Saturday, October 15, 2011

UPDATED: Revell N scale Diesel Engine House, kit #N2805...


Something that escaped my noticed when I examined the building...it was in fact, offered by Arnold Rapido, not Revell...

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What I did not know at the time was that Rapido and Revell had joined forces, effectively pushing out Rapido's stateside importer, Charles Mertzbach, who went on to introduce the Charmerz HO scale train line. The engine house was reintroduced in 1969 under the Revell name with more roofing detail...and...

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...without the automatic door feature evidenced in the Rapido issue of the model. Note the elements necessary to raise the doors with some under the track type mechanism shown on the doors and in the center aisle.

Charmerz HO scale rolling stock ad, November 1971...

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