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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
A. Assembly Of Station Building
- Locate and cement, from the inside, WINDOWS and DOORS to openings in WALLS.
- Cement END WALLS to FRONT WALL. NOTE: END WALLS are interchangeable so that END WALL with FREIGHT DOOR may be placed either on the LEFT or the RIGHT.
- Cement REAR WALL to END WALLS.
- Locate and cement WALL ASSEMBLY to BASE WALK.
- Locate and cement FRONT ROOF and REAR ROOF to WALLS.
- Locate and cement FRONT GABLE ROOF HALVES to FRONT GABLE.
- Locate and cement REAR GABLE ROOF HALVES to REAR GABLES.
- Locate and cement ROOF EXTENSION SUPPORTS to CORNERS of WALLS.
- Locate and cement FRONT and REAR ROOF EXTENSIONS to FRONT and REAR WALLS.
- Cement SIDE ROOF EXTENSIONS to SIDE WALLS.
- Locate and cement RAIN GUTTERS to ROOF EXTENSIONS.
- Locate and cement (2) DOWN SPOUTS to GUTTERS and WALLS.
- Cement (2) LIGHT FIXTURES at TOP of DOORWAYS.
- Cement (2) STATION SIGN BOARDS to underside of SIDE ROOF EXTENSIONS.
- Cement CHIMNEY HALVES together.
- Locate and cement CHIMNEY to ROOF.
- Cement CHIMNEY CAP to CHIMNEY.
- Locate and cement PACKING CASES and TRUNKS to WALK in front of FREIGHT DOOR of STATIONS. Set aside to dry.
B. Assembly Of Waiting Platform
- Locate and cement ROOF SUPPORT POSTS to PLATFORM FLOOR.
- Cement FRONT and REAR ROOF SECTIONS to ROOF SUPPORT POSTS.
- Cement SIDE ROOF SECTIONS to FRONT and REAR ROOF SECTIONS.
- Locate and cement (2) BENCHES to center of PLATFORM FLOOR.
- Cement RAIN GUTTERS to underside of ROOF.
- Locate and cement DOWN SPOUTS to ROOF SUPPORT POSTS and RAIN GUTTERS.
- Cement (2) LIGHT FIXTURES to inside of ROOF SUPPORT POSTS.
- Cement WEIGHT SCALE POST and PLATFORM SECTIONS together.
- Locate and cement WEIGHT SCALE to one end of PLATFORM FLOOR.
- Locate and cement SUITCASE and HAT BOX to PLATFORM FLOOR.
Tags: 656, assembly, aurora, gable, HO, instructions, platform, railroad, roof, station, waiting
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Part of the allure to collecting vintage Aurora buildings is the colorful graphics that each box displays. If you are investing in a complete set of these HO 1/87 scaled structures for your railroad & slot car layout you get an added value bonus of looking at a box with colorful artwork & graphics. Listed here again is group I of the vintage HO plastic model accessory scenery kits which were produced along with their original stock numbers and price.
- 651-.79 Model Tree Kit
- 652-.98 Colonial House
- 653-.98 Ranch House
- 654-1.29 School House
- 655-1.29 Church
- 656-1.29 Railroad Station
Colorful box artwork is typical for the period and Aurora made no exception as you can see from this image of the side panels.
Aurora HO Slot Car Racing Plastic Model Building Kit Box End Panel Graphics
Tags: 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, church, colonial house, model trees, railroad station, ranch house, school house
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
The Aurora railroad station kit displays nicely on any HO scale slot car racing track layout because it was scaled to fit HO gauge railroad layouts. This all plastic assembly kit is hard to locate.
Aurora HO Scale Layout Plastic Railroad Station Kit
Tags: 656, aurora, HO gauge, layout, railroad station, slot car
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
During the 1960’s Aurora Plastics produced a line of HO scaled structures, in kit form, which could be used for slot car track layout scenery. Since these injection molded plastic scenery models are now quite collectible, an unblemished complete set of the eight different unbuilt model kits can be expensive to purchase, as well as, time consuming to acquire. Aurora was one of several companies to manufacture such a wide variety of scenic kits specifically made for 1:87 scale slot cars. Here is a list of all of the vintage kits which were produced along with their original stock numbers and price.
- Kit No. 651-.79 HO Trees
- Kit No. 652-.98 HO Colonial House
- Kit No. 653-1.29 HO Ranch House
- Kit No. 654-1.29 HO School House
- Kit No. 655-1.29 HO Church
- Kit No. 656-1.29 HO Railroad Station
- Kit No. 657-.98 HO Joe’s Diner
- Kit No. 658-1.49 HO Gas Station
If you can find them at a price you can afford, I will guarantee that these kits will make fantastic additions to your slotcar layout once they are built.
Tags: 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, HO scenery, plastic model kits, vintage kits
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