I was kind of wanting a featherweight but when heading down south this winter, we stopped at an antique/junk store and I found a Singer 99k machine. I also was kind of wanting a machine like I learned on. I checked the serial number and the one I got was made in 1950 so I'm thinking it could be like the one I learned on. It is a portable and a 3/4 machine - a cute little girl. I got it for a great price as someone had stolen the pressure foot while on display at the store. I will post a picture when I figure out how to do that.