Unusual source of information

May 29, 2005 7 Replies
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Hi all;



A couple of months ago, I penned a note talking about some American Civil War equipment that I discovered in a book of Currier & Ives drawings concerning trains and locomotives. I happened on a book the other day, "Civil War Railroads and Models" by Edwin P. Alexander, copyright 1940. In addition to the many paeriod photos and drawings, that I was going to use in the construction of two dioramas this winter, I found scale drawings (1:48 scale) for a "Dictator" morter car, two different howitzer cars (okay, one used a Parrott gun, and two different armored cars, one for cannon and one for infantry. After I get these rascals scanned for my own use, if anyone would like a set, let me know via e-mail and I'll send you a copy of what you want. I should be up and running in a week or so.


-- John



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Very intriguing. Expect an email.

:o)

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I remember a Model Railroader with a picture in it of Ed's model of the Harrisburg train station from the Civil War period. It was quite a large model as I recall.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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Ed Alexander (according to what he wrote in several of his books) dealt in O guage (1:48-ish). To replicate this model now would mean either using the AMT General in 1:24 (and ~that~ would be daunting!), or as I am trying to do. I got lucky this past winter and came across a couple of old Advance Molding kits from the 1950s, a "General" locomotive and tender in one auction and a set of boxcar and flatcar in another on eBay (total for less than $30.00!). Now with the Civil War Army Corps of Engineers figures and a lot of fiddley-bits that I got from my local model railroad shop (plus a wealth of information that I got from picking the owner's brain), I should be good to go this fall. This will actually be the second train diorama that I'm planning. I have another one to start based on a "General" with a complete passenger train. Because my granddad work in the shops in Altoona, I'm planning on building it in Pennsy colors. Note that these really aren't "stash" kits - I really want to get these done for the BufCon next year.

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please post some pics for us aeroplane geeks.

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As well as for us Civil War geeks.

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