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Located on Burnside Street, The Herreshoff Marine Museum is housed in the original Herreshoff Mfg. Co. buildings. The museum also operates a restored portion of the company’s waterfront facilities. Capt. Nathaniel Herreshoff and his brother John built the most advanced power boats and sailing yachts...

Glenn There are a coach and combine at Travel Town Museum here in Los Angeles. I’ve worked with Mike Massee to document the construction of the combine. Interestingly, we’ve not yet examined the floor boards to the extent you are interested. I’d be happy to visit the cars and look at the floor detai...

Hi Peter,

I saw I was mentioned on your post. Here’s a photo of the gauge glass lamp Jeff mentioned. They have been installed on several locomotives and work well. Contact me at lfisher160@charter.net if you have any questions.

Best,

Larry Fisher

As previously mentioned Gerry Bowden was a very talented contract builder from Oregon. Gerry built several 173s during the time I worked at RRSC. One of his 173s appeared on a display trestle on the cover of the catalog. I don’t recall which edition.

As I was laying out the cab of my Chloe I first considered placing the propane firing valve dead center on the cab floor. However as I kept developing details for the cab I realized I’d rather have the valve disguised so that the cab looked as close to prototypical as possible. As a result I decided...

A few items have been added to our line of products as a result of feedback received at the LALS Spring Meet. We are now offering our Chloe style 'Acorn' Cylinder Head Nuts in both 2.5" and 1.5" scale. The same goes for our Baldwin Pattern Cab and Tender Steps which are now available in bo...

The website is: http://www.fisherdetailfoundry.wordpress.com

Contact email is fisherdetailfoundry@gmail.com

We are fine tuning the production version of these parts and will post pricing and more details in the next couple days.

Thanks for your interest!

Larry

New products for 1.5" and 2.5" scale modelers are being added all the time. Check out our new feedwater line supports based on late 19th Century designs. Contact Larry Fisher at fisherdetailfoundry@gmail.com or visit our website at: www.fisherdetailfoundry.wordpress.com. Preliminary pricin...

Here's an update on ANNY. She is now owned by Larry Fisher of Riverside Live Steamers who is also owner of Fisher Detail Foundry, maker of detail parts for the live steam hobbyist

This post is in response to a couple of inquiries since I announced the D&RGW Caboose Lamps. Other Road Names (including fictitious) are possible as well as a 'generic' version without any lettering. If you have an interest in custom road names, drop me a line and I can get you a price. Larry Fi...

Here's a photo showing our 2.5" and 1.6" scale Tallow Pots.