Intermountain Brass????

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Intermountain Brass????

Postby herronpeter » Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:06 pm


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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby Jay Criswell » Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:53 pm

No, of course not. Just IM trucks.

We see the same thing when someone says something is from Kemtron when the only thing on the model is a plastic drawbar with the name on it.

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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:24 pm

Jay Criswell wrote:Just IM trucks.


And even those are broken..... :roll:
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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby Chris Webster » Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:28 am

Jay Criswell wrote:No, of course not. Just IM trucks.

The trucks are the only part of that car that are made out of brass, right?

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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby E7 » Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:03 am

The first thing you want to do is look at the seller's feedback.

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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:05 am

Chris Webster wrote:
Jay Criswell wrote:No, of course not. Just IM trucks.

The trucks are the only part of that car that are made out of brass, right?


IM makes metal(brass) trucks?
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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby herronpeter » Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:33 am

What little I know about this is I thought Red Caboose made the only plastic flat car besides Lionel and Atlas. I’ve never seen an intermountain O scale flat car or for that matter brass intermountain trucks only the excellent intermountain wheel sets!! I’m kinda a rookie compared to you guys which is why I posted this……

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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby Jay Criswell » Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:54 am

Chris Webster wrote:
Jay Criswell wrote:No, of course not. Just IM trucks.

The trucks are the only part of that car that are made out of brass, right?

Look like plastic to me.

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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby Chris Webster » Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:03 pm

Jay Criswell wrote:Look like plastic to me.
Doh! I said trucks, but I meant to say brass bearings in the truck sideframes. :D

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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby sarge » Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:30 pm

Car is cast, probably aluminium. Someone laminated scribed stock on the deck. Trucks are white metal, perhaps Ace. Looks like Intermountain trucks in kit form included.

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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:43 pm

sarge wrote:Car is cast, probably aluminium. Someone laminated scribed stock on the deck. Trucks are white metal, perhaps Ace. Looks like Intermountain trucks in kit form included.


That all would seem accurate!
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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby ScaleCraft » Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:19 pm

sarge wrote:Car is cast, probably aluminium. Someone laminated scribed stock on the deck. Trucks are white metal, perhaps Ace. Looks like Intermountain trucks in kit form included.

I THINK that's a GM or A-N cast flat. SC has separate sides, this one does not. Opinion is, no way for that much. However, scribed deck is nice. How many flat cars does one need, anyway?
Add in shipping, handing, tax if applied, and, uh, no.
Original coupler box seems to be milled out or off. Stirrup steps used to be there...not any more. No grabirons. Stake pockets not drilled out before rattle can red oxide primer application, nor was the scribed decking relieved at stake pockets.
I do like the two piece truck sideframe. Gotta make this a really rare factory error, right?
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Re: Intermountain Brass????

Postby J. S. Bach » Sat Jul 03, 2021 5:44 pm

It is up to $36.00 with four hours to go; two people seem to think that is a worthwhile purchase.

EDIT: It sold for the $36.00.


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