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Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr.
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 Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:40 am Post subject: Kit Manufacturers |
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Been away from the hobby for some time - and getting reacquainted with current product
availability.
Prefer to build a kit instead of just opening a box and that be the end of it.
Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed passenger car kits?
Are there kits in larger than HO scale available for passenger cars or steam locomotives?
Thanks in advance for all replies.
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Wolf Kirchmeir
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Kit Manufacturers |
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Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr. wrote:
| Quote: | Been away from the hobby for some time - and getting reacquainted with current product
availability.
Prefer to build a kit instead of just opening a box and that be the end of it.
Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed passenger car kits?
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Google "LaBelle Woodworking" and "Athabasca Models", and "passenger car
kits.".
| Quote: | Are there kits in larger than HO scale available for passenger cars or steam locomotives?
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Google "S Scale kits", "On3", "On30", and "live steam locomotives."
Have fun.
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Alistair Wright
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:34 am Post subject: Re: Kit Manufacturers |
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"Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr." <dhortvet@pdq.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Been away from the hobby for some time - and getting reacquainted with
current product
availability.
Prefer to build a kit instead of just opening a box and that be the end of
it.
Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed
passenger car kits?
Are there kits in larger than HO scale available for passenger cars or
steam locomotives?
Thanks in advance for all replies.
Regards,
Doug
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'5522' Models have a range of 4mm LMS/MR/GWR coach kits. List from:
awhwright@btinternet.com |
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whitroth
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Re: Kit Manufacturers |
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Alistair Wright wrote:
| Quote: | "Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr." <dhortvet@pdq.net> wrote in message
news:3erfg419o3k616h19kf3349m950f54l074@4ax.com...
Been away from the hobby for some time - and getting reacquainted with
current product
availability.
Prefer to build a kit instead of just opening a box and that be the end
of it.
Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed
passenger car kits?
Are there kits in larger than HO scale available for passenger cars or
steam locomotives?
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GET A NEW, COMPLETE KIT!!!
I'm in HO, and got an actual Penn Line Pennsy E-6 Atlantic. I spent more
than I would have on the new kit on missing parts, and had WAY more "fun"
than I'd paid for (or wanted).
mark
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easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce
the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
It works the same in any country.
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Rich
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Kit Manufacturers |
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On Oct 29, 1:05 am, "Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr." <dhort...@pdq.net>
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| Quote: | Been away from the hobby for some time - and getting reacquainted with current product
availability.
Prefer to build a kit instead of just opening a box and that be the end of it.
Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed passenger car kits?
Are there kits in larger than HO scale available for passenger cars or steam locomotives?
Thanks in advance for all replies.
Regards,
Doug
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If you have the time, do some searching. I use Google a lot to hunt
for stuff like this. Many times I find very good deals.
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Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:39 am Post subject: Re: Kit Manufacturers |
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Have found a number of references to places that sell car and locomotive kits -
unfortunately a majority of them do not have web sites - so cannot see what they have.
Reason I posted to the NG was for input from those that knew of kit manufacturers and
would comment pro / con on their experiences.
Regards,
Doug
Rich <gagnonrchrd@netscape.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Oct 29, 1:05 am, "Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr." <dhort...@pdq.net
wrote:
Been away from the hobby for some time - and getting reacquainted with current product
availability.
Prefer to build a kit instead of just opening a box and that be the end of it.
Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed passenger car kits?
Are there kits in larger than HO scale available for passenger cars or steam locomotives?
Thanks in advance for all replies.
Regards,
Doug
If you have the time, do some searching. I use Google a lot to hunt
for stuff like this. Many times I find very good deals.
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Twibil
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Kit Manufacturers |
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On Nov 6, 5:38 am, "Mark Mathu" <m...@mathu.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr." <dhort...@pdq.net> wrote in messagenews:3erfg419o3k616h19kf3349m950f54l074@4ax.com...
Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed
passenger car kits?
Does anyone have comments on the products of this company?
Southern Car & Foundryhttp://www.southerncarandfoundry.com/
Baggage & RPO kits
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Very detailed, very accurate, and rather expensive considering
that you'll have to haunt eBay for a while to find the correct
Central Valley trucks.
The other potential downside is that the kits are quite
time-consuming and are *not* designed for the beginner.
It's rather assumed that you've built stuff like this before and
that you've already got a stock of the proper tools,
adhesives, etcetera, and know how to use them.
On the other hand, they're just as detailed as the high-quality
brass stuff, and can give you a string of otherwise
hard-to-find front end passenger cars for about 1/3 the price
of the same things in brass.
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Mark Mathu
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Kit Manufacturers |
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"Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr." <dhortvet@pdq.net> wrote in message
news:3erfg419o3k616h19kf3349m950f54l074@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Other than Branchline, what other manufacturers offer highly detailed
passenger car kits?
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Does anyone have comments on the products of this company?
Southern Car & Foundry
http://www.southerncarandfoundry.com/
Baggage & RPO kits |
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