KMT - Guided Missile Car
Back in the late 1950s, Kusan-Auburn, Inc. manufactured a line of O Gauge electric trains to compete with Lionel. Besides ready-to-run sets, they also produced a line of low priced, unassembled kits of various rolling stock.
Keeping in step with the missile mania of the Cold War Era, the company, using the brand KMT, rolled out an Atomic Train set. Two of the cars, the Atomic Cannon and Guided Missile Car, were also sold in kit form. Retail for the Cannon, which could shoot wooden projectiles, was $2.98. The Missile Car retailed for $1.79 and, despite being described as an Honest John in sales material, the missile was fictitious and bore no resemblance to any guided weapon in the U.S. arsenal. Kits of two additional pieces of equipment, a Radar Car and a Searchlight Car, were announced, but there is no evidence that they were ever produced.
This is a very old photo of an even older build.
KMT - Guided Missile Car
Back in the late 1950s, Kusan-Auburn, Inc. manufactured a line of O Gauge electric trains to compete with Lionel. Besides ready-to-run sets, they also produced a line of low priced, unassembled kits of various rolling stock.
Keeping in step with the missile mania of the Cold War Era, the company, using the brand KMT, rolled out an Atomic Train set. Two of the cars, the Atomic Cannon and Guided Missile Car, were also sold in kit form. Retail for the Cannon, which could shoot wooden projectiles, was $2.98. The Missile Car retailed for $1.79 and, despite being described as an Honest John in sales material, the missile was fictitious and bore no resemblance to any guided weapon in the U.S. arsenal. Kits of two additional pieces of equipment, a Radar Car and a Searchlight Car, were announced, but there is no evidence that they were ever produced.
This is a very old photo of an even older build.