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Model Trains → Buildings → HO Scale
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Features: * City models made easy! This kit brings together five different stores in one structure at a dynamite price. * Often just a few blocks away from the railroad tracks, the business district is one of the most important parts of any small town or big city. * This unique kit combines five stores with one space-saving structure that fits on almost any size layout. Add your personal touch with paint and the full-color decals to create a one-of-a-king model for your steam- or diesel-era scene. 11 X 5 X 4" 27-1/2 X 12-1/2 X 10cm.
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Merchant's Row I -- 11 x 5 x 4'' 27.9 x 12.7 x 10.2cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * Saturdays were special. We'd all pile into the back of Dad's old pick-up and rattle into town. There was something special about those old buildings. All of those fancy details and trim left an impression on me, even as a kid. * We'd always stop at the hardware store. Mom could spend all day at Smith's, where they had such nice clothes. My sister and I would dream about the toys at the 5&10. And the folks never could say no when we begged for ice cream! * Main Street hasn't changed much over the years. Sure, the signs are different, and some of the businesses I knew as a kid are gone But the buildings? They still look as good as they days they were new. * Build
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Merchant's Row II -- 10 x 5'' 4 x 12.5cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * In towns large or small, the bank remains one of the most important (and the most common) buildings. Until now, adding one to your layout meant long hours with a difficult kit, or weeks of scratchbuilding. * Bailey Savings & Loan features authentic Beaux Arts (Fine Arts) styling which used ornamental columns, arches and cut stone to project an image of power and strength. (Many libraries and city halls were constructed in this style as well.) Ideal for any business district from the 1900s to the present day, buildings like this were common downtown and in the suburbs. * This kit features highly detailed plastic walls which looks just like cut stone and the fron
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Bailey Savings & Loan - HO-Scale
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Features: * Without the Car Shop, a railroad just doesn't run. Until now, adding one to your HO railroad meant lots of work. But this new kit changes all that. * Big enough to look right, small enough to fit steam- or diesel-era layouts, this HO Scale Car Shop is packed with features. Detailed brick work, authentic saw-tooth style roof with skylights, separate windows, roll-up doors, openings in the floor for rail, everything right down to the decals, is included. A basic kit builds a three-stall shop. But the design is modular, so you can build one as big as you need by combining kits. 11-5/8 x 8-13/16 x 7-5/8" (29-1/16 x 22-1/32 x 19-1/16cm).
...more about the Walthers Rail Shops Cornerstone Series(R) Car Shop Kit -- 11-5/8 x 8-13/16 x 7-5/8'' - HO-Scale
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Features: * As essential to railroading as track and locomotives, roundhouses still serve today. Housing engines between assignments, they provide a place where light repairs and inspections can be done in all kinds of weather. Adding one to your engine terminal is a snap with this American style kit. * All of the prototype details are there, including the traditional two-level roof, with separate clerestory windows and smokejacks, plus 23 large windows for natural lighting. It holds engines up to 13" long, typical of the power found on most lines. Stalls are spaced on 10-degree angle, requiring less approach trackage. With its modular design, the basic 3-stall kit can be
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) 3-Stall Roundhouse - HO-Scale
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Features: * When steam ruled the rails, the coaling tower was a familiar sight at every engine terminal. Some also stood alone on main lines, ready to service passing trains that might require refueling along the way. While early designs were made of wood, later models were made of fire-proof concrete. Hoppers of coal would be spotted for unloading above a covered dump pit. Lifting machinery hauled he coal to the top, where it was stored in the bin. Gravity and positionable chutes took over, delivering a steady stream of coal into waiting tenders below. Many of these durable structures outlived their usefulness, but proved too expensive or difficult to tear down. A few sti
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Concrete Coaling Tower -- Tower & Shed Measure 4-1/8 x 6-3/8 x 11'' 10.3 x 15.9 x 27.5cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * The box car doors slide open. Ramps clang into place from the loading dock. * Strong backs bend to their task as the first crates are carried out of the warehouse and onto the car. * Tucked into the cramped quarters of the industrial district, the Hardwood Furniture Company is the kind of industry that every layout needs. Big enough to look right, small enough to fit and packed with realism. * Check out the authentic architectural trim molded on each wall, or the over 50 separate windows! There's a covered loading dock for box cars, and roll-up doors for trucks. Up on the roof, a water tank, elevator house and chimney are included to detail this important area.
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Hardwood Furniture Company Limited-Rerun -- 11-7/8 x 10-5/8 x 8-7/8'' 23.5 x 29.5 x 22.5cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * Geo. Roberts Printing Inc. produces everything from magazines to newspaper ad inserts. It's the kind of industry every layout needs: big enough to look right, small enough to fit and packed with realism. * With its authentic "brick curtain" construction, it fits on any layout from the 1920s to the present. Large windows, a hallmark of this architectural style, provide plenty of natural illumination and made this type of building a popular choice for all types of industries. To save space in the cramped industrial district, a covered loading dock is built into the rear of the building and will add plenty of operation to your railroading. For the finishing touch,
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) George Roberts Printing Company Limited-Rerun -- 12-3/4 x 7-1/2 x 9'' 31.6 x 19.3 x 22.9cm - HO-Scale
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Features: Cattle and livestock were important traffic on every U.S. and Canadian railroad. Federal laws mandated that animals be rested and fed en route, so stock pens like this could be found in yards as well as small town. Huge stockyards, covering several acres, could be found in big cities, and packing plants needed pens to hold livestock. With its modular design, this kit builds everything from the small town loading pen to the big city stockyard. Includes detailed parts for two pens with loading chutes, which align with 40' stock cars, plus a lean-to for shelter or feeding. 10.5 X 13" (26-1/5 X 32-1/2cm).
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Stock Yard - Kit -- Parts for Two (2) Pens Each- 9 x 7'' 22.8 x 17.7cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * From the 1880s to the 1970s, ice-cooled reefers were a fixture of railroading. Solid trains raced across country with their perishable loads. Supplying ice for the cars in transit was a huge industry. Railroads built ice houses and platforms, like this kit, about every 250-300 miles. * Here, entire trains could be serviced and on the move in minutes. * This complete kit includes a detailed Ice House, based on a prototype in Antigo, Wisconsin, plus a modular Icing Platform, from a Pacific Fruit Express design. Lots of add-on details, including an optional platform roof (used in warm areas to shade ice and slow melting), roof vents and 24 ice blocks are included.
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Icehouse and Platform -- Icehouse- 4-3/4 x 10-3/4 x 5'' (12 x 27.3 x 12.7cm) Platform- 18-1/2 x 1-1/2'' - HO-Scale
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Features: * Today, America demands a steady supply of electrical power, and much of it comes from up-to-date facilities like this. Here, a steady stream of unit trains bring in clean-burning coal to feed the turbines that drive the generators. You'll also find a variety of air and water treatment equipment to reduce harmful emissions into the environment. Outside, clean, simple lines using colored steel panels produce a building that blends easily into the surrounding landscape. * The contemporary lines of this imposing steel structure will look great in any modern skyline. Tall smokestacks and a variety of roof-top details add lots of interesting angles. Capturing the loo
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Tri State Power Authority -- 13-7/8 x 10 x 13'' 34.5 x 4 x 32.5cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * 1/96. * Time is Running Out - Sign Up Now for The Works! * The Works, Walthers exciting steel mill HO modeling series, is one of the most talked-about railroad products ever developed. This month, the first kit from the series, the Rolling Mill, will debut. Starting in February with the delivery of the book The History, Making & Modeling of Steel, and continuing through August 1996, an all-new product from The Works series will be released each month. * This is a program that you can't afford to miss! With a new product appearing every month, with the introduction of a complete line of all-new accessories, and with demand for paint, scenery, locomotives and fre
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Electric Furnace -- 12-5/8 x 11-3/4 x 12'' - HO-Scale
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Features: A great trackside business in any size city or town, local lumber yards receive all sorts of building materials in box cars and aboard flat cars as well. A great destination for steam- or diesel-era wayfreights, this model builds into a typical operation that fits almost any available space. The storage buildings, which protect lumber from the weather, are designed so that you can build one large, covered building, or two free-standing, open sided buildings. There's a small office to handle the paperwork, which can also be placed along a busy street and used as a store and showroom. Lots of colorful sign decals brighten up the operation, and complete instructions
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Walton & Sons Lumber Company -- Main Building (One Structure)- 9 x 9 x 4-1/2'' Office- 3 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2'' - HO-Scale
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Features: Whether set in the days when Shays and Heislers ruled the forests, or served by contemporary diesels and trucks, the Mountain Lumber Company can be the centerpiece of any logging operation. Everything you'll need to start work is included, from the Log Conveyor to the Burner. The Mill Building is enclosed with board and batten siding and covered with a corrugated metal roof. This style is typical of permanent operations or those that ran in areas where the weather could turn cold. At the back is a canopied area, where fresh-cut boards are sorted. To keep the machinery running, there's a nicely detailed Powerhouse with twin smokestacks. And for the final touch, yo
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Mountain Lumber Company Sawmill - HO-Scale
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Features: * Paper mills are some of the busiest spots along the railroads that serve them. Tons of raw materials arrive in specialized cars including woodchip gons and pulpwood flats, along with a variety of chemicals and slurries that are shipped in tank cars. Finished products are also shipped by rail, typically in special service box cars. The Superior Paper kit comes with two complete buildings to begin operations, which could also be used to model a variety of other industries. The first step in paper-making is the kraft (German for strength) mill, where wood is transformed into pulp. This modern steel structure is complete with large smokestacks and a variety of othe
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Superior Paper Mill Complex (Two Buildings) -- Main Building- 11-1/2 x 21 x 9-1/4'' Kraft Mill- 12 x 8 x 17'' - HO-Scale
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Features: * Add new traffic to your layout with this rugged trackside structure. * Glacier Gravel Co. is a unique design, simulating a stone crusher/washer with equipment for loading rail cars or trucks. It looks great as part of a stone quarry, alongside the New River Mining Co. (933-3017) and Coal Flood Loader (933-3051) in a mine, or as part of a slag recovery operation down from the steel mill buildings of The Works. * Lots of detailed parts capture the look of concrete and steel construction. * The main building can accommodate two tracks inside and includes a detailed loading bin. Separate conveyors can be arranged to fit your layout . * Matching conveyor sections (9
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Glacier Gravel Company -- 9-3/8 x 11 x 10-1/4'' - HO-Scale
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Features: * In the early 20th century, successful merchants and speculators constructed commercial buildings like this in many parts of the Untied States. The ground floor was usually occupied by small businesses who used the large windows to display their wares. The upper floors might be sub-let as professional offices, a club meeting hall or converted to apartments. * They can still be found on Main Street in small towns and big cities. Based on a prototype from eastern Ohio, this versatile structure comes with a set of plastic signs and colorful decals so it can be home to a variety of businesses in many eras. 6-1/4 x 7-3/4 x 4-3/4" (15-9/10 x 19-7/10 x 12cm).
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Merchants Row III -- 6-1/4 x 7-3/4 x 4-3/4'' - HO-Scale
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Features: * Getting iron ore from the mines to the furnace has always been a huge job. * As the furnaces grew, so too did their appetites, requiring loading facilities that were up to the task. Many steel companies and railroads erected these big loading docks at Great Lakes ports to keep the iron ore (and later taconite) moving down to the steel centers. Often stretching for hundreds of feet, these engineering masterpieces were first made of wood and later of concrete and steel. Through a series of pockets lining the sides, iron ore could be loaded by gravity into the waiting holds of the big ore boats. * Still in use today, ore docks are home to some of the most fascinat
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Ore Dock -- 48-1/2'' (121.2cm) Long, 5'' (12.5cm) Wide, Modular Design - HO-Scale
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Features: * To move freight cars between land and carfloats, railroads and some private industries constructed Carfloat Aprons. These structures consist of a moving apron (similar to a bridge) that can be locked with the float. This keeps the tracks aligned during switching and allows the float and the apron to move up and down with the tides. Counterweights and lifting machinery are housed in the towers at the end of the apron. * This detailed HO Scale model is an ideal way to add waterfront traffic to your operations. Built on the water's edge, they require little space, but add plenty of interchange traffic. Often found serving large yards as well as industrial areas, t
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Carfloat Apron -- 8-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 8-5/8'' height above water 21.2 x 21.2 x 21.6cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * Not too long ago, stations like Al's could be found at every busy city intersection and along most major highways. Premium was 25 cents a gallon, maps were free, restrooms were clean. There was a mechanic on duty who could fix anything. And Al always wore a spotless uniform when he came out to pump your gas, check the oil and wash the windows. * Introduced in the late 1930s, box style stations like this sprang up from coast to coast and remained a standard well into the 1950s. Combining the office, restrooms and service bays into one structure, they provided a uniform, neat appearance that attracted motorists. Lots of windows made them bright and cheerful, as d
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Al's Victory Service Station -- 4 x 6 x 2-1/16'' 10 x 15 x 5.8cm - HO-Scale
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Features: * By the late 1990s, some 93% - about 3-1/2 million miles - of American highways were built with asphalt. The paving work starts at hot mix plants, like Black Gold, where fine aggregates (sand or gravel) are mixed with a binder made from bituminous, an oil by-product. This mixture is heated to 250 to 375 Fahrenheit; too hot and structurally weakening carbon particles form, too cold and it won't compact correctly. (This is why road repairs/building are done in warmer weather, when temperatures remain stable for long periods.) Dump trucks deliver the hot mix to specialized pavers that apply the asphalt mixture at a uniform depth, width, slope and temperature, rea
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Black Gold Asphalt (Hot Mix Plant) - Kit -- 9-3/4 x 14-1/8 x 10-1/2'' 24.3 x 35.3 x 26.2cm - HO-Scale
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