As a (hopefully) amusing footnote to all this McKeen discussion - and beautiful models - I would like to show you a McKeen car that I purchased at a TCA meet in Ponchatoula LA some years ago. I could not resist it. It was $45. Scratch built, wood construction, decorated as you see it, powered (handcar unit, maybe? it has accurate-ish wood scratch built truck frames), RK passenger truck at the rear. Lots of decals. I think that the pilot is dollhouse fencing.
Yet...somehow...and for 45 bucks....glad I got it. It also shows that if you want a McKeen car, you don't have to have brass or computer printing or any of that stuff. Using a more sophisticated and accurate version of this guy's project, and running gear that is a step or two better, and your own hands...there you have it.
Theoretically I always intended to upgrade it in several ways - power truck, probably rear truck, remove SP paint scheme, lower stance, remove strange details....but, I probably never will. It's good enough to amuse, but not good enough to invest a lot of time or money into it.
