Anyone know if they are still in business? An internet search turned up several different addresses and phone #'s in AZ that are no longer valid. I am trying to find a parts list/diagram for an old brass/wood combine kit that they produced long ago.
I don't think so. I had that combine kit myself and sold the leftover parts on Ebay. I've seen a few Western Railcraft kits out there and even bought a very old, very yellowed billboard kit a few weeks ago. The absolute coolest kit they every made was the open-end observation car - the 85'. I put the brass sides on a Lima frame, and used a Lima roof, and fully detailed the interior to a Victorian-era private car. It was an NMRA regional award winner. But the only 'great' part about the kit was the engraved sides. But the baggage car/combine.... it just didn't seem right to me. Too big. I think. The wood was oversize, too. All-in-all, by todays standards, not a very good kit. I'd hack up plastic Roundhouse cars first, I think.
That was why I was looking for the parts list/diagram. I got the "old yellowed box" kit from an estate sale. I was going to eBay it, but the box has been opened and I wanted to figure out if the kit was still complete before I put it up for sale. Like your other kit, the best features of this one are the brass ends and sides. It's funny you mention that, that was my first impression also. As soon as I opened the box I thought "roof looks too big". That is a good idea though, I may just bash the brass sides onto a plastic car instead.
