Z-1b in HO?

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in HO Precision Scale produced/imported Z1a's and Z1b's.....NJ Custom Brass
only produced/imported Z1a's.  These were the only Z's produced and
Imported in HO.

Ed Painter, #70

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 3:22 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> A couple weeks ago, near the end of the lengthy “steam models” emails,
> someone posted a list of HO engines that have been produced over the years,
> mostly brass.  He stated the Z-1b was 1 of them.  I am aware of the Z-1a
> being imported by NJ Custom Brass and (I think) Precision but thought the
> “b” wasn’t produced except, maybe also, by Precision.  What’s the scoop on
> the Z-1b?
>
>
>
> I was fortunate to win the bid on a custom built Z-1b last year.  Here’s
> the reply I rec’d from the seller after the auction was closed (ignore the
> poor spelling and sentence structure):
>
>
>
> I'm guessing my dads best fried did this;  August Theme (noted N&W
> photographer and author) they knew their stuff and had several cars in O
> (and Ho ) as well as Brass engines made by Rich Yoder, Precision and
> sunset.  So to know it’s a uniquely made/modified one is interesting.  Al I
> know is what my dad had boxed up when August passed away in 2008 I think.
> He and two of his friends split his trains up, many were my fathers before
> as he was originally HO then went O.
>
>
>
> Can anyone verify that August Theime was also a modeler and, possibly,
> built this engine?  The engine has a pair of open-worm drives with an
> open-frame motor.  Boiler appears to be scratchbuilt, maybe the whole thing
> is.  It needs a new drive and I’ve been able to match a Bachmann 2-6-6-2
> drive to it (which runs as smooth as silk).  Swapping the front end and
> cylinders will be fairly straightforward.  The tender may be commercially
> made with added details (I haven’t looked at it too closely yet).  I have
> asked Brass Trains about a possible Akane or Gen Z-1a/b and was told that
> none were made over the 6 runs of 2-6-6-2s imported between 1959 and 1964.
>
>
>
> Jim King
>
> www.smokymountainmodelworks.com
>
>
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