One classic OO gauge model is the Scale-Craft 4-8-4. This excellent die-cast miniature of the C&NW class H 4-8-4 was produced 1939-42 with the model
I have been working on passenger cars lately and one useful observation would be that the 80’ Scale-Craft passenger cars are touchy on 26” radius
Scale-Craft shipped out kits in two types of boxes, a pre-war style and a post-war style. However, S-C used up their remaining stock of the
More than a few people over the years have been confronted by a classic American OO gauge die cast 4-6-0, 4-4-2 or 4-6-4T model and
I came to OO from HO, not from Lionel. All of my locomotives until roughly five years ago were permag, including my one Lionel 4-6-4
I have for years and years used Kadee HO couplers in OO. OO gaugers have used these pretty much since they were introduced as they
Lionel when they went into OO in 1938 was very aware of HO and the battle of the gauges. On page 28 of the 1939
While I would say no as a first reaction to the question of American OO being tinplate or not, the answer is not clear cut.
Looking in back issues of The OO Road I found a note from Ed Morlok on an article posted in the Aristo Craft Trains website,
Scale-Craft freight trucks are a standard in OO. The first die-cast truck produced in OO, they were introduced in 1937 and are the most common
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