Sperry Rail Service Doodlebug Vintage Scale

Carey, I think that is 'coolness plus!'

Dan Weinhold

Wow! What a model. Thank you for sharing this!

Jim K

Wow! Great model, having an interesting deviation from the usual Walther St.Louis Gas-Electric one normally sees with a motor car model from this era, this one looking much like a Brill-built prototype.

Any idea as to the manufacturer of the metal sides and ends? Fascinating.

I have used Walther's sides by cutting and swapping ends, soldering brass plates inside to remate.  That for different window) door locations   Other kit sides may have been available.  Front /rear could have come from old traction kits?  All wild guesses.

Good grief, man!  Are you working some archeological dig somewhere?  Where DO you find these gems of yore?

You really get a feel for what creative, minimalist, skills-rich hobbyists were all about 75 years ago or so when you see something like this.  Waiting for, groveling for, pleading for some manufacturer somewhere to make a kit, or an importer to commission a run of handcrafted models of this after depositing their first-born and deed to the house therefor...was just not in the cards 'back then'.

Gather your scrap materials, hand tools, ingenuity, patience, ...and favorite libation!..., and sally forth to the work bench, kitchen table,  ...wherever..., to create another incredible archeological find for Carey in 2022!

Humbling, isn't it?

Try telling me they weren't having a really different type of "FUN" in the hobby back then!

Hello all thank you for your kind words ...fun to share the toys

This is scratch built ..sides are hand riveted .....windows hand cut ...all very  nice job but not perfect...

Trucks hand built ...

Talented hands at work .

Cheers Carey