Never seen one of these..RIV IHB

[ScaleCraft]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rivarossi-Bras ... 3218227163

Seen a lot of plastic kits, handful of powering kits, but never a cast brass replacement frame alleged to actually BE Rivarossi.

Only downside seems to be the right front pilot step looks like the brass paint is crazed........

Did Riv actually provide these at some point, or did someone have one cast from a plastic frame volunteer?

Seems like this would have been the fix to make those silly things work.

[ScaleCraft]

I noticed seller did not list actual weight as some sellers do.

I also noticed when calculating shipping costs, $9 for halfway across the country. One would think a cast brass frame would cost more than that. Odd.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Saw the listing and have no idea who.........

LWS made a kit to replace the frame along with a set of drivers; had 1 and it was junk.

$10.69 shipping to me from Colorado. It'll fit in a smaller box,

[ScaleCraft]

Saw the listing and have no idea who.........

LWS made a kit to replace the frame along with a set of drivers; had 1 and it was junk.

Was Jan's a cast brass frame or solder together bits?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Saw the listing and have no idea who.........

LWS made a kit to replace the frame along with a set of drivers; had 1 and it was junk.

Was Jan's a cast brass frame or solder together bits?

Kit ='d a roughly milled out hunk of brass with uneven openings cut for drivers. This cast bit is near infinitely better.

[bob turner]

I have one. Dennis did it for me. Photo when I get the chance. I think he was going to do the entire model - a lot of plaster and brass, not to mention heat.

[De Bruin]

I seem to recall CLW offering multiple re-power chassis for the IHB 0-8-0 (maybe one of the weirdest class engines to model to begin with) as well as the IC ten-wheeler, the golden spike 4-4-0's and the CPA 1600-4 . I know for sure regarding those FM cabs as the kits still occasionally turn up the on d'bay, and I own two examples rebuilt with them by the late Arthur Hambrick, but am curious about the steam. Can anyone verify this?
I remember that LWS listing for the IHB 3-cylinder Brooks, glad I didn't bite.