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rolling stock lits
Posted by icepuck on Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:04 PM

Does anyone know of any place that sells rolling stock in kit form?I'd like to get get back into kit building again(this time with trains), then maybe onto scratch building.

-dan 

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Posted by kstrong on Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:13 PM
Bachmann sells its 1:22.5 rolling stock as kits. Per the current St. Aubins ad, there are kits for box cars, a bobber caboose, Refrigerator cars, tank cars, gondolas, flat cars (2 per kit), and a 3-bay hopper. I thought I read somewhere that the passenger cars kits were going to be made available soon, too. Also, you can get wood kits from Hartford Prodcuts, Ozark Miniatures, and NorthEast Narrow Gauge. Good luck! Later, K
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Posted by icepuck on Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:17 PM

Thanks, now I know what to look for.

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Posted by tangerine-jack on Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:41 PM

Hartland (made in USA) make the best little 4 wheel rolling stock kits.  They have gondolas and tank car kits for about $8 each.  I bought a half a dozen of each and I love them.  Add in a Hartland Mac engine for about $40 and you've got a dandy little work train, made in USA for a respectably small sum of money.  Did I mention Hartland is made in USA?

 

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Posted by hoofe116 on Monday, December 25, 2006 9:45 PM
 tangerine-jack wrote:

Heartland (made in USA) make the best little 4 wheel rolling stock kits.  They have gondolas and tank car kits for about $8 each.  I bought a half a dozen of each and I love them.  Add in a Heartland Mac engine for about $40 and you've got a dandy little work train, made in USA for a respectably small sum of money.  Did I mention Heartland is made in USA?

 

Where can I find this company? Looks exactly like what I'm looking for (not to mention, can afford).

Les Whitaker hoofe@sbcglobal.net

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:05 AM

Here is the url http://www.h-l-w.com/ for Hartland Locomotive Works.  The mini series are here http://www.h-l-w.com/products/mini%20series.html

Enjoy

Paul 

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Posted by RR Redneck on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:29 AM
Isn't Aristo-Craft made in America?

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Posted by tangerine-jack on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:05 AM

 RR Redneck wrote:
Isn't Aristo-Craft made in America?

Not unless America is a Republic of China.

I get my HLW trains from wholesale trains.  here is the link.  http://www.wholesaletrains.com/Search2.asp?Search=HARTLAND&scale=G&Submit2=++Search++&offset=100

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 4:53 PM

I am all ready for this i have been using chop sticks for years.

Rgds ian

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Posted by hoofe116 on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:08 PM

T.J.:

Thanks for the website to Heartland. Those little Macks & cars look like just what I have in mind for starters.

Les Whitaker

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Posted by hoofe116 on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:15 PM

IronRooster:

Thanks for the website on Heartland. I think I'm going to buy some of these, just to get my head calibrated for G gauge.

 Another question: where can I buy powered trucks?

Thanks, Les W.

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