Brian Austin Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 I've always been fascinated by this concept. https://www.brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/034443/HO-UTAO-WAKI-HANDBUILT-ACE-3000-Advanced-Steam-Loco 1 1
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 15, 2024 Posted October 15, 2024 Wow. Way cool, but seven grand is a little out of my price range. Still, it looks like a not-too-bad subject for a scratchbuild, using drives and trucks from something, something, and something else. I bees needin' to look into that. Scaleable...
Brian Austin Posted October 19, 2024 Author Posted October 19, 2024 Ah but the cost reflects the fact that it's basically a handmade work of art, in a really small edition. There was discussion in an O Scale forum some time ago regarding rumors of a possible brass model of this loco in O Scale. I forget what the target price would have been had it been put into production, but it probably would have been less than the HO model. Still would have been out of my price range though. ?
Brian Austin Posted October 21, 2024 Author Posted October 21, 2024 Article of the concept from the Chicago Tribune (9/25/1985) 1
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