Back in 1985 while stationed at Kunsan with the Air Force, I
visited the Daeki Model Company’s factory in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Mr. Kim was a very gracious host on my tour
and I witnessed the assembly of beautiful models from piles of brass castings
and sheet. The patience of the
assemblers amazed me as they worked in a chilly, not too brightly lit
industrial building in downtown Seoul. Their
skills working with brass, still far exceed mine, and I am still in awe of
their accomplishments. At the end of the
tour, Mr. Kim showed me several models that his company had produced. I inquired if any of the models were available
for sale. He said yes and I selected
four that returned to the states with me at the end of my tour. He had no Santa Fe models at that time, so I
selected a Southern Pacific MM-3 2-6-6-2, NYO&W Y-2 4-8-2, a caboose and a
steam heater car. The first two boxes
had labels, but the second two did not.
I think Mr. Kim told me the prototypes, but my notes of that have disappeared
as have my recollection of his words.
I have since figured out that the Steam heater car was based
on a Great Northern prototype.
The Caboose, I have and can recall no information on other
than it was built by Daeki and so marked.
If you can identify the importer of either or the prototype for
the caboose I would appreciate a comment or an e-mail at northbaylines at att
dot net.
John Barry,
Cameron Park, CA
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