Reprinted from the September 2013 ACGHS Newsletter Hello Boys & Girls. This original design to honor A. C. Gilbert’s 1913 founding was built over two years in about 1,000 man-hours. That’s roughly the same a working an 8-hour day, 40 Read More …
This model is built by the #0521 Space Center Erector Set of 2005 pictured here. Like all “Special Edition” sets, its 688 parts including screws, nuts and washers builds just this model. The rocket and capsule is about 25 inches Read More …
The Space Needle was built for the Seattle World’s Fair of 1962. It is 605’ high and has a rotating restaurant at the 500’ level. More info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Needle) The Gilbert version shown here (next to the real one) is from Read More …
10/29/2012 – ACGHS member Randy Sauder at the recent June 2012 Train Collectors Association National Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia. His “Tool Shop” creation with over 1,000 continuous moving parts won “Best Model Builder” at the recent 2012 ACGHS National Read More …
Randy writes: This 1924 tool shop has approximately 1000 continuous moving parts including 138 individual gears, wheels and pulleys. The shop is powered by four A-49 engines (1 for the hoist and 3 for everything else). It has 18 drive Read More …
Bill Klein writes: You can pull a train engine and tender onto the turntable in the round house, then turn it 180 degrees and send it back out on the same track going the other direction. Or a train and Read More …