Associated Hobby Manufacturers, Inc. v. United States

Woeley, Chief Judge.

The issue here is whether the Customs Court1 erred in overruling the importer’s protest to the classification of certain scale models of mechanized equipment used in construction work as “other model *55articles within the meaning of item 787.15, TSTJS, rather than as models of “highway vehicles” under item 737.07.2

The merchandise is represented by eight models of construction equipment, built to scale at a ratio of 1 to 87, which are used as accessories for “HO scale” model railroads.

Appellant’s witness described the prototype articles and their uses as follows:(1) a…