




There is no actual or implied scribing on the preprinted car sides. Such preprinted car sides continued well into the 1970’s. Check out our build of a Gorre and Daphetid box car using preprinted car sides from the NMRA Bulletin.

To say the least the hobby of scale model railroading has come a long way but seeing one of these vintage kits is a great way to look back and be reminded from which we came. Maybe seeing what was available to modelers in the past provides us with a better appreciation of where we are currently in the hobby. Such relics give us a view into the lengths early scale model railroaders went to enjoy this great hobby with the limited funds and resources available to them at that time.
If you are looking for information, plans, instructions or maybe catalog shots of HO scale vintage model railroad kits and some RTR models you have to check out HOSeeker’s WEB site. It is a virtual library encompassing the history of HO scale models.
With great memories of Paul Matushek it’s time we get back to the shops,
CWRailman
For additional information on the Earl Francis company see this Yahoo forum message from Mr Ray Wetzel.