The kits are not highly-detailed, but I always found their proportions satisfactory, first in HO, then in O scale. If one is especially fastidious, then one probably is better off scratchbuilding most of one's equipment, but for a modeler of average skills not so concerned with specific prototypes and wanting a reasonable number of cars, one could do worse than MainLine.
It isn't as if S scale offered top-drawer commercial models for much before WWI. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > One needs to be careful as many of these, like the old Silverstreak kits in > HO, are oversize for their intended prototypes. Scratch building from > drawings is probably a better bet for most simple house cars. The old > 'S'cenery unlimited resin versions of the Kinsman wood passenger cars would > be worthwhile hunting for. Motive power remains the key issue, as most other > models can be built fairly easily. > > Pieter E. Roos > > > --- On Wed, 11/10/10, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > > One obvious source for rolling stock is the former MainLine > > truss rod kits now offered by ye olde huffe and puffe > > (hideous cutsey name). > > Enjoyed them many, many years ago in HO, have a dozen or > > more in O scale, even picked up one now in S scale (although > > I'm still not > > quite sure what I shall do with it after I get around to > > building it). > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
