Nord's ad in the October 1947 issue of Model Railroader says: "A faithful copy of the heavy U.S.R.A. 2-8-2 used by many railroads today. ... A masterpiece of motive power ... engineered to make most of the advantages found in S gauge. ... eight fully sprung 63" drivers ... Price, complete, less motor: $49.50. Cartridge type permanent magnet motor: $7.50. We leave it to you to compare value and prices with equipment in the older gauges.
The same issue listed the Miller S2, twin-motored, at $22.50. Mid-Gage advertised freight car kits at $5.25 to $6.25 and their 80-ft. heavyweight passenger car kits at $8.50. Northeastern Scale Models had a wood GN caboose kit at $6.75. To compare, in O Scale, Lobaugh's Berkshire kit was $128, Varney's B&O Ten-Wheeler kit was $100, and Athearn's freight car kits were $6.00 to $6.85 each. In HO, Varney's Pacific was $37.50, their B&O "Dockside" was $15. HO freight car kits were dirt cheap, mostly around $2.50. regards ... pqr ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Hough To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Nord Mikado Another one of my projects is building a Nord Mikado. Is it a USRA version? Heavy ? or Light? Mine has a very small tender. My intention is to do it as a GTW Mike and have all the details. But I really want a longer tender. Any ideas? Thanks for the replies in advance, Ken Ken Hough Photographic Repair Service Specializing in the Complete restoration of Deardorff View Cameras Est 1982 www.deardorffcameras.0catch.com 219 462 0281 --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 071031-1, 10/31/2007 Tested on: 10/31/2007 2:36:04 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
