Web Site Update
New in HO!
The Rubbles Depot is now
available for ordering. The kit will be shipping
in January 2009.
Past News
The
Mercantil and
Groceria are in
stock and shipping. The
El Gato Negro bar
and Esperanza's Crib
can now be ordered and will be shipping soon. All
HO kits are
SOLD
OUT.
Stay tuned for new HO kits in the coming weeks.
The next in the Frijole Flats series will be the Frijole
Flats Depot. Stay tuned. To
see these new kits, please
click here.
New in HO!
The Williams Market
is now available for ordering. The kit will be
shipped at the end of May.
If you ordered the HO scale Sonora Store or Stone &
Frame Storefront kits, they have been shipped. I
have additional kits in stock for immediate shipment.
I am reviving my HO scale line of structure kits
starting with two popular ones from the past; the Stone
& Frame Storefront and the Sonora Store. Each of these
kits has been updated with some new parts cast in resin.
New instructions, color photos and plans are included.
This new edition will be signed and numbered also.
Shipping will start in April for both kits. Additional
pictures have been posted on the
web page for these kits.
Stay Tuned!
Coming soon is the new Gn15 Battery Loco and Rail
Tractor Loco. Stay tuned for availability and for
some other great Gn15 items.
The
second run of the O scale Rick's Bar/Mission is sold
out. Stay tuned for the next run.
Past News
Grande Barbosa NEW Page 2!!!!
The Latest O Scale kit
Pickapeka Pickle Works is now available to be
ordered. Please click this
link for more
information.
Gn15
Coming soon -Storage Battery Locomotive
The Gn15 Locomotive
Sketchbook is now available. Stay tuned for
our next O scale kit announcement.
New O Scale Poco Querida
Locomotive Conversion kit now available in a limited
supply. This is the first run of this kit.
To order just click the link.
New O Scale kit now available.
Rick's Bar and Hope Mission.
To order just click the link.
Now available
is the O scale Vertical Boiler
Teakettle kit to convert the Bachmann Davenport into
a unique piece of motive power for your railroad.
Click the link for more
information.
I am doing
another run of the HO scale
Vicksburg building. This building is based on
an actual building that was made famous in a Walker
Evans photograph. To order this kit just follow
this link. The Art of
Thomas A. Yorke is also available and ready for
immediate shipment. I will be posting information
for a new sketchbook for those modeling in Gn15.
I am proud to
announce that I will be starting a new series called The
Art of Thomas A Yorke. A collection of sketches,
plans, drawings and model photos tracing the work of
Thomas A Yorke over the years. For more
information, click this link.
Sketchbook Volume 5 is
also now shipping.
The new
Tram Car Series is now
available in O scale. The cars also small enough
to be used for S scale.
Check them out!!!
I am proud to
announce that I am doing a new limited run of Tony's
Garage in O scale. This kit is very special to me.
It was named in memory of my father. Have a look
at this terrific kit!!!
Available in
limited quantity are two new O scale items. The
first one is a Stock
Car and the second is a
1930's Home Built Trailer. For more
information on each of these kits, just click the blue
links above.
At the end of
May, the next in the Industrial Railway Sketchbook will
be available.
This is volume 5. This will be a special issue
devoted to On30. If you are not modeling in this
scale, just scale the drawings to your scale of choice.
There will be many interesting pieces of motive power
and rolling stock presented to the builder. Don't
miss out on this one. If you have not purchased
any of the other Sketchbooks, please do so by using this
link.
On the Large
Scale front, I will be finishing up the Box Cab kits and
they will be ready to ship in a week or two. I will be introducing more Large Scale items as well as
some additional items in O scale. Stay tuned to
the web site for the updates.
New photos
have been posted of the
Ferrocarril Mineral
de Chihuahua
4 Wheel Caboose.
Click the link to see the photos. Stay tuned
for price and ordering information.
The first run
of the 18 Ton critter conversion kit is
SOLD OUT!!
The booklets are still available. There will be a
second run for the conversion kit later this year.
In addition, the second run of the large scale hoppers
are
SOLD OUT!!
Photos have been posted of the completed GE 20 Ton Box
Cab. To see the completed model
click this link.
Coming soon to the Large
Scale Emporium are the 4 Wheel Logging Caboose Body
kit and the 4 Wheel Logging Tank Car Body kit.
Both will be ready Spring '07. Stay tuned for
photos of the new cars as well some additional items.
The Large Scale Econo Kits
are now ready to order.
Photos have been added for the
15' Flat car with the
wood deck as well as a photo of the
15' Tank Car. New
Large Scale Details are
now available for ordering. We are also working on
a Large Scale Newsletter that will be available for
download from the web site. Stay tuned ...
18 Ton 4 Wheel Critter - A new conversion kit for
the Hartland Locomotive Works Mack Switcher.
Suitable for 1/22.5 and 1/20.3 scales. A collection of
resin parts along with the necessary styrene and metal
to convert this unit into an end cab model. New
radiator, hood and a complete visible engine/
transmission unit along with sanding boxes and fuel tank
details. Also new end beams, journals and deck filler
pieces. Gauge panel and seat to help you start detailing
the interior if you wish. An unbound loose leaf booklet
that shows all construction, plans, B&W as well as color
photos and complete painting and weathering instructions
is available.
Ordering information is now available as well as several
photos of the completed project.
Additional Information...
'Bout it for now............
Tom
Message from the
artist
It's been a
long time since my last update so this one is very
overdo.
First of all the HO line will continue. I have to work
on things one run at a time so that means kits will
become sold out and may not be in line for another run
for many months. Such is the case right now. Work
continues on the Rubbles Station re-issue and the
Cherokee Parts Store. These two are near completion and
the first to be released will be Rubbles around the
first of the year. It features a new resin roof which is
a whole lot easier to install than the original. There
are also new roof supports cast in resin for a slightly
more "solid" look. The Cherokee Parts Store is from the
original photograph by Walker Evans. Production molds
need to be done as well as the colorful decals. This one
is an all resin kit except for the floor and sidewalk
which are Hydrocal. The School Bus Yellow painted front
wall with large sign is a certain eye catcher! This one
will follow sometime in early '09.
The biggest news in HO for this coming year will be the
presentation of a large, three story brick and stone
factory with round corner turret. My lips remain sealed
about anything else on this project for the time being.
The O Scale line will continue with the release of more
Frijole Flats structures. A Depot and Hotel for the town
and the factory complex. This is the reason for the town
after all. The original Hacienda will be presented which
is now turned into the office for the plant. It will
feature a barrel tile roof and very old adobe that is in
major need of repair. Also the picturesque walled front
courtyard with tile floor will be represented. The entry
gateway will be ornate and very old. The Boiling
Building will be modeled along with the boiler and water
tank. This building is where the raw beans are prepared
for canning. The large canning building will be a three
story affair. This whole facility has been redesigned
and I will have a new rendering soon.
Large Scale will see two cabooses introduced hopefully
next year. One is a 4 wheel Mexican prototype and the
other a free lance design based on the Quincy & Torch
Lake #4. This will be a set of kit-bashing parts to be
combined with a Bachmann closed Trolley.
I have had little time for work on the Grande Barbosa
Gn15 layout but hope to return to it in the following
year with a few updates here. A few pieces of rolling
stock have been added as well as one new locomotive.
Another town building has been started but the
carpenters have walked off the job to work elsewhere for
the time being.
I still have a few back projects to complete. I wish I
could just take the time needed and complete them,
however, times being what they are at the moment, I must
see to it that we can eat or nothing will be done. I
will return to these projects next year as I can and
finish them. Part of the problem has been the reduction
in sales for me. I now need to produce about five kit
designs for every one I used to produce! This takes a
huge amount of time to devote to development. Designs
and patterns take time. A lot of it. This takes away
from production. It's a difficult situation but I am
working through it. The global and economic situation
comes into play here big time, but we do what we have to
do and work through it.
Until the next time, I wish all my customers a great
Holiday Season and hopes for a much better New Year!

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