Mantua 535 Reading 0-4-0 Goat Camelback Kit

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 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's Vintage Model Steam Locomotive Works.

FEATURES:

• C9 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box.
• Protected with Custom Fit Air-tight Heavy Ziplock Bag.
• Operating directional front and rear Headlamps.
• One-piece boilers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast Zamac high impact plastic.
• Castings are sharp and clean and include highly detailed boiler fronts, smoke stacks, control valves, steam pipes, fire door, and rivet heads.
• Three piece brass Bell and solid brass tender wheels.
• Stainless Steel hand rails and coupler release bars.
• 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 pivot point truck axles of cadmium plated steel.
• Heavy cast metal locomotive and tender frames.
• Undecorated: Requires owner applied lettering and numbering. (Not included.)
  
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • Front and rear Kadee all-metal Knuckle Couplers.
• Mantua Catalog: 1985-1989.

Dimensions: 7"L x 2 1/8"T x 1 1/4"W

HO Scale 1:87

Made in U. S. A.