Big black door stop ...who did it?

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Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby Carey Williams » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:55 pm

Hello keepers of the doorstops .
Any idea who built this one ?
Lots of Mikados in the world but can not match this up with any catalog illustrations (I've found)
Thank you for your help
Double cab windows were a Saginaw signature ... but I thought they only made 3 locos ...442,460 and 280? ....
It has been modified for inside third rail .... but proper whiskers can be added .
Cheers Carey

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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby bob turner » Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:20 pm

Genuine Scalecraft ATSF Mike

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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby Carey Williams » Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:38 am

Thank you very much Bob!
Great another hometown engine returning to it's birthplace.
Cheers Carey

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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby robert. » Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:08 am

That seller had a lot of things priced well. Most got snagged up last night . A few only made it an hour or so.
I spend entirely too many hours a day tying my shoes

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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby Carey Williams » Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:02 pm

Hello all
Thank you again Bob for pointing to Scalecraft . Found the Mikado in the 1940 and 1941 catalogs.

I know Scalecraft went through some turbulent times post war but did they issue any postwar catalogs other then the 1950 copy showing the Northern ?
Here is a page with the Mikado from the 1940 catalog .
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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby ScaleCraft » Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:12 pm

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Dave....gone by invitation

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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby bob turner » Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:17 pm


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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby Carey Williams » Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:52 pm

Bob and Dave thank you for posting the photos of the nice Scalecraft Mikados ..
cheers Carey

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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby bob turner » Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:39 pm

Any Warren Crater fans out there? This one looks a lot like a better quality scratchbuilt from the olden days:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRASS-VINTAGE-O ... Swg9dZxWbu

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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby stephen neill » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:34 pm

Yes Bob, I'm a Warren Crater fan. If I had realized it was his I would have bought it. How did you determine that it was his?
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Re: Big black door stop ...who did it?

Postby bob turner » Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:12 am

I didn't. I was hping someone here could.


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