Broithe Posted June 29 Posted June 29 OK, it is a model, but it's not really the result of modelling, as it would be understood in here. This is an H0 scale Monogram Metal Master, Snap-Tite kit, that I got around the late 80s. Someone saw it here yesterday and asked me about it - a quick check found that there is one on eBay now. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315445947124 From opening the box to the finished item would take around ten to fifteen minutes - no gluing, no painting, nothing except carefully separating the items from the sprue and clicking them together. There are four pins which attach the vehicles to the track and they are a tiny bit oversize, a little (invisible) sanding will sort that - other than that, there is little modelling to do, it just snaps together, as seen. And the pins aren't really necessary, if you're prepared to rely on gravity. The design of the mould is a true masterpiece of the art. The kit was available in four forms, the 'silver', as above, a 'brass/gold' colour and a strange metallic blue version, plus a 'plain', unfinished moulding, for a painted final result. (What you get is the silvery stuff - the base and the glass case are my work, to keep the dust off). I did once convince someone, who had seen it from a couple of feet, and not felt the (lack of) weight, that it had been made in Hatton Garden, as a retirement present for Barnes Wallis. There's enough volume inside the boiler and the tender to add the missing weight... 2 Quote
Broithe Posted June 30 Author Posted June 30 10 minutes ago, Horsetan said: Should be possible to motorise that.... Anything is possible, but the wheels are solid. Quote
LNERW1 Posted July 28 Posted July 28 I have a Monogram Snap-Tite Big Boy. Think it’s complete as it was still wrapped in cellophane when I got it. The sprues were a bit damaged though. Haven’t got much progress in at all, its on display in a cabinet in the railway room atm. On 30/6/2024 at 10:44 PM, Broithe said: Anything is possible, but the wheels are solid. Might just be that kit, I think mine at least has movable wheels, could be the case for other kits as well? Quote
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