Here ia a link to a company that makes both plastic and brass kits, just scroll down to check them out. I think the freightcar kits are plastic and the passenger car kits are brass.
http://www.mrrwarehouse.com/MRW-Made/Red_Ball_1.htm
I think some of the British manufacturers do etched brass kits. Locomotive Workshop years ago used to make a few brass car kits in O scale, maybe S too. You might check eBay for old kits.
Otherwise, I think you'll be scratch/parts building. There are some makers of brass detail parts, but you'll have to do the body yourself. Search the magazine index for brass scratchbuilding - I think some of the old issues had articles on it.
Good luck
Paul
I know there were a few early HOn3 kits in brass.
Kits aside, this is an area where once your skills develop, you can scratchbuild a whole range of items easily with some planning and commonly available brass stock.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
I'm not saying there aren't any, but I've personally never heard of a kit to build a brass freight car. Why do you think there are any?
I've assembled a brass pile driver kit with a boom, and there are several other such items offered by Sheepscot Scale Models. You might want to check them out to see if they have any other items. But I doubt if they have freight cars, as plastic ones are so fine and plentiful these days.
Here is my pile driver. The body and boom are a part of the kit, the chassis is a plastic one from an Athearn 250 ton crane. All in HO scale:
(Click on photos to enlarge)
Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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Hi,
Toady I bought a good soldering station. Now I would like to try my hand at som nice brass kit of a freight car. The problem is that I havn't got a clue wich manufacturers produce them or what would be an apropiate begginers modell? Any sugestions would be most apreciated.
Magnus