Description
For Sale: 2 Platform (Bakelite) pieces, 1 pair for 1 engine for replacement of/or missing parts for the General Models All Nation NW2 Switcher Engine. This part hosts the bolster connection to the power truck as well as the mounts for the motor frame that came with the original kits. The platform is 2mm in thickness in case of modifications are desired or to countersink the mount holes.
When All Nation sold diesel kits, the components were state of the art in their day. The platform that shipped with this kit was a material called Bakelite. With the invention of Bakelite in 1907, the polymer age was born. Leo Hendrick Baekeland was the inventor. The properties of this material were many however the use of Bakelite in the All Nation engine models served multiple purposes. First, it provide durable structure to the model and was resistant to oils, various chemicals, paint and solvents that one might find around a model. Second, it could with stand heat and third it provide an insulating barrier between the diesel body and the trucks to help facilitate electrical pickup from the rails.
Today we also 3D print this platform in PETG PN#10006 and can be bought separately.
Made In The USA.
