The Brass Scrapbook by Erik C Lindgren Vol 1 Issue 4

Great photo's Erik!!

Thanks!!!

Your welcome!

Excellent model photography & model locomotives.

Gary

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I love the K-M ML 4000. The Rivarossi model marketed by AHM was my first HO locomotive.

 

Thanks for posting the pictures of the Division Point models...outstanding.

 

Bob

Glad you enjoyed Gary and Bob.

I been enjoying your scape book from the start. Its just to bad the level or variety of detail is not found in O in general unless your buying Keys and other few other high end manufactures.

The HO market is very demanding; in most cases far beyond that of most of the O "scales"... O also suffers from a dilution of the market that is not focused on one unified demand such as HO. HO guys for the most part expect what you see here.

HO is also vast; more market means more money for higher end detailing.

Your New Haven 0-6-0 is pictured as a 0-8-0 ?

Did the builder include a free axle ?

I actually count 16 included in the reflection which  is what I like about the photos. Nice ones again, Erik. The head-on of 3610 is great.
Ray.

 

 

Additions to this issue of the Brass Scrapbook include Division Point's lightweight PS/Budd cars in Rio Grande that included the Rio Grande's business car "Wilson McCarthy" in the later 1960's through the end the McCarthy era detailing. 

 

 

Rio Grande's F units always looked nice in the 1 stripe scheme. Budd's C&O "Chessie" low profile dome coach bought direct from Budd in 1949 by the Rio Grande stands behind.

  

 

 

Boo-Rim Precision built these cars for The Division Point

 

 

 

1 stripe scheme in use still today with "Kansas" 

 

 

Fully lighted these fine models make an excellent consist.

 

 

 

While on the subject of passenger cars; how about a little Coach Yard!

 

Oh how I love Coach Yard; and in time I will make entire issue of the Brass Scrapbook dedicated to the various fabulous sets Fred Hill has brought us in 1:87. These models are simply spectacular; in my opinion worth their weight in gold. 

  

 The marque of the finest passenger cars ever made!

 

Coach Yard Missouri Pacific Colorado Eagle lightweight Budd Coach

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coach Yard came up with his "Darwin" coupler box that is adjustable for various radius curves. Yes even HO has tight radius issues; and with the "Darwin" you can tighten up those diaphragms just like the 1:1 cars as long as you have some mighty realistic diameter curves.

 

What I would not do too see these fine miniatures in 1:48

 

Coach Yard

Selected cars from the 1938 Santa Fe "The Chief" 

 

 

Correct dining room detailing and even China patterns faithfully reproduced. Simply marvelous.

 

 

 

One must operate his or her consist in the correct order. 

 

All photography is copyright (c) 2015 Erik C Lindgren. 

If you wish to use my images go ahead but PLEASE give credit to me. Hope you enjoyed it!

 

 

Thanks Ray!

As always, spectacular photos Erik.  I have lusted after The Coach Yard MoPac cars - if only they would choose to do an O scale series...

I know Gregg, Fred's cars are just spectacular. Sam Model later Sam Tech just really home runs any project they do. Fred basically owns Sam Tech and until recently they built exclusively for his Coach Yard. We recently just finished up the Expo Flyer and Early Prospector sets with his very generous cooperation with Division Point.

Division Point is willing to explore O scale with Sam Tech using the research on the Expo and Early Prospector; the deal is we need the reservations. Minimum orders plague these projects.

I talked with a long time customer of Caboose Hobbies that has collected brass since the 1950's. I am going to interview him and put together a few Brass Scrapbook's on vintage Japanese brass. This should be fun. If any of you guys want to contribute add some content please consider sharing your knowledge.