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Model Forum / General / Railroads / November 2005HO silver city comet models
I am after the manufacturer details for the person/co that produced the HO scale model "Silver city comet sets". Any details will be appreciated. Thanks T.Mcconnell > I am after the manufacturer details for the person/co that produced the > HO scale model "Silver city comet sets". Stephen Johnson Models. Cheers David >> I am after the manufacturer details for the person/co that produced >> the HO scale model "Silver city comet sets". [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Cheers > David Thanks David, I thought it was. Do you have any contact details/website addy? cya T.Mcconnell Don't bother, he won't make them anymore, spoke to him at Hurstville, he says it's not worth the effort and time is now spent on doing the Aus JRM. Cheers > >> I am after the manufacturer details for the person/co that produced > >> the HO scale model "Silver city comet sets". [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > cya > T.Mcconnell G'day, Damn..... Really wanted a silver city comet kit, Been trying for 3 years to get one and when I went to Hurstville this year I didn't see his stand :( :(, Every previous time he had been sold out :( :( Anyone want to sell one (For a reasonable price)? Thanks anyway 2cm and all the others that gave addresses etc. cya T.Mcconnell > Don't bother, he won't make them anymore, spoke to him at Hurstville, > he says it's not worth the effort and time is now spent on doing the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>cya >>T.Mcconnell He used to make three each year for Liverpool. He also did the same with the 400 class and 500 class trailers but they are also on the outer now. Its a shame as I too would have liked to have gotten a Comet Set my self. It would be good if any mob got a hold of the castings or made a kit themselves. Cheers > G'day, > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >>cya > >>T.Mcconnell Hi Tim I wouldn't be too disheartened. I had a kit which I asked a friend to build for me, and it was so brittle it was in bits within a few minutes of starting. Only bought it at Liverpool about four years ago. Oh Well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Richard > G'day, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Anyone want to sell one (For a reasonable price)? >G'day, >Damn..... >Really wanted a silver city comet kit, >Been trying for 3 years to get one and when I went to Hurstville this >year I didn't see his stand :( :(, Every previous time he had been sold >out :( :( >Anyone want to sell one (For a reasonable price)? >Thanks anyway 2cm and all the others that gave addresses etc. I almost think that the Comet is a model worth doing in brass. We have not had a decent brass model of any Australian prototype come out for a while now and the focus has been squarely on mass-produced plastic models (no offence to Austrains, Eureka, etc. since their models are top-class!). I don't think the Comet would work as a plastic model, but as a brass model it's almost an ideal 'fit'. I wonder if it's worth approaching Berg's Hobbies and talking to Peter Berg about it? They might already have something in mind but then again they might not. Alternatively, see if you can track down David Anderson (aka Mansfield Hobbies) and suggest it to him. Regards, Craig.  SignatureCraig Dewick - Professional Train Manager (RailCorp) + HO Scale Rail Modeller http://www.railzone.org -- Galleries, Forums, Links, Data, etc.! Send email to craigd@lios.apana.org.au -- RailCorp Train Crew Council: http://www.rctcc.org Oz Rail Safety List: http://lios.apana.org.au/mailman/listinfo/aus_rail_safety > >G'day, > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Craig. Now I raised the same question several months ago with some of the guys associated with Trainorama and the biggest problem with doing a Comet set as a large scale production run is whic one do you do. If you do it in its final form you are limited to those who prototypically model the West from Orange to Broken Hill. If you do the as delivered version which is vastly different again your limited. You also have the various paint schemes to consider. As well as the umteen hundred variations and modifications to trailer cars which were carried out over the years. So it just turns into a nightmare to do as a large scale production run that is guaranteed to sell. All that said. I'd buy one (or may be two) no matter what form they came out in. Especially the old Indian Red and Chrome Yellow scheme. Regards Andrew Corby > Don't bother, he won't make them anymore, spoke to him at Hurstville, > he says it's not worth the effort and time is now spent on doing the > Aus JRM. Does he still have the masters? If he does but doesn't want to make any more, perhaps Hanovale might be interested? Cheers David >I am after the manufacturer details for the person/co that produced the HO >scale model "Silver city comet sets". > > Any details will be appreciated. > Thanks > T.Mcconnell One up for sale on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Silver-City-Comet-Kit_W0QQitemZ6017970487QQcategoryZ484QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Rob >>I am after the manufacturer details for the person/co that produced the HO >>scale model "Silver city comet sets". >> >> Any details will be appreciated. >> Thanks >> T.Mcconnell >One up for sale on ebay: >http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Silver-City-Comet-Kit_W0QQitemZ6017970487QQcategoryZ484QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Will have a look at that! I've got a full comet set still unbuilt and since RailCorp (State Rail at the the time) failed to do do anything serious to preserve a full set in working order, I'll do it in HO scale for my layout. 8-) The kits were made by Stephen Ottaway from Stephen Johnson Models. Stephen lives, I think, in the NSW Central West either in Bathurst or Orange I believe, or somewhere near there. Craig. SignatureCraig Dewick - Professional Train Manager (RailCorp) + HO Scale Rail Modeller http://www.railzone.org -- Galleries, Forums, Links, Data, etc.! Send email to craigd@lios.apana.org.au -- RailCorp Train Crew Council: http://www.rctcc.org Oz Rail Safety List: http://lios.apana.org.au/mailman/listinfo/aus_rail_safety |
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