Saturday, August 14, 2010

Walther's original "Tongue-in-Cheek" series Oscar and Piker...


...for those of us who don't take our modeling too seriously. Walther's offered these kits initially to be a introduction course to building their more difficult heavyweight car kits. It wasn't long before they popped up everywhere...much like the Athearn Hustler, to be a model railroader meant owning one of these...

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They featured full interior detail made from bits of wood and printed paper, and had a lot more charm than their ready-to-run counterparts that came much later. I picked these up in a box lot and look forward to giving them a full restore this football season.

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