2-8-2 - THE BUILD

[nachoman]

Similar kits were once a mainstay of the HO market. As far as I am aware, Bowser was the last producer of steam locomotive kits, and they quit producing kits about two years ago. Previous to that, Model Die Casting (Roundhouse) produced steam kits, but that line was dropped when MDC was bought by Athearn in about 2004. All of my steamers except one were built from MDC kits, the other is a Mantua ready-to-run I bought used at a train show.