Does anyone remember these? What can you tell us about them?

| Does anyone remember these? What can you tell us about them?

| Taurus Products

Still in business. Occasional reruns of product in three scales.

CTucker NY

I'm not familiar with the name D.J. Baker, but the list of available cars makes it clear this is another in the string of people offering the old Athearn all-metal car kits from the early 1950's. Others were Pacific HO and Menzies, if I recall correctly.

I once bought a used one of their kits for the Daylight 3-unit articulated diner. The unique feature of their cars were the construction, using two "U" shaped aluminum extrusions - one for the roof and car sides above the windows, and one for the floor and lower cars sides. The edges of the sides had a narrow slot which held a strip of pre-printed celluloid with the window detail and color of the window posts. This cut their manufacturing costs - not having to punch windows into the aluminum - and gave them flexibility to make a large variety of cars with correct window arrangements. The problems I had were matching the pre-printed very glossy window strip colors, and the strength of the completed cars which were rather heavy, but with a weakness through the very thin window strip. Gary Q

I believe that is now the NKP Car Shop. I haven't invested in any of their products, but I hear some of the guys on the NKP groups talking about them. As far as I know, they are still in business under the NKP Car Shop name.

dlm