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"Vintage" kit and manufacturer
Eric Hansmann
I have a vague recollection of HD ads in Model Railroader in the late 1970s. A
few of their kit instructions can be seen through this page, as well as a couple
of sell sheets from 1966 and 1970. Use the menu under the HD Scale Models panel
partway down the page on the left.
http://hoseeker.net/miscdiagrams.html
Eric Hansmann
El Paso, TX
El Paso, TX
few of their kit instructions can be seen through this page, as well as a couple
of sell sheets from 1966 and 1970. Use the menu under the HD Scale Models panel
partway down the page on the left.
http://hoseeker.net/miscdiagrams.html
Eric Hansmann
El Paso, TX
On October 22, 2015 at 5:59 AM "Marty McGuirk mjmcguirk@... [STMFC]"Eric Hansmann
<STMFC@...> wrote:
"Vintage" is an understatement.
Have to admit "H-D Models" is one manufacturer I've never heard of. Anyone
know the story behind this one?
One of their kits, a "Vermont Central" boxcar, currently on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-VTG-HD-Scale-Mod-236-Craftsman-KIT-40-OB-Boxcar-VERMONT-CENTRAL-RR-OB-/141793558272?hash=item21038dff00:g:ApEAAOSw4HVWCZy5
Marty McGuirk
El Paso, TX
This is just a guess on my part but weren't they a follow up to the old Con Cor wood models? I really don't know why I think that except I have built both (I'm older than dirt!) and I remember them as very similar in kit make up.
I hate to admit this but as a kid when I would come back from the hobby shop and opened the Ambroid, Tru Scale or Main Line kits that I would buy, they smelled wonderful. Too bad resin doesn't smell that good.
"Vintage" is an understatement.
Have to admit "H-D Models" is one manufacturer I've never heard of. Anyone know the story behind this one?I
Sometime in the mid 70's H & D sold a series of 0/S scale "box of sticks" kits. I bought and later sold a double door 50 double sheathed kit. I don't recall the kit having any of the typical soft metal or brass parts. They made a couple of pre-painted novelty house car kits, one being "Phartz Baked Beans". I've only seen a photo of one that was completed. None of the wood seemed to be from Northeastern basswood, but a coarser grainier type wood. I have a couple of S scale Mainline 36' stock cars that use a similar type wood. The Mainline kits were again really designed for 0n3, so they are a bit wide as built. So perhaps both lines had a similar heritage.
My much modified turntable was a $4 kit from H & D. It was sold as 0/S kit, but it was really just plain 0.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
Have to admit "H-D Models" is one manufacturer I've never heard of. Anyone know the story behind this one?I
Sometime in the mid 70's H & D sold a series of 0/S scale "box of sticks" kits. I bought and later sold a double door 50 double sheathed kit. I don't recall the kit having any of the typical soft metal or brass parts. They made a couple of pre-painted novelty house car kits, one being "Phartz Baked Beans". I've only seen a photo of one that was completed. None of the wood seemed to be from Northeastern basswood, but a coarser grainier type wood. I have a couple of S scale Mainline 36' stock cars that use a similar type wood. The Mainline kits were again really designed for 0n3, so they are a bit wide as built. So perhaps both lines had a similar heritage.
My much modified turntable was a $4 kit from H & D. It was sold as 0/S kit, but it was really just plain 0.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com