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.
Mudd Creek Models General Store Kit in HO
The General Store HO scale kit from Mudd Creek Models was an enjoyable kit to build and will not disappoint the modeler who adds it to their layout.
Lunch Shack Kit in HO by Berkshire Valley Models
The HO scale Lunch Shack kit from Berkshire Valley Models is a sure-fire detail guaranteed to bring attention to your layout, and it was fun to assemble.
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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.
