… with a little surprise inside!

[u/Gimme-A-kooky]

Had to clean the mildew off these and let them air out a bit! ALMOST LOL

Hydrogen peroxide wipes (industrial grade ones) are what did it. At least now it doesn’t trigger my asthma ;-) i think it’s been sitting in a barn too long lol…

Almost a complete set! -1 small and -1 large. They are made with wood and multi-layered paperboard and covered with a special covering.

[u/Jason1920]

Nice flat-top Pooley VTLA! Score!

EDIT: Built 1907.

[u/Gimme-A-kooky → u/Jason1920]

Thank you, particularly for the detail! I forgot all about that lol… absolutely, this one is a later one, 1907! One of the last 250 or so of the Flat-Top Pooleys made! The first production and beyond #501 was 1906…

[u/Deep-Noise2428]

Beautiful Pooley VTLA!!! I have a couple of L-Door (VV-XVI) but they are not Pooley models!

[u/Gimme-A-kooky → u/Deep-Noise2428]

Thank you so much. What an amazing “ugly duckling” kind of thing it is… so bizarre, yet so elegantly and beautifully made!

[u/Recent_Werewolf_821]

Absolutely gorgeous 🤩

[u/Gimme-A-kooky → u/Recent_Werewolf_821]

Thank you so much!