08-23-2010, 07:35 PM
Neat finds! And I always enjoy seeing Wayne's work in a thread as well.
I'll have to add my own custom classics when I can. Most recent acquisition of note is a Gibraltar hopper, an actual car from Milt Moore's freelanced road. You may have seen some of Mr. Moore's cartoons in an NMRA bulletin or two.
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The story behind this little dude is over at the old place, the forum formerly known as the gauge. In short, it's one of Milt's cars he exchanged with another modeler who lived out here in Washington or Oregon, where I found it at a swap meet. Apparantly it had been part of an estate sale after the fellow died. Bought it from the same vendor where I found the old Silver Streak Hart gondolas (and a California Southern hopper car).
I know it's not a vintage kit, per se, but the private road name kinda fit. I'd love to have either or both of those hoppers from the V&O and AM. The AM was one of the first private roads I encountered when I began subscribing to Model Railroader, way back when.
Galen
I'll have to add my own custom classics when I can. Most recent acquisition of note is a Gibraltar hopper, an actual car from Milt Moore's freelanced road. You may have seen some of Mr. Moore's cartoons in an NMRA bulletin or two.
[albumimg]2879[/albumimg]
The story behind this little dude is over at the old place, the forum formerly known as the gauge. In short, it's one of Milt's cars he exchanged with another modeler who lived out here in Washington or Oregon, where I found it at a swap meet. Apparantly it had been part of an estate sale after the fellow died. Bought it from the same vendor where I found the old Silver Streak Hart gondolas (and a California Southern hopper car).
I know it's not a vintage kit, per se, but the private road name kinda fit. I'd love to have either or both of those hoppers from the V&O and AM. The AM was one of the first private roads I encountered when I began subscribing to Model Railroader, way back when.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!