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STRUCTURES GALLERY

We've included illustrations of available kits here from City Classics,Tichy, Oregon Rail, and Hometown.  These are reasonably priced, quality kits that don't appear on everyone's railroad, but can look RIGHT on yours.  They can be ordered from our website catalog. Photos courtesy of respective kitmakers.

PLACES TO EAT, SLEEP & LIVE   

195-113 Roberts Road                                   195-110  Route 22 Diner

Mobile Home by City Classics                        by City Classics  $ 17.98

$ 14.98   

195-111 Company Houses by City Classics have options and variations, outhouse.   $ 18.98
195-112   Company House 3 pak $49.98

LINESIDE INDUSTRY

195-103 Smallman St Warehouse                         195-107 Carson St Rail/Truck Terminal

by City Classics. $ 20.98  2 story Add on              by City Classics   $ 11.98

is  195-104 $ 11.98

195-109 Carnegie St Manufacturing

by City Classics has optional footprints.   $ 17.98

DOWNTOWN

195-101 GRANT ST IRONFRONT                 195-108 CRAFTON AV SERVICE

by City Classics is great for bashing              includes  gas island, choice of pumps,

                $18.98                                        vending machines etc. City Classics  $ 17.98

has a great ECONOMICAL way to do it (also in N  #195-401)

195-106 EAST OHIO ST                                195-105 BAUM AVE ART DECO BUILDING

by City Classics is great for bashing too.       By City Classics   $ 18.98

$ 18.98

195-102 PENN AVE TILE FRONT

by City Classics $18.98

RAIL FACILITIES

A variety of bridges are found on our Central Valley page and catalog. SIGNALS are shown on our OREGON RAIL page (menu at left).

538-501 MENOMONEE FALLS DEPOT by Oregon              293-7010 CONCRETE

is a classic Victorian depot.     $ 44.95                                     COALING TOWER by Tichy

293-7012 STEEL WATER TANK                                           293-7013 OIL TANK

by Tichy                                                                                   by Tichy

293-7011 HANDCAR SHED by Tichy                                    Wood Water Tower by Tichy  # 2600

Signal Tower by Tichy # 2501

Tichy 2501, 2600 pictured are N scale models

City Classics

  AS MRRW WEBSITE  ONLY  PREMIUMS
LIMIT OF ONE SPECIAL OFFER PER $35 purchased, 2 PER $70 order etc.  

SUN VISORS FOR MINI METALS 50s AUTOS
Etched brass one each for Chevy and Hudson  $2.95 only

  with phone order for  $35 or more of regular* merchandise from this website.

·          Regular merchandise does NOT include YARDSALE page listings. New Kits and parts from: Bethlehem, Broadway Limited, Cannonball, Central Valley, DSP, City Classics, Eastern Car, Hometown Bristol,  Red Ball, LTD and  Tichy/CMA  may  be combined to reach the $35, $70, $105 etc thresholds. When introduced as open stock items this summer, prices will be $3.95 and $17.95 respectively.

 
1950s VHF TV ANTENNA AND TOWER
Etched brass $13.95 each only with phone order for $35 or more of regular* merchandise from this website.  

HOMETOWN #2901 O Scale COKE OVEN TOOLS $12.95

NEW--4 ETCHED BRASS FARMGATES (1 wood, 3 steel)
$12.95 from HOMETOWN

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HOMETOWN TM

Bristol Series 
Model Railroad Warehouse announces the Bristol Series structure kits in HO, N and O scale, Realistically printed on special heavy paperboard materials, these kits are quickly assembled using scisssors & glue stick or rubber cement. Because of their reasonable price (most HO & N are under $10),the ease of construction and their level of realism, they are an ideal way to begin historic dioramas or realisticmodel railroad scenery, install in depth distance scenery or provide standin buildings. HO Bristol Series are designed for upgrading with fine Tichy/CMA and Grandt Line windows. Doors and details for foreground viewing or may be used as templates for scratch building projects-the modeler never needs to "outgrow them." The "footprint" for each is provided for those wishing to make foam-board bases. 

Dealers will find the kit and building sheets' attractive packaging easy to display and sell on pegboard. The HO and most N products occupy 9x15 space in their poly bags with the kits pictured in color on the headers. O scale kit packages occupy 13 x 23 prox.

It takes just a few minutes to assemble Bristol Series kits. After studying the photograph of the actual model – and the exploded construction views, cut out all wall and roof panels with scissors.

Wherever bending is indicated, lay a straightedge along the bend line and scribe the exterior with a blunt table knife, (dry) fine tip ball point pen or other fine scribing tool. Use only glue stick or rubber cement to assemble. Artist's or model builder's sealant may be oversprayed and foam board interior walls and baseboard may be added when the model will be subjected to high humidity. The model's "footprint is indicated behind this flap for those preparing a baseboard.

#197-11001 CHATEAU de MORES, Medora, ND

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble

This authentic colored model is designed to allow super detailing using CMA/Tichy and Grandt Line quality molded styrene windows and doors later if desired.This kit is commisioned by the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

The Marquis de Mores considered himself rightful heir to the throne in France and determined to make the fortune in America that would help him gain that position. Moving to the beautiful Badlands of Dakota Territory to establish a vast ranch and meat packing operation, he built this rustic 26 room summer home for his family in 1883.    

       
Kit design: Lowell Griffin with assistance of State Historic Site staff. 

#197-22001 GOSPORT DEPOT –on the Monon

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble  $8.99

This authentic colored model is designed to allow super detailing using CMA/Tichy and Grandt Line quality molded styrene windows and doors later if desired.

The very earliest depot designers sought ways of housing the train under roof for loading and unloading. This depot, built in the first half of the 19^th century, survived longer than did the Monon Railroad. Down along the White River it was overshadowed by the Pennsylvania line from Indianapolis and the town high up on the bluff., but was a favorite landmark known to railfans who were familiar with the tracks passing by outside and the later addition of the customary bay window.

Kit design: Historical prototype research: Merle Rice/ Kit Layout: Lowell Griffin    Optical effects: Barbara Behning, Lowell Griffin, Merle Rice

#197-22011 NKP FREIGHT HOUSE

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble  $12.50

This authentic colored model is designed to allow super detailing using CMA/Tichy and Grandt Line quality molded styrene windows and doors later if desired.

"Board and Bat" construction was "typical railroad" and so was the freight house that could accommodate two boxcars and housed the agent's offices. The freight house will look right in any self respecting town. 

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Kit design: Historical prototype research: Merle Rice/ Kit Layout: Lowell Griffin   Optical effects: Barbara Behning, Lowell Griffin, Merle Rice 

#197-31001 Longdale Double-company house   $12.50

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble

This authentic colored model is designed to allow super detailing using CMA/Tichy and Grandt Line quality molded styrene windows and doors later if desired.

The two family company house was built in quantity by the Longdale Lumber Company in the West Virginia mountains to house their married workers in lumbering towns. It would typically be found perched on a mountainside with a long set of stairs leading up to the front porch. Stairs suited for this purpose are molded by Central Valley Models and others.

KIT DESIGNERS: Historical prototype research: Ron Lane/ Kit Layout:Lowell Griffin  Optical effects: Barbara Behning, Lowell Griffin, Merle Rice  

#197-32001 Sewell Engine House

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble    $8.99
#197-32001N SEWELL ENGINE HOUSE N SCALE $7.50 

This authentic colored model is designed to allow super detailing using CMA/Tichy and Grandt Line quality molded styrene windows and doors later if desired.

The New River Gorge is a well known recreational area. The beauty of these West Virginia mountains was once the home of vast lumber operations and coal mines that fed coke to the steel mills of Pittsburgh. One of the many diminutive narrow gauge rail operations that carried these cargos off the mountaintops was the Mann's Creek Railroad. Few remnants of the operation remained long after its mid-century demise -- one was the stone Sewell Engine house.      

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In the "hill country" large barns are not commonplace because large grain fields just don't usually exist. If a farmer did not graze dairy cattle on the hillsides it was likely a smaller barn to house the working mules and horses would serve well. And this was "the style." Of course "{the Hill Country" was found in the Ozarks and farther west ==where this model will be right at home.

#197-41005 DELTA SHARECROPPER'S SALTBOX  w/ Outhouse & board fence $7.50

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge,knife and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble

THIS KIT IS DESIGNED TO PERMIT UPGRADING with Tichy/CMA and GRANFT LINE windows and doors for foreground models.. Unpainted wood for porch posts included  

The saltbox style frame house was a simple favorite construction style during the 19^th century. This "board ‘n bat" prototype happens to have been located in the southern Illinois delta area, but settlers called it home in many regions.  

#197-41009 Eastern Street Federalist

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble  $12.99

This authentic colored model is designed to allow super detailing using CMA/Tichy and Grandt Line quality molded styrene windows and doors later if desired.

The sturdy brick homes of this style were typically built as canals and railroads brought expansion across the Allegeheny Mountains in the mid 1800s. Made of local bricks, they can be found in Eastern cities and towns as well as valley towns on tributaries of the Ohio River , the National Road and the "western canals" of the era. Strings of these homes in older areas of town, and isolated homesteads remain today In a town the front of the house is typically against the street or sidewalk with a single stone slab step protruding into the walk or street.    

#197-41019 . WEST CHICAGO AVE.. BUNGALO w/garage   $9.99 Three pack $29.50
NUMBER FOLLOWING DECIMAL INDICATES BRICK COLOR [ ] .22 DARK RED [ ] .25 TAUPE [ ].32 YELLOW-TAN [ ] .244 MAROON
A three kit package #197-41019-3. is available in each color with three different colored roofs.

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble

THIS KIT IS DESIGNED TO PERMIT UPGRADING WITH TICHY/CMA and GRANFT LINE windows and doors for foreground models.

Early in the twentieth century many American cities were expanding rapidly. Brick bungalos of this type lined many streets with variations in the porch, the dormer, addition of bay window or the brick color being as common as the basic style. So HOMETOWN provides two dormer styles, an optional sunny bay window and side entrance door you can add as appropriate. This kit may be built with the elevated basement as was commonly done in recently swampy areas ( like outlying Chicago) or with the deeper basement. HOMETOWN concrete or concrete block sheet (not included) may be used in place of the brick foundation for additional variations.

#197-43001 The MAIL POUCH BARN and Silo

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble $8.99

This authentic colored model is designed to allow use in N gauge or for distance perspective. Larger barn doors (included) allow foreground use.This kit requires the use of an empty cardboard tube from bathroom tissue-not included

HOMETOWN is licensed by the Whitehall Co to produce authentic Mail Pouch advertisements in miniature.

The BANK BARN was often built into a hillside-quite on purpose. Upper level entrance facilitated storage of feed, hay and straw in the main floor and overhead lofts. From here it could be dropped to the animal use areas in the lower level. The temperature in the animal housing level was moderated. By the embankment. In hot weather, the cantilevered overhang provided shade for animals outside near the barn. If embedded into a hillside, a founbdation of local stone would be appropriate at and below ground level. HOMETOWN gas several types of stone sheet. These barns were often found in flat settings as well. Usually an earthen fill was built to the upper level doors, though a steeple sloped wood deck was also common to allow horses or tractors to pull wagins to the main floor.  

#197-43001-O The MAIL POUCH BARN

A BRISTOL SERIES O/S SCALE KIT requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble $12.50 

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#197-43002 Glen's MULE BARN "See Rock City"roof. $7.50
#197-43002N N Scale Glenn's Mule Barn w/ See Rock City roof $5.75

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A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble

In the "hill country" large barns are not commonplace because large grain fields just don't usually exist. If a farmer did not graze dairy cattle on the hillsides it was likely a smaller barn to house the working mules and horses would serve well. And this was "the style." Of course "{the Hill Country" was where roads were leading to Lookout Mountain and Rock City. The fellow who painted their rooftop billboards planned ahead-always spotting where he intended to land (and not) if the footing got too slippery.

#197-43003 MISSOURI MULE BARN weathered gray, with separate FoJo Photo sign

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble $7.50

#197-43003 N N SCALE or HO distant background model $5.75 

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In the "hill country" large barns are not commonplace because large grain fields just don't usually exist. If a farmer did not graze dairy cattle on the hillsides it was likely a smaller barn to house the working mules and horses would serve well. And this was "the style." Of course "{the Hill Country" was found in the Ozarks and farther west ==where this model will be right at home.        

#197-43010 The MARKLE MILL   $12.99
#197-43010N N Scale Markle Mill $8.99 

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble

This kit requires the use of straight drinking straw or similar tubing, not included. It is designed to permit upgrading by use of Tichy/CMA or Grandt Line windows & doors and Campbell corrugated aluminum material.

Grain elevators were more common than barber shops in rural American towns of the "corn belt" Much that was grown was kept to feed livestock, so only that traveling to "the city" would be hauled here. Further westm, in wheat country, much larger elevators were common but they dominated the country in this soze too. This particular mill was one of two along the Erie RR in Markle, IN. Most such mills were built of wood and later covered with corrugated iron. Those still in use will typically have added additional storage bins and piping. These bins are usually cylindrical concrete silos or corrugated metal with conical roofs.  

#197- 41010 MILLER'S SALTBOX  w/picket fence. Flowers on trellis, laindry $7.50

A Bristol Series HO (1/87) kit requiring scissors, straight edge and glue stick or rubber cement to assemble

This kit is designed to permit upgrading by use of Tichy/CMA or Grandt Line windows and doors.

A nicely restored frame home, over a century old. It would be a nice home in many communities across the country and is still found in rural settings too.

44001 Quonset Hut      $5.75

SAWBUCKS MFG CO  #44012. price of this kit is $12.50

June 1, 2005 

HOMETOWN has released a series of well detailed structures on HO, N and O sizes that have been finding favor with modelers who seek background models with character - but with reasonable cost and time requirements.  The 'Bristol Backgrounders have just taken on a new dimension with the release (during National Train Show at Cincinnati) of highly realistic 'Bristol Backgrounder Walls' in a large useful sheet size, at reasonable cost and in major scales from N to G. Priced at $5.00 each, the Bristol material has a printed area  of 11 x 17 inches with brick arranged  for either vertical (tall 'T') or horizontal (wide 'W') walls.  Seven prototypical brick colors are available with appropriate prototypical color variations and gray mortar. Two 'Insulbrick'  (an imitation asphalt brick siding with 'black mortar' lines) colors; Corrugated iron, Concrete block and two colors of 'random stone' are in the initial offerings of Hometown's .Bristol Backgrounders. The heavy Bristol walls may be bonded to foam poster boards to meet strength or humidity requirements..

Adding to the line's versatility are the large printed sheets with arrays of older factory windows topped with brick arches. The windows match various Tichy/CMA styles to allow use on structures where those windows are also desired.  'Curtin'  and 'Utility' style industrial walls round out Hometown's  new  Bristol Backgrounders released in July at the National Train Show in Cincinnati.

A sample card showing all the brick, Insulbrick and stone colors, as well as the various scale sizes, will be sent by Model Railroad Warehouse for a dollar. (Mail requests only, please, or with other orders).  The 11x17 sheets are shipped 'just rolled' in tubes  in US for $7 per order.  Foreign and flat mailing is more. 

Bristol Backgrounder Walls: (all numbers have 197 prefix. Specify W or T where available as the last digit of number. Example: TALL Bright red brick HO sheet is #197-H90001T)  .

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