1/48 US Borax Borax Twenty Mule Team and Wagon - (20 Mule Team)
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
The Borax company commissioned this kit in the 1950s as a tie-in to the very popular, long-running TV series 'Death Valley Days.' From looking at the moldings and instructions, I believe that Revell may have produced the kit for Borax. It is a very highly detailed for that time featuring 20 mules, two Borax wagons and one water wagon. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. NOTE: the box is rated 'poor' because it is missing the entire lower long side. Originally a radio program, 'Death Valley Days' had a long run on television from 1952 to 1970 and ended as one of the longest running westerns in entertainment history. This kit is true scale model of the famous borax wagons that would cross 162 miles of Death Valley with 20 mules in the days before the railroad. There was not a single house or other sign of habitation along the route. One leg was 60 miles with no water. The two wagons carried 25 tons of Borax and the mules covered 16 to 18 miles a day with a two man crew. The sturdy wagons were purpose built for the trip. Although they carried huge loads, there is no record of one every being stranded.
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