Now THIS looks very nice.......!!!!!

[herronpeter]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2095655199

Peter

[ScaleCraft]

Nice. Burner: Too High, but not by much. Looks like a fresh rebuild. One wire to tender...probably a permag conversion. Right now with shipping more than 4X what mine cost.

[bob turner]

One of the nicest I have seen. Don't know much about the tender - not SC, and not Lobaugh. I shall dig up a photo of mine.

[bob turner]

Here we go - an Allan Wehrle model:

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It has since been painted I think, but not decaled.

[2railjon]

Other then the tender truck castings looking a bit primitive, it’s a beauty!

[bob turner]

It's true those are not Scale Craft trucks - but primitive is kind of the point, when collecting doorstops.

PSC for the longest time was offering exquisite Commonwealth and Buckeye tender truck kits for cheap! I did stock up.

[bob turner]

Painted:

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[bob turner]

Check this out. Gil was a good scratch builder. I chatted with him on the phone, but never actually saw his models up close.

[bob turner]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-Classic-N-W- ... =R40&rt=nc

[2railjon]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-Classic-N-W-Z-Class-Brass-Steam-Loco-By-Gil-Stovecek-2-Rail-C-6-1970s/123279844039?hash=item1cb40d22c7%3Ag%3AkwsAAOSwymJbXjQR&_pgn=5&_sacat=220&_nkw=O+scale+brass+&_from=R40&rt=nc

Was that thing in a fire?

[ScaleCraft]

Check this out. Gil was a good scratch builder. I chatted with him on the phone, but never actually saw his models up close.

Stovecek?

[Carey Williams]

Hello all .... is not the Mountain a Scale craft ? ..

The other a Gil Stovicek ..... he liked to build big engines...and heavy on the weathering.... or was that cigar smoke ? ..

Here is a link to more info about Gil ..and his layout ... and no extra cost a bunch of photos of Mac Lowery's layout thrown in on the deal if toy scroll down .

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/gil ... le-builder

I was lucky to pick up Gil first scratch built engine ..a freelance ...big beast well weathered for his American Central RR

Cheers Carey

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[bob turner]

A piece of O Scale history! Congratulations.