anyone know if they still exist?
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Never heard of the original ASCC but IF any of you guys hear that it will be reactivated, please post same on this forum. I think that it would be interesting to build a few cars that might not be from the same extruding dies or plastic injection molds of the Big 4 (Only three remain) Would give variety to some of my passenger trains.
Paul Fischer
These were full scale 2- rail cars, and would not work well with the kinds of models one thinks of on this part of the forum. They were probably the best one could get, in terms of appearance, plastic notwithstanding. Opinion.
ASCC, along with Walther's two versions, long and short C&NW cars, was the second of two makers of O scale kits of gas electric cars that I am aware of. While Walther's had a chain drive power truck for theirs, I am not aware that any power was provided or recommended for the ASCC gas electrics. (Walther's made a third version in HO, of a GM&O gas electric, but I don't think that was offered in the O scale version?) I had thought the 1940 VandenBoom catalog showed a third O scale kit maker, but it just shows the HO and O Walther's C&NW kits.
Here's a bit of info on ASCC and American Lightweight Car Company from the old Atlas forum:
http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum...e&TOPIC_ID=32540
I think the ALCC owner said he was having trouble getting someone to do some part masters for him, that was maybe 2 years ago.
thanks saw one on ebay phil delhi new york
Never heard of the original ASCC but IF any of you guys hear that it will be reactivated, please post same on this forum. I think that it would be interesting to build a few cars that might not be from the same extruding dies or plastic injection molds of the Big 4 (Only three remain) Would give variety to some of my passenger trains.
Paul Fischer
Originally Posted by coloradohirailer:
......I am not aware that any power was provided or recommended for the ASCC gas electrics.
The recommended drive was a NWSL Magic Carpet drive with sideframes from Q-Car.
I think the ALCC owner said he was having trouble getting someone to do some part masters for him, that was maybe 2 years ago.
He was looking for help on doing the castings for the detail parts. I sent him an offer of help and got no response.
Seems like another guy that thought big and found out how hard it is to produce kits.
bob
thanks i saw that one does not look like he could make a go of it
just retired putting up my super o's last time i had them running was1965
phil
Here's a bit of info on ASCC and American Lightweight Car Company from the old Atlas forum:
http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum...e&TOPIC_ID=32540
I think the ALCC owner said he was having trouble getting someone to do some part masters for him, that was maybe 2 years ago.
saw one on ebay today got my attention
just retired setting up mky super o's last time i had them running was 1965
phil delhi new york
Originally Posted by coloradohirailer:
......I am not aware that any power was provided or recommended for the ASCC gas electrics.
The recommended drive was a NWSL Magic Carpet drive with sideframes from Q-Car.
I think the ALCC owner said he was having trouble getting someone to do some part masters for him, that was maybe 2 years ago.
He was looking for help on doing the castings for the detail parts. I sent him an offer of help and got no response.
Seems like another guy that thought big and found out how hard it is to produce kits.
nice pics saw one on ebay today
American Standard 60' heavyweight baggage car on our three rail layout.
John
Oh, yeah..now I remember...I went to NWSL for their Magic Carpet and got
sneered at for wanting to use it in 3 rail and rectify it, so I modified a Bowser
streetcar truck to power my ASCC gas electric, which model I think I showed on here some months ago. That car has been finished for several years, before MTH ever came out with their gas electric. Haven't tried to get anything from NWSL since. Would like a decent source for power trucks, though, as I have Walther's gas electric kit to build yet.
