--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, railbass@c... wrote:
Thanks for the info, this is an option I have not considered. Steve
> Steve -
> I have four LMB models of Q O-1a's which I bought for $300-$425
each. No, none of them are for sale. But if you check the brass
listings of Caboose Hobbies or other internet brass dealers, it
should not be difficult to find these LMB models made in the 1960s at
reasonable prices. The major problems are that they have open-frame
motors and no cab details, and other details are below what we find
on brass models today. The basic dimensions and structure are
correct, and some kitbashing and a can motor may make excellent
models of these older brass engines. Cab backheads could be ordered
as parts for the Athearn 2-8-2. The models came with either Elesco
or Worthington FWH, and 4978 had an Elesco system. You would
probably not be doing any more work than kitbashing the Athearn 2-8-
2, and the tender would not require much work at all to be accurate,
i.e., changing it from straight sides to tapered sides. A can motor
and a NWSL drive regear kit would make a great performer of it, and a
good paint and decal job would make an excellent model at a cost not
much more than the Athearn model.
> - John Manion
> Denver, CO
>
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