There is no greater accomplishment, or satisfaction, than in building something yourself. Fortunately, in this era of supplied entertainment, where accomplishment requires only two thumbs and is often measured by how many levels have been completed, vintage locomotive kits from Roundhouse, Mantua and Tyco, like this MRRHQ Collectible HO Scale Mantua 510 4-8-0 Twelve Wheeler Kit, still offer the challenge, and opportunity, to use all ten fingers and create your own unique model railroading masterpiece. You will find no greater selection of these great kits from a bygone era than here at MRRHQ Vintage Model Steam Locomotive Works.
FEATURES:
Inventoried and Certified Complete in Good Original Box.(Stock images shown)
Motor Serviced and Sealed.
Operating Headlamp.
One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast Zamac high impact plastic.
Castings are sharp and clean and include highly detailed boiler fronts, smoke stacks, valves, pipes and rivet heads.
Real Brass hand rails, fittings, ornate steam domes and tender pick-up wheels.
Powerful Pittman style 5-pole motor.
Smooth, quiet nylon gears assembled on knurled axles.
Authentic brass hex-head screws for spacer-assembled side rods.
Replaceable long-life brass axle bearings.
Easy rolling needle point truck axles of cadmium plated steel.
Heavy cast metal locomotive and tender frames.
Mantua Catalog 1978-1983
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HO Scale 1:87Dimensions: Locomotive 6 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 2" Tender 3 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/2"
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