William H Low Co 1/24 1800s Amoskeag Steamer (Steam Pumper) - Wilo Line Fire Truck, FP7

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William H Low Co 1/24 1800s Amoskeag Steamer (Steam Pumper) - Wilo Line Fire Truck, FP7 plastic model kit

1/24 FP7 William H Low Co 1800s Amoskeag Steamer (Steam Pumper) - Wilo Line Fire Truck

Multimedia Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

Very rare. Very highly prefabricated and detailed. Likely from the 1940s. William H Low Co., of Braintree Mass., issued the 'Wilo Line' which included a superb series of antique commercial firefighting equipment. The scale is given as 1/2" and the finished steamer is 8 inches long. The kits were very advanced for the time and shared many of the pre-fabrication methods of Hudson Miniatures. Features plastic injection molded spoke wheels, completely precarved boiler, a vast number of other completely carved and cut large and small wooden parts, numerous completely carved smaller wooden parts, numerous cast metal fittings, working metal bell, hoses, metal stock as needed, sandpaper, complete instructions, a parts layout, photos of the actual steam and the model being built and complete and full size plans. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete including instructions/plans. The kits in this line include Amoskeag Steamer, Hose Reel, Hose Wagon, Chemical Engine and many others. In most cases they are the only kits in existence of these historic vehicles. Bill Low did design at least one 'non-fire truck' kit in his Will-O-Line - a Conestoga Wagon, advertised as being 1/24 scale, kit #B14 for $2.85 listed as "This is another Museum Piece by Bill Low." After seeing these fire truck kits, I do not doubt that.

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