The Littlest LP2A?
Today, I was going though some images taken last year at the Littlefield Collection (don't remember its official title) and came across some images of a 1/4 scale LP2A Carrier, all steel, and with a painted label that it was manufactured by the Construction Dept of the Metropolitan Gas Company (MGC or 'MetGasCo') in Victoria. Australian carrier devotees will remember them as one of the Major Co-ordinating Contractors of the Australian carrier construction program. It is not unusual for manufacturers to produce scale models of equipment - the AWM has several of ships, steam engines, railway equipment, and a WW1 lorry - but this is the first I've seen of a carrier. I remember seeing it on my first visit several years ago, and wondering how the hell such a unique and interesting item had 'escaped' from Australia.
The other item that I was sad to see was the AC1, ex-Belfield. Not sad it was in the collection, but very sad to see it left to rot outside in the San Fran, CA, weather - it will need another full restoration in the none to distant future if it is to survive. Tragic, really.
If I can work out how to post images, I'll put a couple of it up.
Mike C
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