HO Scale Ships and/or Boats

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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Does anyone know a source of HO scale ships (not more than 18" long) or boats, preferably waterline models? I’ve searched Walthers and Caboose Hobbies with no luck.

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I’ve seen a couple of ship models advertised in back issues of MR. Try searching online via the Walthers catalog–here’s what I found under “boat” after paging through a bunch of stuff for U-Boats:

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/405-8520

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/668-1110

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/668-1191

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/668-1221

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/668-1312

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/668-1360

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3153

I had better luck searching for “boat” rather than “ship.”

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There are a bunch of H.O. ship or boat models out there. Try Sylvan Models web sight they have a nice Great Lakes ore boat and a Laker class freighter. Resin Unlimited has a model of the Edmond Fitzgerald. Also check the model boat magizines. Somewhere I’ve got an extensive list of models. If you’ed like I’ll try and find it. Let me know.

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Don:

Have a look at www.sheepscotscale.com they make a number of HO scale working boats: tug, barge crane, coal barge, ferry etc. These are ‘crafstman level’ kits so they may be overkill for your intended use?

Also I did a quick Google search for “HO scale boat” and got many hits. Using that route you may find what you want.

Good luck,

Randy

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Don,
Other sites you may want to visit include the resin models from the Dutch firm Artitec, whose stateside distributors include:
http://www.acrossthepond.net and
http://fidelismodels.com. B&F Hobby Shop in Bakersfield apparently no longer imports them.
Also, Sea Port Model Works whose URL is:
http://seaportmodelworks.com
And, Model Shipways used to produce an HO tugboat, but I’m not sure their parent company, Model Expo, is still interested in HO.
http://modelexpoinc.com
Hope this helps.
Bob
P.S. Yet another site is:
http://www.modeltechstudios.com
Look under HO Kits.

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Take a look at the Rail-Marine Interest group’s website. They might include some links to additional manufacturer’s websites. Follow the link:

http://www.trainweb.org/rmig/index.html

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I appreciate all the tips from you guys. I got all the information I wanted!

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Lindberg & Revell make a few ships that are close to HO scale,They have a Diesel tug boat, a North Atlantic fishing boat this ones is about 17&1/2inchs long. You can really do alot of things with this one,turning mind into a small tanker. Also Revell makes a sharp fire boat,and a Tuna boat.All these boats run about $20to $25 Dollars.Look at some of the bigger online hobby shops.They seem to run these models every few years.