{"id":135,"date":"2016-06-10T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2021-06-25T12:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:41:08","slug":"a-scale-craft-coach-from-the-oklahoma-and-western","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"A Scale-Craft Coach from the Oklahoma and Western"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a recent lot purchase was this nice Scale-Craft coach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Besides being a nice example of a classic (if somewhat common) OO model it caught my eye for several reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off, on the Oklahoma and Western Railway, there are articles in the March and September of 2007 issues of The OO Road<\/i> that contain a list of the known \u201cprivate name\u201d OO lines. It was listed as unknown in the first of The OO Road<\/i> articles, but in the second it was updated to show it was the line of A. F. Kimball. The road name is similar to a prototype road, the Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad,<\/a> which after a merger to form the Kansas City and Memphis Railway was abandoned in 1918. This is a nice updating of the road into the late steam era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lettering is actually a second set of lettering. If you look carefully, an original set of decals was painted over to allow the current lettering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course the overall paint is a bit worse for the wear over the years but certainly \u201cgood enough\u201d for a place in \u201cthe collection,\u201d I don\u2019t see it needing fixed further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The other really notable thing is the car has an interior and lights. When it got here the interior had a number of loose seats but I corrected that situation with some superglue. I like the walls and the rest rooms and the color scheme. I have interior details to do several cars easily — this is inspiring me to take on that project with upcoming S-C models with the easily removable roofs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the lights, I was first thinking they would be dead but actually testing them they all still work. The only issue is that one solder connection has broken. Sometime I should fix that, when I have the iron out again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like as well that the Oklahoma and Western at least theoretically might interchange with my line. All in all, this model I think was a nice find and is a reminder that sometimes there are vintage models that just appeal to you, trust you senses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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