A little large for O scale but maybe o.k. for standard gauge
Take a look
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=743&item=6954301032&rd=1
Need an airport -http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4148&item=5968473216&rd=1
This one’s a bargain for the kids
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2654&item=6954446519&rd=1
At $540, it should be the best you ever saw on ebay.
In my opinion, the best diner on eBay is a telephone! I have gotten 2, one for each of my layouts. Search “diner telephone” or “diner phone” and see what I mean. They usually sell in the $30.-$50. range. Sized right for O or S. Joe
It’s is a nice looking diner, but at that price I wonder if I couldn’t have one custom built and a better looking model for less money. It’s a fairly basic model. Boxy windows, a porthole window door, the rest is currogated siding topped with a roof ( You could use a roof from a basket case baby madison car.) I’ll have to go looking for the telephone diner. I’m not familiar with it. If I were looking for a roadside diner I’d pick the K-line model. There’s an Ice cream shop here in Cincinnati (Oakley suburb) that’s housed in a NYC stainless steel diner.
That definetly is a nice-looking diner! A bit pricey formy budget, but still very nice looking.
I really like that airport. That’s the kind of thing that would fit in very well on my layout.
I gotta say I like that diner, too! It has been at $ 760.00 all morning, I can’t wait to see the ending price!! [:D] I have a K-line diner, & I remember those phone diners, too. They used to be in the Spencer Gift stores at the malls quite a few yrs. ago. Thanks, John
Definately a cool diner! [:D] But at anything close to that price I would just make one myself…probably use roof flashing. The airport is real cool too.[:D]
underworld
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CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!! $1631.00 for the diner, please someone tell me what is so special, what is the history on this toy company?? Regards Steve
There are people who collect diner-related memorabilia–genuine artifacts of Americana–just as there are people who collect toy trains. So it’s not terribly surprising that a nicely done piece would command a high price, especially if it’s somewhat rare.
All old original as well as new production Smith-Miller items are very desirable pieces. Diners regularly sell in the $1,000 + range. A Smith-Miller Rosie’s Diner Truck Stop sold at auction last summer for $1,100. However, the above auction was remarkable because the diner was in its original box. Here’s a link to Smith-Miller: www.smith-miller.com
BillFromWayne
www.modeltrainjournal.com
I don’t know. I think my diner is way cooler.[:D][:D][:D][:D]
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Oh I don’t know Jon,
Our Starlite Inn has been hopin with Spring Brake coming and all
tom
Tom,LOL[:D]
Diners…Spring Break…babes in bikinis…and WOODIES! Just seem to go together, don’t they…?