COMMUTER DINER Railroad Dining Car Deco Design Lefton Roadside USA 1993 HO Scale

Description

COMMUTER DINER -
1 of 8 Diners in the Lefton's Great American Diners Series
Geo. Zoltan Lefton Co.
Item #01175.
Includes color brochures showing the entire set of 8 diners  in this series.
Dated:
1993
Size
: 6" long, 2.5" tall, 1.5" deep
Condition
-
Never used, never displayed.
Your valuable collectible is well packed, protected and in great shape!
This set comes in original box still sealed from the factory.
From the brochure: "Its name and the style of THE COMMUTER DINER are derived from railway dining cars. They were often located near inter-urban train stations and did brisk business." With a streamlined 1930s design, the diner looks like a railroad dining car left by the side of the road. It is green on bottom, white on top, with gold accents and a red "DINER" sign on the roof. Tiny signs read "BOOTH SERVICE" and "OPEN 24 HOURS".
Cast in solid resin, this piece weighs in at over 1 pound and boasts exquisite detail.
Lefton's Great American Diners was designed by David Stravitz for the Roadside U.S.A. collection. From the booklet: "David Stravitz has been called 'a genius of artistic detail'...The Lefton Diner Project was one in which the artist became emotionally involved. 'As a kid, I went to diners with my family. As I matured, I saw them overtaken by fast food franchises that all looked alike. As an artist with strong roots that reach into the past, I wanted to preserve something that was purely "American" and the diner provided a link to our recent past.'" Also, "Diners are an uniquely American phenomenon. They were the independent forerunners of today's fast food franchises. While they shared similarities in style and menu, each diner strove to establish its own identity. Artist David Stravitz has captured the character of these 'culinary landmarks in miniature' and given them an incredible level of detail."
Each piece in the Roadside U.S.A. Collection is in HO scale and looks perfect with tiny cars and people in a railroad display or retro cityscape.
The COMMUTER DINER is 1 of 8 recreated in the Great American Diners series. Produced in limited quantities, the entire collection was retired in 1994 and sold out soon after.
I have limited quantities of the entire set
- see my other auctions and store listings for the rest of the series, as well as the Spectacular Vernaculars and Roadside Delites collections.
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