News column - 9
Central Valley
Models
continues
to expand its
selection of kits
for beautifully
detailed HO
scale bridges.
The newest kit
builds into this 200’ double-track steel truss bridge. Orders are
being accepted at the introductory price of $119.95 including
free shipping within the lower 48 states. A tentative release date
has been set for late this month or early November.
Classic Metal Works
says it plans to
produce HO versions of
1960 Ford trucks rang-
ing from a half-ton
F-100 pickup to a
heavy-duty F-600. The series will be marketed under the Mini
Metals brand beginning with the F-100 pickup shown here in a
preliminary computer drawing.
Mini Metals HO scale vehicles available now include a 1941/46
Chevrolet dump trucks
with rear- wheel splat-
ter guards and posi-
tionable dump beds.
Paint schemes are
black with red dump
bed, all black, and two-
tone gray with black
dump bed.
Pickup versions of the
1941/46 Chevrolet are
available as wreckers or
tow trucks decorated in
oil company schemes
for Sinclair, MobilGas
and Texaco (above).
The third group in
the current vehicle
release is International
Harvester Metro deliv-
ery vans. They are
decorated for Nabisco
Oreo Cookies, Sears
Roebuck & Company,
Swift’s Meats, Pabst
Blue Ribbon Beer,
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies,
and Carnation Milk. For additional information or to order direct
visit
Fos Scale Models
has introduced an
HO scale craftsman kit for
“Gardiner’s Tack, Field, and
Farrier,” a one-stop shop for
rural and agricultural needs.
Livestock feed is available
and customers can browse
through the tack supplies
while the farrier fits new
MRH-Oct 2014
