Arden, I believe that Hansel had those items plus an extended vision "Main Central" caboose at the first San Jose convention. Most of us had not seen any "modern" looking S at the time.
I bought a couple of items from Hansel when he decided to liquidate his collection. IIRC I believe that the crane was for sale $500+. At the time I thought that was just too much. Now I wished I had sprung for it. I did buy his 86' hi cube box that has a working underframe and spinning axels. It doesn't track very well but it's a great and inspiring model. He was a truly unique individual. Most of his structure kits were individually cut out when you ordered one and the plans were hand drawn. Billy On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:33 AM, ardeng wrote: > Ed, Lee & I saw Hansel's excellent models in person 20+ years ago in No. > Calif. I lost contact with him. > > That crane was awesome. Control was from a flat car connected by a cable to > the crane. > > He also had a scratchbuilt DD35 & 40, UP of course. > > Would have loved to acquire any of those. I always wondered what happened to > his models. I have never found any info on them. Feared they were lost. > > Bob you heard someone had the crane? > > Arden - Lodi CA > > --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > > > I know several years ago we had talked about these type cranes, and I > > had mentioned the one that Hansel Main had built. A photo appeared in a > > semi-ancient issue of Model Railroader. It was a work of art in > > appearance plus, if my memory is correct, it contained several working > > motors that Hansel built himself. I have forgotten who owns it today. > > > > Bob Werre > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
