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Throwback Tuesday: Model Die Casting 40 ft AAR Boxcar, Model Railroader, October 1959
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Benjamin Hom
Model Die Casting 40 ft AAR Boxcar ad, Model Railroader, October 1959. Note the "Metal's Better" tagline. Ben Hom |
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Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Friends,
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This was about the tail end for the all-metal cars, although MDC stuck with cast metal underframes for a long, long time. I think MDC was doing plastic shells on some cars as early as 1958. Some of MDC's earliest plastic cars were actually rebranded Athearn kits, which (IIRC) included the Athearn 50' gondola sold in the Roundhouse/MDC packaging. Yours Aye, Garth Groff On 4/30/19 9:21 AM, Benjamin Hom wrote:
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Bob Chapman
Ben -- The all-metal tag line is interesting, but I'm even more intrigued with the "two hours of fun (shaking the box)" text. :) Regards, Bob Chapman |
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Benjamin Hom
Bob Chapman wrote: "The all-metal tag line is interesting, but I'm even more intrigued with the "two hours of fun (shaking the box)" text." Come to think of it, these would have been shake-the-box compared to an Athearn metal boxcar kit. Ben Hom |
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James Lackner
It looked like a great deal, until I saw the 15 cents for postage.
Deal breaker! Jim Lackner |
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