A German toy company with a history dating to 1887, Fleischmann entered the HO gauge model railroad field in 1952. It has been reported that
These two cars are great HO cars to convert to OO. First we have the Mantua caboose. From the side this car is OO gauge,
This car was built by Bill Johann, converted from HO in 1997. There is a photo of this conversion in progress in the Feb, 1998
One category of models usable in American OO are HO scale models that were produced with over scale bodies. While Mantua had a pre-war line
One of my favorite little diesels on the layout is the AHM SW-1. This model is very overscale for HO, probably is around 1/80 scale.
Back in the late 70s I was somewhat short on cash as a youngster interested in American OO but not short on ideas. These were
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