There was a gentleman named Bob Gale who created scale-sized and custom-detailed large locos out of Lionel components. I'm not sure if he ever did a K4 but I've personally seen a Big Boy and a Reading T1 that he did. They're not as accurate as the purpose-built models made after '89 but impressive for the time. Although they had motors I'm guessing most of the owners displayed them because wide-radius layouts weren't at all common then.
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