this complete set available and in mint condition. The set consists of a Baggage Mail Car, a Pullman sleeping car, a Dining Car. a Vista Dome Car and an Observation Car. All cars are internally lit. The original foam rubber and coupler pockets are included, as well as coach seating kits in the original bags, waiting to be installed. The paint is all factory and each car is mint. All cars are still protected in the original clear plastic sleeves. It would be difficult to find a better set. Postal insurance will be required.

	1/87 #R8 Comet HO Wabash Wooden Outside Braced Automobile Box Car Exc Wood old			$36 Sale Pending Email for availability.
	Comet was a very famous manufacture of flying stick and tissue as well as solid aircraft models. What is less well known is that Comet produced HO equipment during the HO boom of the late 1930s/1940s. This is an excellent kit from that period. The kit features precut and shaped wooden roof, underside and frame, metal ladders, grab irons and other small parts, and heavy embossed and pre-decorated cardstock sides and ends for Wabash. Features very well drawn full size plans. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.

	1/87 #R-2 Strombecker HO Caboose - Wooden Kit VG Wood old			$18
	Strombecker was famous for it's pre-cut and shaped wooden aircraft, ship and train kits. While other manufactures issued simple blocks of wood with plans, Strombecker took the chance of increased price and finished the wooden parts to shape or very close to it. This caboose is unmarked and is a wood and colored cardstock model. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.

	HO #35 Kasiner Hobbies Metal Streamliner Observation Car - HO Scale Metal Kit Exc+ Metal old			$39
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During this time, Kasiner created a fine line of real metal streamliner cars. The bodies are made from cast aluminum with aluminum ends as well.. If you polish them and assemble the model, the look like the real thing. The kit comes with pre-printed windows with shade/blind detail, end diaphragm, decals for NY Central, wood for underside details, sealed parts packet, wooden floor and detailed instructions with full size diagrams.. The aluminum is in excellent condition and has not corroded. The model has not been started and is complete.

	HO #34 OK Herkimer Metal Streamliner Baggage Car - HO Scale Metal Kit VG++ Metal old			$32
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During this time, OK (Herkimer Tool and Model Works) created a line of real metal streamliner cars. The ends and body are made from cast aluminum. If you polish them and assemble the model, the look like the real thing. The kit comes with fully assembled Talgo metal trucks, predrilled floors, sealed small parts and NMRA couplers. The aluminum is in excellent condition and has not corroded. The model has not been started and is complete.

	HO #168 Ye Olde Huff-N-Puff Hart Gondola 40 Foot - Michigan Central RR - (Silver Streak) - HO Wood and Metal Kit Exc++ Wood_Metal old			$29
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During this time, Silver Streak created some of the most detailed and realistic rolling stock model that have ever been made. In most cases, wooden parts on the prototype are also wooden parts on the kit - same for metal parts. When you build them, they look just like the prototypes since they are made of the same materials. The model is factory painted and lettered for the Michigan Central. The paint is in new condition. This kit has wooden sides (since the real hopper did), other wooden parts, and metal underframe and details. and includes all underside and interior details of the hopper as well. The model has not been started and is complete.

	HO #OH7 335 Ulrich Offset Side Hopper - Chicago-Milwaukee-St Paul and Pacific - HO Metal Kit Exc- Metal old			$29 Sale Pending Email for availability.
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During this time, Ulrich created fine cast metal models. When you build them, they look just like the prototypes since they are made of the same materials. The model is factory painted and lettered for the Milwaukee (MILW). The paint is in new condition. This kit is all metal and includes all underside and interior details of the hopper as well. When used with the Ulrich Automatic Coal and Sand Loader Kit, it will load and unload your Ulrich hoppers without touching them. The model has not been started and is complete.

	HO #8053 Train-Miniature Western Union Telegraph Tool Car - Maintenance of Way Materials Car - HO Train Kit Exc++ Injection Molded old			$25
	Early injection molded train kit. Very highly detailed and nicely molded. Includes completely factory painted body, hidden weight, authentic prototype truck side frames, free rolling self-lubricated journals and detailed RP-25 wheel sets. This model has never been started and is complete.

	HO La Belle Early 1900s Arched Window Parlor Car - HO Scale Wooden Kit Exc Wood old			$65
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During the golden era of realistic train models, La Belle Woodworking Company created perhaps the very finest scale kits of early American passenger equipment. The kit features die cut hardwood parts (no balsa), carved clerestory roof, green clerestory window material, working end diaphragms, underside details, metal details, building instructions and full size plans. I have built these models and they look identical to the real prototypes. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts, sealed smaller details and plans + instructions.

	HO La Belle 1905 Wooden Baggage Car - HO Scale Wooden Kit Exc Wood old			$65
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During the golden era of realistic train models, La Belle Woodworking Company created perhaps the very finest scale kits of early American passenger equipment. The kit features die cut hardwood parts (no balsa), carved clerestory roof, clear clerestory window material, working end diaphragms, underside details, metal details, building instructions and full size plans. I have built these models and they look identical to the real prototypes. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts, sealed smaller details and plans + instructions.

	HO La Belle 1905 Wooden Combination (Combine) Car (Passenger and Baggage Car) - HO Scale Wood Kit Exc Wood old			$65
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During the golden era of realistic train models, La Belle Woodworking Company created perhaps the very finest scale kits of early American passenger equipment. The kit features die cut hardwood parts (no balsa), carved clerestory roof, green clerestory window material, working end diaphragms, underside details, metal details, building instructions and full size plans. I have built these models and they look identical to the real prototypes. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts, sealed smaller details and plans + instructions.

	HO La Belle 1905 Closed Vestibule Wooden Passenger Coach - HO Scale Wooden Kit Exc Wood old			$65
	Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During the golden era of realistic train models, La Belle Woodworking Company created perhaps the very finest scale kits of early American passenger equipment. The kit features die cut hardwood parts (no balsa), carved clerestory roof, green clerestory window material, working end diaphragms, underside details, metal details, building instructions and full size plans. I have built these models and they look identical to the real prototypes. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts, sealed smaller details and plans + instructions.

	HO #305 Taurus Products Two 20 Foot Wood Ore Cars (2 In 1 Kit) - HO / HON3 Exc Wood old			$24
	Contains two HO scale ore cars. This is a craftsman kit. It contains detailed plans, hardwood for making the body and underside, metal details and injection molded plastic details (like brakes). Since the parts that are wood in the real car are wood in the model, this builds to a very realistic reproduction. The kit is never started and is complete with all parts and detailed plans and instructions.

	1/87 #2190 Revell Orient Express HO Train Good Injection Molded old			$24
	NOTE: builder kit only. Engine and tender have assembly and are likely not complete. Both passenger cars are highly detailed inside and out and unassembled. One passenger car is complete and factory sealed; the other is complete except for one small coupling part #18. Includes decals and instructions.

	HO #P-7 Megow HO Plate Girder Bridge VG Wood old			$32
	Very rare 1946 kit from Megow, issued shortly before the company closed down. Megow catalogs claim that this company was a pioneer in HO, and that claim is very likely true. The kit makes a metal plate girder bridge of about 13 total inches in length. Included are numerous wooden parts, full size plans, instructions, and very thick pre-punched cardstock. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts.

	1/87 #S-3 Varney B&O Streamliner Passenger Coach HO Metal Kit VG+++ Metal old			$20
	One of the most known names in early HO model railroading was Varney. This kit is from the unusual 1950s Varney streamlined passenger car line. The main car bodies are metal with lithographed color sides. The paint is in excellent condition and still has great gloss. The kit also includes ends, floor, bolsters, handrails, couplers and trucks. Never started and complete with instructions and all parts, most still sealed in small envelopes. These make great stand alone kit or as functional cars for your HO railway.

	1/87 #S-7 Varney Pennsylvania Streamliner Baggage Coach (Combine) HO Metal Kit VG+++ Metal old			$24
	One of the most known names in early HO model railroading was Varney. This kit is from the unusual 1950s Varney streamlined passenger car line. The main car bodies are metal with lithographed color sides. The paint is in excellent condition and still has great gloss. The kit also includes ends, floor, bolsters, handrails, couplers and trucks. Never started and complete with instructions and all parts, most still sealed in small envelopes. These make great stand alone kit or as functional cars for your HO railway.

	HO #P-6 Megow HO Train Track Signal Bridge (1930s Prototype) VG+++ Wood old			$38
	Very rare 1939 kit from Megow. That date puts this model very close to the origins of HO in the USA. Megow catalogs claim that this company was a pioneer in HO, and that claim is very likely true. The model is for one, two or three track layouts. Included are numerous wooden parts, full size plans, instructions, and very thick pre-punched cardstock. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts.

	1/87 #212 Manuta Pacific 4-6-2 HO Scale Metal Locomotive Kit VG Metal old			$145
	This kit is from the late 1940s or very early 1950s. Manuta was legendary for it's quality and attention to detail. After doing a piece-by-piece inventory on this kit, I can understand why. The tender and locomotive body are die cast. The castings are of high quality without the usual impurities, so they are in excellent conditions without the usual cracks. The kit is complete with all parts needed and the motor. The valve gear is a work of art in itself with plated nickel steel and tiny rivets. Includes complete instructions, guarantee card and a list of Mantua approved service stations. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts.

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