are part of this release. An undecorated kit is also available.
The steel underframe, Duryea draft gear, and A-B brake system
of the prototype are all replicated in this HO scale version. The
ready-to-run model rides on AAR caboose trucks with elliptical
leaf springs and metal wheel sets. The body-mounted Kadee©
couplers are secured with Phillips-head screws. Pricing infor-
mation and images of all of the new schemes are shown on the
previous website.
SS Ltd
) sells a
wide range of HO
scale structure kits
and detail parts
including items
originally produced
by Alloy Forms and
Nevada Iron Works
& Foundry. An impressive selection of cast pewter vehicle kits
includes a 1948 Ford convertible, a 1948 Studebaker Starlight
coupe, a 1949 Mercury, a 1953 Corvette, a 1955 Chevy Bel Air
coupe, a 1956 T-Bird, and a ’56 Ford F-100 pickup. Among our
personal favorites is a 1953-64 Mack B-42 open-cab fire truck
shown above.
Virginia Foundry and Model Works
is taking reservations for
another production run of HO scale kits for an 1888 Tiffany
refrigerator car. The main components of the craftsman-type
kit are cast in resin from masters created by Bob McGlone. The
kit has been upgraded since an earlier release with many body
details -- hatch supports, drip strip, latch bars, and the six-
hinge doors -- now cast into the one-piece car body. Additional
components in the kit include Kadee #5 couplers, Tichy type-K
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air brakes, a PSC
brake wheel, and
Panamint Models
T-82 wood transom
swing-motion arch
bar trucks with out-
side brake beams.
The trucks are fit-
ted with Intermountain metal wheel sets. A choice of lettering
from either Art Griffin or Clover House is included. The kit sells
for $45.00. For additional information contact John Canfield at
Walthers
) has Trainline®
series GP9M diesels
decorated for
Canadian National,
Southern Pacific,
Rail Link, and WSOR as seen here. The HO scale ready-to-run
standard DC model has an MSRP of $59.98.
Walthers HO scale
Proto® version of
an Evans 4780 cu
ft covered hopper
car will be available
in January in four new decorating schemes. Special features
on the 56' triple-bay hopper include separate grab irons, and
see-through etched-metal walkways and end platforms. Road
names will be UELX (ADM, Arthur-Daniels Midland), Burlington
Northern, MKT, and USLX (Farmers Cooperative Association,
York, Nebraska). The MSRP will be $39.98.
MRH-Dec 2013
