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Old-Timers Berkeley Model Company

By Bob Angel samrcflier@verizon.net Sal Taibi (L) sanctifies Don Sherman’s first Old-Timer build: a Taibi-designed 1938 Powerhouse, powered with a Forster 99 spark-ignition engine. The photo was taken by Don’s brother, Kevin Sherman. THE THEME FOR THIS ISSUE was selected while I was thumbing through three old magazines I’d just been given. The January 1957 issue of American Modeler had a brief article about Berkeley models that was slightly more than a page in length. No author was identified. The model press, AMA, and various individuals have done a good…

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