Hello all. I just had a couple questions I thought I would try and seek some advice for. I just signed up here today though I have been getting Model Railroader and others forever. I am a Union Civil War Reenactor with the 10th Illinois and HUGE history buff. That tends to wanna blend in with my HO scale model railroading. I have modeled a mid 1900's era Pennsylvania railroad all the way up to including us Civil War Reenactors doing reenactments and having encampments.
The questions I have are if anyone knows of or has heard of places to get Civil War era rolling stock, building styles, etc... Locomotives are not hard to come by, but I can rarely find rolling stock. I have scratch built a lot of buildings to suit what I needed. What I would really like to find are people in HO scale in Civil War atire and period wear or at least something simular that I could work with to make them into soldiers. Mine are out of scale but they are the smallest I could find. would like cannons, horse and buggies, etc... as well. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Ryan
Some of B.T.S. products are Civil War era http://www.btsrr.com/#4
Enjoy
Paul
Alkem also makes early rail stuff.
http://www.geocities.com/bkempins/ASMMain/Main.html
Musket Miniatures sells details.
http://www.musketminiatures.com/
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
There is a Yahoo CW railroad group with quite a lot of info in the Files and Photos sections of the group.
Dom't know how active the group is. I do know one person from the group was selling CW labeled rolling stock and locos on ebay. Sometimes he sold flat cars with cannons on them. Go to the HO Scale section and search for Civil War. You will get results. I just did. Be careful, some people try to label as Civil War when the stuff is not.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
richg1998 There is a Yahoo CW railroad group with quite a lot of info in the Files and Photos sections of the group. Dom't know how active the group is. I do know one person from the group was selling CW labeled rolling stock and locos on ebay. Sometimes he sold flat cars with cannons on them. Go to the HO Scale section and search for Civil War. You will get results. I just did. Be careful, some people try to label as Civil War when the stuff is not. Rich
This is the Civil War group,http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Civil_War_RRs/ . It is very active, although Union guys seem to be outnumbered by the Rebs!! Go to the site and sign up. In a few days you will be a member - no dues or anything. I get about 3 to 10 e-mails every day on all kinds of subjects they are discussing. They also have a lot of links to suppliers and tons of pics!
I have a set of HO scale Civil War era rolling stock that was made by International Hobby Corporation many years ago. It's even marked U.S. Military RR, but I'm not sure how accurate it may be. I don't run it. It is on a display shelf at our HO scale club.
I haven't seen these advertised by IHC for about 10 years so I doubt that they have any left in stock, but you may be able to find a set on e-Bay.
If you want to try contacting IHC their offices are in Philadelphia, PA. Their web site is http://www.ihc-hobby.com and their phone number is (215) 426-2873.
Good luck.
Try this http://www.mooseminiatures.com I know they have Civil War cannons and Horse drawn wagons along with other products You may need.
http://www.mooseminiatures.com/common/index.php?com=MOOSE&div=AA&nav=AA&page=A04
Rich thanks for making that link clickable.. I don't know what I did wrong with My post...
Great Western Rwy fan Rich thanks for making that link clickable.. I don't know what I did wrong with My post...
After you copy and paste, hit the space bar once - you'll see the link change color!
Great!! Thank you to everyone who has provided info very Much! I have really been wanting to do specific scenes and such but haven't been able to. Looking forward to finally being able to get what I need.
As of today, on ebay HO scale section are HO scale locos and rolling stock labeled for CSA.
Thank you Rich. I am on my way there right now!!!!!!!!!! Ebay look out!
So far I have only been able to locate two Civil War Era Steam Passenger Train sets. Still looking. Trying to find the ones you located.
It sounds like you are not on the HO scale section. I see a flat car with three canon, Bobber caboose, box car, hospital car, troop car, 4-4-0 loco, all decorated for the CSA. There are two smooth bore cannon.
In this section, Toys & hobbies, Model RR Trains, HO Scale
The below section has an Airfix HO/OO scale civil war artillery set.
Toys & Hobbies, Toy Soldiers, Pre-1970, Plastic
I have several Airfix sets - they are 1/76, but can be used if not right against 1/87 stuff.
Ok. Thank you again.
I found all of them plus some other things that I liked as well. Thank you again. Much appreciated.
Model Power makes both passenger and freight cars that would be suitable. Go to ModelPower.com, click on Mantua Classics, and then choose either Wooden vintage freight cars, or wooden passenger cars.
I can't find a web site for them, but Jordan Minatures makes several horse-drawn carts and wagons. They are kits that take a bit of patience to assemble, but they come out quite nicely. You can find them at Walthers or other on-line places.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
They make at least 5 wagons - delivery lite & heavy, buckboards. Take some time & they make beautiful models!!
richg1998I see a flat car with three canon, Bobber caboose, box car, hospital car, troop car, 4-4-0 loco, all decorated for the CSA.
marknewtonrichg1998I see a flat car with three canon, Bobber caboose, box car, hospital car, troop car, 4-4-0 loco, all decorated for the CSA. I take it that accuracy is not important to fans of the Confederacy?
Whatever. This is model railroading where most modelers make their own version of reality.
richg1998 marknewtonrichg1998I see a flat car with three canon, Bobber caboose, box car, hospital car, troop car, 4-4-0 loco, all decorated for the CSA. I take it that accuracy is not important to fans of the Confederacy? Whatever. This is model railroading where most modelers make their own version of reality. Rich
Don't say that to a real civil war buff!!!! Liable to get a bayonette in the bu t t!!
marknewtonWhich is why I put the question - presumably someone who is a re-enactor and history buff would seek accurate models of Civil War-era trains. The trains refererred to aren't a "version of reality" so much as a fantasy...
Mark, to be frank, that is really none of your concern. Each and every single model railroader has to make compromises when taking something from 1:1 scale down to the scale of their choice. No one, and I repeat, no one, has ever made an exact replica of the real world on a model railroad. Everyone is forced to cut corners and take certain liberties.
While it's getting easier and easier for those of us who are modeling mainstream railroads to replicate scenes as close as possible, I would assume that someone modeling the Civil War era is going to have to live with certain sacrifices due to the lack of readily available products (after all, the like of Athearn, Atlas, Life-Like, etc., aren't exactly serving the Civil War market, and understandable so, since it's a very tight niche of our hobby).
Please don't jump into a discussion only to point out the negative in something. It accomplishes nothing. Stay positive and share your insight.
Thanks,Bergie
BergieMark, to be frank, that is really none of your concern.
Each and every single model railroader has to make compromises when taking something from 1:1 scale down to the scale of their choice. No one, and I repeat, no one, has ever made an exact replica of the real world on a model railroad.
While it's getting easier and easier for those of us who are modeling mainstream railroads to replicate scenes as close as possible, I would assume that someone modeling the Civil War era is going to have to live with certain sacrifices due to the lack of readily available products
after all, the like of Athearn, Atlas, Life-Like, etc., aren't exactly serving the Civil War market, and understandable so, since it's a very tight niche of our hobby).