O scale, On30 or S scale standard or narrow gauge kits

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
1

Does anyone have a list of who makes kits? I am mostly interested in mid to late steam standard but am starting to develop a narrow gauge intrest as well.[:D]

2

I have a hopper kit that is O/On30 by Red Ball have not built it yet but seems to be a good starter kit. Anyone else know of any kits out there?

3

I have a hopper kit that is O/On30 by Red Ball have not built it yet but seems to be a good starter kit. Anyone else know of any kits out there?

4

Just to clarify, On30 is O scale 30 inch narrow gauge. Less common are On3 (3 foot) and On2 (2 foot).

I’ve never heard of S-scale in narrow, but HO is probably the easiest to find in HOn2, HOn30, and HOn3. I was going to tell you who made some of these, but about the time I went to type it I went blank, sorry.

Greg

5

Partial list of Narrow Gauge kit makers: PBL, Banta, RIo Grande Models, Crystal River, San Juan Models, Rail Line, Grandt Line, Trout Creek Engineering

6

Sn3 is a well known scale , a lot of the companies Trainnut listed have Sn3 kits too .
On30 is becoming very popular , you’ll find a lot of companies that have been making On3 models for years are starting to do On30 versions of their kits .

you’ll find http://www.ngslgazette.com/ is a really nice magazine , and almost all the narrow guage kit makers advertise there .

hope i didn’t break any rules by recommending another magazine

7

For S scale the site you want is http://www.trainweb.org/crocon/sscale.html there is a section on structures, one on narrow gauge (Sn3 and Sn2), one on cars and loco etc. Each section list products, manufacturers, their web sites, etc.
Enjoy
Paul

8

Thanks for the replys[8D]

Does anyone know if there is an S gauge narrow gauge that is common that runs on HO track?

I have S O and On30 trains and want to keep it to the 3 track systems on my layout