HOn3

[Anonymous]

Help,I am looking for manufactur of HOn3 passengrr car kits,thanks.RB

[Anonymous]

Try La Belle Woodworking--

http://www.labellemodels.com

--John

[orsonroy]

Walthers doesn't list any, and they're (for now) the largest supplier of HOn3 equipment. LaBelle does have some wood craftsman kits for various narrow gauge passenger cars. Many more cars have been produced in brass (check Ebay).

If you're not too worried about proto accuracy, you could just take several of the Roundhouse wood passenger cars and kitba***hem into HOn3 models. Mostly, this involves new trucks and couplers, and cutting out 1-3 scale feet down the center of the car. Walthers also lists a few manufacturers of HOn3 detail parts, including passenger car truck and roofs. It wouldn't be too hard to scratchbuild an underframe and body out of plastic, and use these detail parts for the rest of the car (this method is cheaper than brass, and takes less time to assemble than a LaBelle kit).

[jrbarney]

Riley,
One other possibility, if you happen to be interested in HOn3 round roofed, non-clerestory passenger cars that were used on the Sumpter Valley, and, subsequently on the White Pass & Yukon. Westwood used to offer these kits. To my knowledge they don't have a Web site, but you could try a letter to Mr. E. L. Byer, Westwood, P. O. Box 12206, Fort Wayne, IN 46863. The plastic kits have roof ribs, individual windows, doors and can be configured to represent different cars, such as combine, passenger, baggage, etc. It's been a while, so he may have gone out of business.
I looked for him in the online White Pages and he might be:
Edward L. Byer
5410 Fairfield Avenue
Ft. Wayne, IN 46807-3333
[phone]
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[Anonymous]

Thank's for the info,the company im looking for started out with roofs & now complete kits.It looked like they really had a great product ,thanks, Riley.