Geez...Trainz again..GG1

[ScaleCraft]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pennsy ... 3817450914

Well, they certainly butchered the name. Elliot Welz (not the tattoo artist Elliott Wells) was well known.
Not sure if a loose shell without documentation is worth $245, but you never know.

At least Trainz got their head out of their as....errr.....behind on TCA standards.
This one is R-5.
"All wiring exactly matches the original. All trim in correct finish or plating. Virtually identical to the original.". What trim? What wiring?

Elliot's line lives on, same masks, patterns, silk screening, so this may not even BE a Welz, without documentation:

http://www.llmodeltrain.com/photos-GG1.htm

Interestingly, to get one done is $125, about half of what Trainz wants.

[Chris Webster]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pennsylvania-GG-1-Electric-Loco-Shell-4899-Custom-Ptd-by-Elliott-Wells/333817450914

Well, they certainly butchered the name. Elliot Welz (not the tattoo artist Elliott Wells) was well known.

The inside of the shell is stamped "Custom Painted by Elliot Wells".

[ScaleCraft]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pennsylvania-GG-1-Electric-Loco-Shell-4899-Custom-Ptd-by-Elliott-Wells/333817450914

Well, they certainly butchered the name. Elliot Welz (not the tattoo artist Elliott Wells) was well known.

The inside of the shell is stamped "Custom Painted by Elliot Wells".

You think there may be a problem here?
I looked inside the shell photo, but what is the craftsman's name again?

Every time I ever saw it referenced or in print, like, oh, TCA, it was Welz.

Looks like stickers, not stampings (and two of them to make sure), and I even found one of his originals on-line last night for $119.

Not saying this one isn't a Welz, just very odd the price is double everywhere else, and the name on the sticker you could make yourself with a digital printer.....

[ScaleCraft]

Apparently the tag is NOT Welz.
He did stamp them (rubber stamp?) and not tag.

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/fileSendA ... lzmark.jpg

So....who added the tag?

Who mis-spelled the name?

Certainly not the previous owner who may or may not have engaged Elliot to do the work and written the actual check....to Welz? Or Wells?

Is it really Welz, or a Vision Line 4899? Probably not, but why not diversify the discussion?

And the rubber stamp is black....on a freshly stripped, beaded, or painted silver insides?

We'll never know.....but rest assured, if it sells for 250, it will be double what a new one costs using Elliot's tooling...

That throws a whole new monkey wrench in "it's worth what it sells for".

[ScaleCraft]

Like the guy at a local car show several years ago...proud that the PO had Carroll Shelby sign the dash...paid for the privilege.....until we pointed out it's not spelled "Shelbey"

[jlong]

Per our grading of this item, it is equivalent to the TCA rating of R-5: Professional Grade -- Restored in all aspects of finish and detail as when manufactured.

Was never manufactured this way. LOL. Trainz is retarded. LOL.

[ScaleCraft]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pennsy ... 3817439640

For clowns that a short time ago proudly displayed and sold a Wells GG1....fortunately it is not the same shell as last one.
Still twice what current value is.

Odd.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

For clowns that a short time ago proudly displayed and sold a Wells GG1....

Listing is still up for that 1st one you posted - so not sold. 2 of them? Hinky.....