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Pennsylvania MO Tower (Laser-Cut Wood Kit)
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5 x 3 x 4-1/2" 12.7 x 7.6 x 11.4cm w/Stairs
Walthers Part # 152-185, p. 491 Walthers 2008 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $112.95, currently in stock at Walthers
This product is on-sale today for $99.98
Based on MO Tower, the prototype of this kit served the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Creston, Pennsylvania, and similar towers were found all along
the railroad. In service from 1899 until 1994, arrangements were made to
preserve MO, but it collapsed while being moved off railroad property and
was sadly demolished in December, 1998. Working from the original 1899
plans as well as photos and sketches, the finished model depicts the tower
as it appeared from the 1940s to the end.
The kit incorporates Bild-Strate construction so that parts are easily
aligned during assembly without using complex templates and wax paper or
special jigs. With MO Tower, the freestanding staircase has footer
components tabbed into the stock sheet, which are left in place until the
stairs, risers, and stair tower are completed.
Other authentic details include all of the prototype's gingerbread trim,
decorative rafter ends and second floor corbels, plus a resin casting for
the two-story-plus tall chimney. The second story is engineered as a
sub-assembly to replicate the delicate look of the prototype; each of these
window walls" is built in layers with separate glazing and peel & stick
sashes, then joined to the first floor. The kit also has knock-outs on the
first floor, so that Interlocking Components (sold separately) may be
retrofitted to the existing structure if desired.
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