Glorious NSE Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 This isn't a full listing, just a few new HO items that caught my eye... Suspect these will be right up Dr G-F's alley ISL - and with working front ditch lights too... http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/920-41815 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/920-41813 Santa Fe brick depot and freight house - the Adobe style one has been available in HO for ages, but the brick version's only been produced in N before now - I like these lots! http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-4055 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-4056 And yet another new style of grain elevator (that makes 6 in Walthers current range by my count, not including the various mix-and-match steel bins/legs/accessories) - again, really distinctive, and a nice fit for an older small-town concrete elevator. http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-4047 And finally, some structure kits in the Trainline budget range - some of these look really familiar (depot and house I know i've seen before) - I suspect they are old tooling from somebody else, but still, maybe some good and relatively cheap detail/kitbash fodder...(there's a couple of others i've not linked to as there's no image) http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-904 - Iron Ridge Station (Depot) http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-907 - sand & water http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-906 - Water tower http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-901 - House Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 The Water tower has been around for ages (I have one somewhere that I built in the '70s - I recognize the hut), but I'm pretty sure it wasn't originally a Walthers kit (Pola, maybe?). The depot is definitely the Pola kit. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Old kits never die (they just get rebadged....) - see also "aunt Millie's house" and others... http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/ahmhoscalekits/id135.html Pretty sure I have one of those from the IHC era... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 There is a definite temptation for that new Elevator - I am tempted to do (again) the original "IOTA" from RMC away back - I have the Depot and suitable roadside buildings and it would be the perfect elevator for the layout..... hmmm!..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Where's all the N scale stuff? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 They have the Hole-in-One donut shop (although not with an Ironman figure to have sitting in the donut) and the Diamond Coal Corp coal tipple (which is, I think, a smaller-footprint variant of the New River Mining tipple). Images here: http://www.walthers.com/exec/page/npc_fea_ja Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Where's all the N scale stuff? On their website? As I said, not a full list, and just stuff that appealed to me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Here http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?manu=&item=&words=restrict&split=30&category=&scale=N&&instock=A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I'd have loved to have that new elevator kit available when I was building Galatia - would have been perfect. The Santa Fe depot screams "mid west" and I have a feeling it may appear on a couple of Freemo modules :-) Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Apt thread title. Anyone actually "make" anything anymore? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Walthers does... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2014 Apt thread title. Anyone actually "make" anything anymore? Yes the bits there aren't kits for So I assume you've never used a kit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Apt thread title. Anyone actually "make" anything anymore? Andy If you can get it "ready made", and the end result is going to be better than you could achieve in the time and cost available, why on earth use a DIY solution? Yes, I know, you will have something unique, but a lash-up from Pringles tubes and bits of cereal packets is fine as a "placeholder" - but you want the final result to look reasonable - just my 2cents worth! I do hope that I'm not feeding a troll! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 No trolling intended. Just a spur of the moment sadness and comment triggered by the thread title. It's not the adults I'm concerned about. It seems everything "aimed at" our children's lives is becoming only available as a "black-box". pre-built, package that they will never need (or be encouraged) to learn even the simplest hidden inner workings of. Or ever be able to repair or replace on their own. Once upon a time Model Railways were a really fun way of learning very useful later life skills. .A bit of mechanics, exciting electricity and remote control, miniature construction in metal, wood, card, all typically economically using inexpensive everyday materials to hand. (Children usually didn't generate much income on their own.) Now it's seems it's just a bit of crude carpentry and you "have" to buy everything else. If exhibition layouts become completely indistinguishable from model shop displays, what's the point in having them? Who's fooling whom? You only have to look at the spread of "semi-scale" wheels in the USA, to discover that even basic maths gets turned on its head, all to make a Buck, instead of being told how a railway actually works! Even Kadee's ads for theirs have gone over to the "don't worry about it" side. Sorry if this comes across as off topic for this thread . But it really isn't, is it? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I assume you've never worked in British S scale? (OK, we do have a few kits, but not many.) No. But how many UK exhibitions mandate UK "S" as a requirement, or even layouts built that way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2014 But kits like these, they aren't built, offer loads of opportunity to bash them into something unique without having to hand cut all the window openings. My Sunnydale layout uses mostly Walthers kits but they are chopped in height and format so apart from looking like a typical standardised warehouse they aren't anywhere near the same as the standard kit. Even a repaint and detailing can make plenty of difference. I've said this in other threads but it's equally relevant here. I like US stuff but I haven't the time to scratchbuild everything so I choose to do most of my scratchbuilding in 7/8ths where there are very few kits and none for the locos I want. So do I abandon the fun and social aspects of the modular group just because I haven't the time to build it all? I still have fairly good scratch modelling skills I just choose to use them elsewhere in my chaotic range of interests. Sorry Andy but I think you mistake your own ability to focus on one thing as the only way others do it sometimes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Wasn't a question to you, Andy. It was a rhetorical point, that some people do still wear hair shirts. Not sure I like the idea of exhibitions having "mandates", though. Depends if they charge for admission. Morally, if not legally, you have to set some expectation in return for taking peoples' money. I think Scaleforum is Proto scale exclusive (there are occasionally P:87 inclusions). As I presume similarlly would an official "S" scale society show. Andy Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I meant where are those HO models in N scale too - that concrete silo would be an awesome kit for N. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Daniel, never say never, that Santa Fe brick depot was done in N years ago but not HO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Phew, they're GP60s not 40s. My money is safe According to the chap that sold me a bunch of Walthers kits the other day, the new dark blue boxes are made in China and are much better than the pale blue boxes made by Heljan. Apparently the parts actually fit now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Well, yes. One needs to define the target audience and advertise appropriately, but "mandate" seems a bit strong. On the other hand, you may have a point. Although it doesn't say so anywhere on the RMWeb site, I do enjoy the odd occasion when someone starts a fight in an empty room (empty including, rather than excluding, themselves). Whatever. Thanks for the reality check. I'm sure I can empty rooms with very little effort . OTOH, I'm not in the habit of deleting or excluding anyone I disagree with, just because I don't want their contrary remarks heard. I didn't realize the latter was possible here. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Daniel, my local model shop has the santa fe freight house and station in N scale (If i remember correctly) in the store room. If you want i'll check if its still there for you as im going there tomorrow. That silo kit would would make a nice stand in for the model of Selby i might be making soon! Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Don’t worry, Andy makes quite useful Kits too to aid modelers: http://www.proto87.com/fast-easy-ho-turnouts.html I went to a Wake today. Another Wake tomorrow and then a Funeral on Tuesday. I don’t need “Passive/Aggression”, however you spell it. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Note to self. Must not use humour. Ever. Note to self. Must not mention products only available in one scale. Note to self. Must not mention any commercial products. They are indeed the Death of the Hobby (TDOTH).. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2014 Note to self. Must not use humour. Ever. products only available in one scale. .. So that limits you to the Tardis then as it's a different scale on the inside! Btw Hornby do one . . . . Just in case someone saw an opening Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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