and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. To their credit, Con-Cor obtained sup- port from the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical
Society to
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help assure the accuracy of these mod- els. The Winter 2010 issue of The Key- stone, the Pennsylvania Railroad Tech- nical & Historical Societies’ outstanding quarterly publication, had an excellent article on the MP54 cars. (Unfortunately the PRRT&HS is sold out of that issue, and has yet to release a CD containing that issue.) It contains a complete list of car numbers for these cars.
Con-Cor’s website can be found at
http://www.con-cor.com/ indicates that the first batch of these cars has sold out. Keep an eye on their site for addi- tional releases. Powered units are priced $229.98 and non-powered units are priced $129.98.—GARY QUALE
The Rodessa Sears house: HO scale Mfd. by Sound & Northwestern LLC,
P.O. Box 55848, Seattle WA 98155;
www.snwlines.com. From 1908 to 1940 it was possible to buy a complete house, in kit form, from Sears, Roebuck and Co. They had an extensive catalog entitled Book of Mod- ern Homes and Building Plans and it had 447 designs from which 100,000 homes were sold. The kits included precut lumber, lath, millwork, drywall, glazed windows,
roofing,
ances, yard tools and the myriad items a new homeowner would need. The Rodessa was a 616 square foot
home (tiny by today’s standards) in the popular bungalow style and was of- fered from 1919 to 1929.
The
living/dining room, kitchen, two bed- rooms and a bath were typical of the apartments the new homeowners were leaving behind so seemed completely adequate to them. The kit follows the design as featured in the 1925 catalog and included the indoor toilet, some- thing not to be taken for granted in those early days, particularly in rural America.
gutters ,
downspouts, hardware, medicine cabi- net, varnish, wood filler and enough paint for three coats. Heating, plumb- ing, wiring and foundation were extra, often obtained locally. The materials were shipped by boxcar to a freight sta- tion close to the customer’s site, and the customer was responsible for un- loading and transportation of the ma- terials from that point, as well as all la- bor.
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The catalog homes sold throughout the first half of the 20th Century by Sears and other companies brought af- fordable housing to America’s growing middle class. Of course, Sears benefit- ted from the sales of carpeting, appli-
Sears homes, and those of other manufacturers, can still be found in many communities. My parents owned a prefab house built in 1958 from com- ponents supplied by U.S. Steel, and I lived next to a home built from another early system. They can be found easily if one knows what to look for, but they quietly fit into their neighborhoods. This kit, by a new manufacturer, builds into an excellent replica of this classic bit of Americana and would be appropriate in any area of the country. It is not a kit for the first time laser kit builder, as some of the components are exceedingly fine and therefore fussy, but the pieces fit well and assemble into an excellent replica of the proto- type that should be kept in the fore- ground to be appreciated. The walls are laser-cut from appro- priately scribed styrene, with many of the details laser-cut from thin plywood. The windows and doors are a marvel, absolutely to scale and benefit from separate sashes so windows can be open if desired. They are cut from a strong resin impregnated paper and assemble in layers. The delicacy of these components illustrate how even the best cast styrene windows are just a bit cumbersome. The wall and roof components are tabbed and slotted to ease assembly and there are slots atop the walls for the rafter ends, insuring a proper fit.
The front porch is a jewel, and there-
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