BUILDERS IN SCALE
Two new Kits from Builders in Scale
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The Ore Tipple
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The latest
addition to the Evening Express Series is The Ore Tipple kit No. 615, a
simple yet packed with detail ore bin and trestle. The tipple
can stand on its own or can be combined with the new Mine Headframe kit
No. 616, shown high above. Use it "in town" with another
industry, or let it stand-alone, by the tracks, or way up there in the
hills served by wagons. Construction
starts with building the inner frames. Full-sized templates are
included. An exploded view shows you how the frames go together.
Included is a laser-cut spacing tool to assist. The bin planking comes
next, then the laser-cut bin house capped with ribbed seam roofing, and
finished off with a bunch of white metal details For a limited time it comes with 8" of trestle (available separately, as part #565). Requires just 2" x 12" (8" of which is trestle) |
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The Mine Headframe
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Here's the
second new addition to the Evening Express line, Kit No. 616, The Mine
Headframe. Timber
headframes like this were built over vertical shafts. A steam (electric
or originally beast of burden) powered drum hoist and skip (like kit No.
609, available separately) would lower the men and equipment down
hundreds, if not thousands of feet, and pull the rich ores (and waste
tailings) back up to the surface. This new
model features plenty of interesting board-by-board construction
supported by full-sized templates and step-by-step instructions.
Includes a large pile of original white metal detail castings and a
separate hoist house. Combine it
with the other new mining kit, No. 615 The Ore Tipple or leave it stand
alone. It's packed with enough detail to satisfy the nittiest of pickers
and keep a craftsman modeler busy for several very pleasurable evenings
of satisfying construction! Requires 4" x 14" and is 7" tall |
Photographs and words by kind permission of Builders in Scale
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