Has anyone ever produced an HO-scale Z1b?

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OOOOOP!  Yer right!  Z1a  NOT THE Z1B.

Mark Lindsey
Still stuck in the 1930's



On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:18 PM, nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> NJ Custom Brass produced Z-1a's, not Z-1b's.  PSC produced Z-1b's  

> in the late 90s'.  The PSC model has greater detail.....and price.   

> On the other hand the NJCB models are good models too.

> Ed Painter Jr -  Narrows, Va (currently Russellville, AR)

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>> Yep.  NJ imported them back in the early 80's.  The frames are a   

>> little fragile, and the solder lousy, but I have 1 that I  

>> backdated  by swapping step pilot for road one, and putting a 9K  

>> tender behind  it.  I was just starting the process to make copies  

>> based on modified  Bowser or MDC frames and a fabricated boiler.   

>> The model  manufacturers don't seem to understand that more  

>> 2-6-6-2's were built  than 2-8-8-2's and they were used by more  

>> roads, but the list of  things that model manufacturers DON'T KNOW  

>> would fill a warehouse.

>>

>>

>> Mark Lindsey

>> Stuck in the 1930's

>> On Jun 25, 2005, at 5:02 PM, nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

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>>> Has anyone ever produced an HO-scale Z1b?  I have never seen one  

>>> anywhere, or even a reference to one.

>>>

>>> Tom Black

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