aphragms, lighting and plastic seats where applicable, came as full baggage, coach, Pullman, Vista dome and obser- vation,
liveried to compliment the SOUTHERN PACIFIC F-15 2-10-2 SOUTHERN PACIFIC S-12 0-6-0
range on the diesels. We know in time, Japan priced itself out of the market. Importers went to Korea, which in time, followed Japan’s rising labor costs, and then on to Chi- na. A look at a few model prices reveals where they stood in relation to the three years cataloged. The unpainted version remained the same as 1967, but painted, rose to $92.95. On the other hand, the HOn3 D&RGW C-21, 2-8-0 remained priced at $54.95 for the three years, while an SP 0-6-0 went from $39.95 to $44.95. The most expensive locomotive in 1966 was a $139.95 articulated SP, AM-2 4-6-6-2. In 1967, it was a painted SP GS-4 cost- ing $79.95, and in 1968, SP AC-4, AC-9 and AC-12
2-8-8-4/4-8-8-2’s all cost
$149.95. In a sense, this was the begin- ning of a golden age of imported brass compared to the early and mid 1950’s, when Asian models had yet to reach this
HON3 UNION TANK CAR
The brass imports from Balboa Scale Models (opposite and above) were divided into three lines: the Precision Engineered, Master Series and Slim Princess. These models were produced by Katsumi of Japan and other unnamed manufacturers for Balboa Scale.
4,500 h.p. GE turbine, a Veranda ver- sion, and a 7,000 h.p. three-unit tur- bine. It is interesting that while on the price list, no prices were shown. As Balboa’s Precision Engineered models, they may have been photographed for the catalog before manufacture permit- ted
pricing was published. Other
diesels were an Alco PA-1 and EMD E8 in road schemes including Southern Pacific Daylight, Great Northern Em-
pire Builder and “Sky Blue” liveries, New York Central, Pennsylvania Rail- road and Santa Fe for the EMD E8, plus D&RGW and Missouri Pacific for the Alco PA-1 along with the others mentioned. Diesels, not being road spe- cific but generic, permitted a wider range of liveries for NYC and PRR to sneak in with the rest. Smooth side streamline passenger cars based on Pullman Standard prototypes, with di-
HON3 UNION TANK CAR AND BOBBER CABOOSE
level of refinement. Not only were loco- motives getting bigger and more com- plex, but Balboa’s catalogs grew in three years time from 26 to 34 pages. I leave these prices for readers to drool over and ponder what we once had.
Correction A mistake was made in the identifica- tion of two photos in the January 2014 COLLECTOR CONSIST on page 91. The top photograph is American Flyer Reading Atlantic No. 303 and is the 1957 S gauge plastic locomotive. The P-7sa die-cast model is the O gauge locomotive pic- tured below it.
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