All
Products are HO kits (1/87Scale) unless noted
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Getting
Around In the MRRW Warehouse Isles
Find
the right page at a glance with these links.
This
site does not use "search engines" as most quality hobbyist kits
we feature are sold undecorated.
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Indicated
pages are also in the menu at left. Scroll.
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The
products we design and make (here
in the
USA
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Red Ball has meant unique prototype HO car kits since 1939 (We've made the Red
Ball kits since 1976). Today's Signature Series kits feature
double etched brass and injection molded styrene parts.
Information about our new series of Caboose kits
is on that page and N Scale and
O&S Scale pages
as releases are nearing ready. Occasional
revisions and reruns of old favorite HO Red
Ball Heritage kits are also posted from time to time.
Website voting
for future
Heritage reruns is conducted. Those fine vintage HO RR car part
castings in stock are listed in our
Car & Truck
page. N Scale brass sides
to convert MicroTrains® troop cars are made too (Please see the
HO cars for illustrations).
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Cannonball Car Shops
started
as Red Ball's "plastic brother" In the days of wood and metal
Red Ball kits. Today CCS offers
military RR models and a new,
uniquely interesting,
"special
big shot" styrene kit from time to time.. The current "Big Shot" is an HO GE
Steeple cab- also featured on our Interurban page. Next announced and
coming are a new McGuire Cummings snow sweeper and the historic
Kurtz Kraft PS1 boxcar- the first HO "craftsman plastic car"
kit. It was first made in 1956! This is its last run.
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Our
Hometown line pioneered specific prototype
structures in the 1970s. Today we offer "Bristol Series" color
printed card 7
colors large brick sheets (in most scales), "Insulbrick and
other surfaces. Structures pictured in Structure Models
page are great for backgrounders, patterns, fillin or
learner use.
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LTD SERIES
custom
produced
Red Ball kits
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LTD Series kits by Red Ball are custom produced to
fill pre-reservations, featuring double etched brass
sides
for passenger and other unique prototype cars.
Interurban and
motorcars are also in the LTD series.
LTD
kits are also offered in O,S
& Large and N Scale.
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HOOSIER
BYWAYS
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Hoosier Byways shows the high quality postcards made from
our
photos around the Hoosier state. Please visit our Hoosier
hospitality.
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Quality
US
Kit makers we stock and distribute
prototype
specific products for serious model railroaders
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Our
Bethlehem Car page shows the extensive passenger
car kit and detail parts ("Kitbits") line – with a scattering
of caboose and steam loco parts. Their extensive metal truck
line is on our Car & Truck page
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Central Valley
makes
a quality stock car kit (and parts) and
easy but high;y detailed turnout kits and track laying
track system. Scenic details like ladders and a variety of
detailed bridges are shown.
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City
Classics styrene
structure HO kits are high quality jewels at popular prices.
Admire them at our Structure Models page--then on
your layout. Their gas station is also available in N
SCALE
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DSP EZ Weights
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Economical
car weights on Car & Truck page
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Their
extensive line of injection molded styrene
passenger and freight cars and parts (and marine parts)
is on our Eastern Car page. The wide
selection of ECW molded plastic truck side frames is shown on
our Car &
Truck page
NOTICE:
Delivery of some ECW kits is uncertain due to a recent company
move.
PLEASE
email regarding availability BEFORE ordering.
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Tichy
Trains are well known for highly detail HO styrene kits
and extensive parts for freight and MofW cars. Equally high
quality are their models of RR service facilities
and detail items. A "best kept secret" is the extensive line of
windows, doors and structural details growing on our Structure
Models, and O.S
& Large pages and
N Scale . N rail cars and structures that
are "uncommon" too! The
Tichy and (sister line CMA) extensive scenic detail "mini kit"
selection is pictured on the Tichy HO page.
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Oregon Rail
pioneered
quality prototype specific HO signals. Their price & quality
are unequalled.
The
impressive OR depot kit is in our Structure
Models page.
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Questions
after checking our latest updates?
PLEASE
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here to email
us for
prompt, personal, response from "the boss."
Our
contracted 800 order taker cannot answer information questions.
When
mailing to us at
PO Box 411
,
Roanoke
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IN
46783
please include SSAE
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RESEARCH PAGES
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TROOP and HEADEND CARS
contains
our extensive research on World War II
troop
cars and their later conversions as well as some other mail,
express
and baggage car model information.
CAR and TRUCK REFERENCE products available for kit-bashing, scratch
building cars, includes pictures of trucks by Bethlehem Car (Kitbits),
Tichy and Eastern Car cast
car ends,doors etc by Red Ball etc.
On down the page is a REFERENCE ONLY compendium of HO
freight cars available in Hobby shops 1980-90 era indexed by RR
east of Miss. R. Before the influx of limited run imports,
aftermarket decorators provided the variety.
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Other feature pages
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YARDSALE
closeouts,
consignment bargains
& rare items
SANDHOUSE Hostler
Ginchell (a legendary Red Ball character)
Catches
us up on gossip and sage observations each month.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
miscellaneous
announcements in detail
CABOOSE page is forming to feature Red Ball, Eastern Car and other prototype
specific caboose kits and parts.
N SCALE
we
gather together the N info from our predominantly HO
Manufacturers.
O,S and LARGE SCALE
we
gather the info from our predominantly HO
Manufacturers
including custom produced LTD kits.
INTERURBAN Red
Ball LTD and Cannonball
electric kit information is segregated to this page.
STRUCTURE MODELS
and
SCENIC ITEMS by
CITY CLASSICS, TICHY,
CENTRAL
VALLEY
and HOMETOWN are gathered on this page.
DISTINCTIVE DEPOTS a page where pictures of interesting depots are
posted.
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OUR POLICIES
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In a nutshell Prices & information are subject to change or correction.
Latest updates on pages or in "Working on RR" supercede all previous
posted or published information.
*Products
are in stock or in transit whenever possible. Exceptions are
clearly noted in "Working on RR" updates
or
information pages. *Backorders- we do not BO beyond 30 days
unless you request. (Except advance reservations).
*Reserve
unreleased products by 800 or mail. Your credit card will be
charged upon actual shipment. On our own products you are
guaranteed the price published at time you reserved.
*All
new products are warranted by manufacturer.
Closeouts,and
Yardsale items are sold "as is."
*All
sales are final.
*Cookies
needed to operate the shopping cart are not kept.
*We
do not collect information-nor share it- except your requests
for info or specific product inquiries.
*We
only send email to you to answer specific requests. We do
not keep general emailing lists.
*We
do not open or send e-files unless they are "announced" (or
expected)..
*Links
to other sites are installed only as appropriate to supplement
the information and products of this site.
*Catalogs—some
lines provide them as noted on their pages.
Cost
is noted—SSAE please (and specify)
for "fliers"
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