Product Reviews

Reviews of great new products scale model railroader, presented by the Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette staff. Please contact editor Bob Brown to have your product considered for review.

Toma Model Works Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes 0-4-4T No. 6 in HOn30

Toma Model Works Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes 0-4-4T No. 6 in HOn30

Toma Model Works of Japan has released a kit of Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad 0-4-4tT No. 6 in HOn30.

Giordano’s Grocers from Inter-Action Hobbies

Giordano’s Grocers from Inter-Action Hobbies

This is a simple kit because the parts fit well, but is an advanced kit due to the hundreds of individual components.

Merchant’s Row VI Kit in HO Scale from Walthers

Merchant’s Row VI Kit in HO Scale from Walthers

The newest release in Walthers’ Merchant’s Row series of HO scale commercial block kits builds up into a realstic scene suitable for almost any model railroading era.

Mad River Paddle Boat Kit from Deerfield River Laser

Mad River Paddle Boat Kit from Deerfield River Laser

The Mad River Paddle Boat O scale kit from Deerfield River Laser builds up into a smart rendition of a typical paddle-boat, perfect for harbors and other maritime scenes.

Berkshire Valley Models Fire Wagon Kit in O

Berkshire Valley Models Fire Wagon Kit in O

This new O scale kit from Berkshire Valley Models assembles into a nicely detailed model of a turn-of-the-century hook-and-ladder fire wagon.

Leadville Designs D&RGW 3000-Series Boxcar Kit in HOn3

Leadville Designs D&RGW 3000-Series Boxcar Kit in HOn3

Leadville Designs offers a new craftsman  kit for the 3000-series boxcar as originally built for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1903 in HO, S, and O.

W.S. Kelly General Store Kit by Inter-Action Hobbies in HO

W.S. Kelly General Store Kit by Inter-Action Hobbies in HO

Based upon a real building still standing in Cogar, Okla., this Depression-era store was featured in the movie “Rain Man” with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.

Bar Mills Metropolitan Garage Kit, Multiple Scales

Bar Mills Metropolitan Garage Kit, Multiple Scales

Based upon a notable George Sellios designed building from his Franklin & South Manchester model railroad, the gas station is on the lower floor with apartments above in a wedge-shaped design.

Berkshire Valley Models Saloon Kit in HO

Berkshire Valley Models Saloon Kit in HO

Berkshire Valley Models has released another in its HO scale false-front building in their western series, the Barron & Pollock Saloon.

Class 10 2-6-2T Trench Engine in On30 by Bachmann Trains

Class 10 2-6-2T Trench Engine in On30 by Bachmann Trains

Given the wide spread sale of surplus Vulcan and Davenport locomotives after the war, this 2-6-2T Trench Engine is very useful for freelance layouts.