@colorado hirailer posted:This brings to mind my first early teens encounter with something l had never then heard of...l ordered a diecast HO steamer kit from a heavily advertised mail order NE hobby shop, almost forgotten, but l think kit was Mantua brand. It arrived with a warped boiler. Ended mail-order for a long time. Heard of and encountered it again when admired, at first, three rail Flyer, and then again, recently, when l bought raikcar trucks. Have wondered when that shop closed and ads disappeared from MR, but probably should wonder how prevalent zp was in HO then?
In HO: I've got a bunch of old John English stuff and probably a third of it has "zp"; have also seen it in some AHM/Rivarossi parts.
I think some of the early Atlas N scale Mikados and Pacifics were notorious for that as well...
Mark in Oregon
