one of the local hobby shops has one for sale on consignment. price is $100. had them test it and it is a smooth runner.looks to be in good shape, price is so cheap because how many NYC steam modelers are gonna be living in the middle of the Canadian prairies? my guess is not many. what can you tell me about these? when was this model imported, whats it quality like compared to others? figure i can sell it on ebay for a good profit and use the money to start a new N scale layout
I cannot answer you directly, but $100 for something that people can handle at the counter, and it is a Key Imports brass (purportedly)…? Do you smell fish? I dunno…
I have a PRR J1 2-10-4 on order that will be from Key Imports. It will be near US$1300. So, you can probably sense my scepticism on this $100 model. You could very well flip it on ebay, but you will have to rely on a buyer who is compulsive/impulsive or merely uneducated. That is my opinion. Perhaps I am dead wrong, but I wouldn’t bite.
Also, the Niagara S1b is a 4-8-4, not a 4-8-2. Yours is a typo, or the model is actually a Mohawk 4-8-2.
your right it’sa mohawk, not a niagara.it can’t really be handled, under glass display case. maybe i’ll go back and take some pictures first. like i said though, there is probably no demand for it, he has had it for quite a while and probably just wants to move it. or maybe i’ll keep it for myself.
If the detail is good I would bite, even thou the price of old brass keeps going down ( as a general rule ), for the price not bad, would have to see it to tell for sure, might even be the bargin of a lifetime. Dose he have any old central valley kits built or unbuilt? Just found it on the net, worth more than you are paying, detail not that great but will probbly not sell for less in general selling, do you get the box?
Kevin - Key imported better than a thousand L-class NYC Mohawks (L-2a thru L-4b) in the late 1970’s - early 80’s, an unusually large number for a brass model and perhaps as many as one sees today in some limited-run plastic engines! Value varied widely dependant on which class the model represented but still, a $100 re-sale price today is extraordinarily low considering you could get several times that amount on eBay if the engine is 100%. I’d look out for some sort of major problem in such a deal (bad motor, tires in need of re-plating, been dropped, etc.).
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yes it has the original box, but no foam or plastic