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When I considered switching to S-scale, which retailers flag as a "minority scale", I wanted to make sure there was enough "stuff" available to be able to
pursue my modeling interests. In the process I wound up collecting a lot of links to web sites that provide S-scale items. I was very pleasantly surprised
by the quantity and quality of items available. Note that I am only interested in scale modeling, so you will not find any explicit "American Flyer" or
"High-rail" links here. Links are in alphabetical order. Some links my appear under more than one category if their web site contains products belonging in
different categories.
I want to thank John Degnan for the 275 links he provided me!
The key problem I have found with web pages that provide lots of links is that those pages aren't being maintained. However, this page is verified every
Monday morning. Any dead links are removed from the page (I may give them a grace period of a couple of weeks). I use Fourth Ray Software's
FRSLinkCheck. If you have your own web site, I highly recommend you
download a free copy and check your site.
These are the categories of links:
Organizations
Motive Power and Rolling Stock
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| American Models |
| Steam and diesel engines, freight and passenger cars. |
| Aztec Trains |
| Track-cleaning cars. |
| B.T.S. |
| Engine and car details. |
| Backwoods Miniatures |
| Sn3 locomotive and rolling stock kits. |
| Briggs Models |
| S-scale speeder. |
| CDS Lettering Dry Transfers |
| Dry transfers for various freight cars. |
| Centerline Products |
| Track-cleaning cars. |
| Cryer Gray Foundry |
| Brass locomotives and freight cars. |
| Funaro & Camerlengo |
| Freight cars. |
| Great Decals! |
| Large collection freight car decals. |
| Grizzly Mountain Engineering |
| Sn3 freight and passenger cars, and consignment. |
| Herald King |
| Decals for motive power and freight cars. |
| Hollywood Foundry |
| Powered trucks. U.S. dealer is Possum Valley Models. |
| Kadee |
| Couplers. |
| Kaslo Shops |
| Rolling Stock. |
| LBR Restorations U.S.A. |
| Water slide transfer decals. |
| M.L.W. Services |
| Engines, cars, and detailing parts. |
| Microtech Scale Models |
| Small lasercut kits, detailing parts. |
| Mike's Narrow Gauge Models |
| Sn3 engines and rolling stock, including kits and truck wipers. |
| Model Rail Stuff |
| Some coal loads for S-scale. |
| Model Train Wiki |
| Describes all the S-scale compatible couplers. |
| NWSL |
| Wheels, parts. |
| Overland Models, Inc. |
| Brass engines and cars. |
| Pacific Rail Shops |
| Freight cars. |
| Palace Car Co. |
| Passenger car seats. |
| P-B-L |
| Engines, cars, and detailing parts. |
| Pennsy-S-Models |
| Brass Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars. |
| Precision Scale Co. |
| Detailing parts. |
| REM's Railroad Models |
| Standard and narrow gauge freight car kits. |
| River Raisin Models |
| Brass locomotives and cars. |
| Roundbell Hobby Products |
| Replacement motors, flywheels, shafts, flexible tubing, connectors, and wood stains. |
| Rusty Stumps |
| Fences, stairs, ladders, and crates. |
| S Helper Service (a.k.a. The Showcase Line) |
| Locomotives and cars. |
| Sergent Engineering |
| Couplers. |
| Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. |
| Freight car kits. |
| SnS-Trains |
| Can motor conversions, track cleaners. |
| Standard Railway Castings Company |
| Freight cars, detail kits. Web site seems dated. |
| The Aspen Modeling Company |
| P-B-L brass engines. |
| Tichy Train Group |
| Freight car detailing parts. |
| Trout Creek Engineering, Inc. |
| Narrow gauge cars. |
| Wiseman Model Services |
| Narrow gauge freight car kits. |
| Ye Olde Huff 'n Puff |
| Freight car kits. |
Track
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| AAA Turntables |
| Turntables, indexing, and detail parts. |
| American Models |
| Flex and sectional track, turnouts, crossings, and track laying parts. |
| Arizona Rock & Mineral Co. |
| Ballast. |
| Black Bear Construction Co. |
| Ties. |
| Bowser |
| Turntables. |
| Caboose Industries |
| Ground throws (use HO or O scale for S). |
| Clover House |
| PC ties. |
| Custom Model Railroads |
| HO-scale turntables that could be converted to S, or have one custom built. |
| Custom Trax |
| Assembled and ballasted track. |
| Fast Tracks |
| Turnout kits, jigs, and supplies. |
| GarGraves Trackage Corporation |
| Flexable track and turnouts. |
| Homabed (California Roadbed Co.) |
| Homasote cut into convenient strips. |
| Kappler Mill & Lumber Co |
| Ties. |
| Microtech Scale Models |
| Tracklaying templates. |
| New Rail Models, LLC |
| Turnout controller, and throttle & cup holders. |
| New York Railway Supply |
| Turntable indexing system (also has a Sn3 layout). |
| NJ International |
| Signals, switch stands. |
| Pre-Size |
| Tunnel portals, bridge piers, culvert, and walls. |
| Proto:87 |
| Although HO and N-scale oriented, there may be things there for use for S-scale, along with wonderful ideas. |
| Railway Engineering |
| Custom turnouts, switch machines, and switch stands. |
| Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. |
| Tie jigs. |
| S Helper Service |
| Sectional track with molded in roadbed. |
| South Bend Signal Company, LLC |
| Various signals. |
| Tomalco Track |
| Track and accessories. |
| Tomar Industries |
| Track accessories. |
| Tom's Turnouts & Trackwork |
| Custom track, mostly HI-rail, though. Web site also has templates. |
| Trackman 2000 |
| Track cleaner car. |
| Trout Creek Engineering, Inc. |
| Owns BK Enterprises custom track assembled, kits, and parts. |
| Vinylbed |
| Vinyl roadbed material. |
DCC and Electronics
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| Accu-Lites, Inc. |
| Carries all sorts of DCC equipment. |
| All Electronics Corp |
| Surplus electronic and electrical components. |
| Bakatronics |
| Lots of electronic circuit kits for model railroaders. |
| Berkshire Junction |
| Electronic circuits, traffic lights, crossbucks, EZ Line. |
| Choo Choo Cam |
| Camera for mounting on trains. |
| Circuitron |
| Many electronic circuits. |
| Dallee Electronics, Inc. |
| Sound, control, and automatic equipment. S-scale turntable indexer. |
| DCC Installs & Sales |
| Carries all sorts of DCC equipment. |
| Digi-Key Corporation |
| An excellent source for all electronic components. I recommend ordering their print catalog. |
| Digitrax |
| DCC decoders and systems. |
| Electronics 123, Inc. |
| Surplus electronic and electrical components. |
| Fiber Optics Store |
| Simulate night sky. |
| Gadget Tom's Hobby Discount DCC |
| DCC decoders and systems. |
| Jameco |
| Another source for all electronic components. |
| JMRI: DecoderPro |
| Decoder programming software. The software is free, but hardware is required. |
| Litchfield Station |
| DCC installations and parts. |
| Marlin P. Jones & Assoc. Inc. |
| Electronic parts surplus. |
| Miniatronics |
| Electronic parts for MRR hobbyists. |
| Ngineering |
| Extremely small LEDs, SMD parts, flexible wiring, electronic circuits, tubing, detail parts, and tools. |
| NJ International |
| Crossing gates and semaphore controllers. |
| Pricom Design |
| DCC Pocket Tester, DCC Companion, Automated Train Controller. |
| RadioShack |
| The nation-wide electronic parts retailer. |
| Shiloh Signals |
| Signals (S-scale ones available upon request). |
| SoundTraxx |
| DCC decoders that also provide sound. |
| Team Digital, LLC |
| Manufacturer of various stationary decoders, and other accessories. |
| Tony's Train Exchange |
| Retailer who carries all the latest DCC equipment, and has lots of good how-to articles, too. |
Structures
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| American Model Builders, Inc. |
| Laser kits and some detailing parts. |
| B.T.S. |
| Craftsman-style wooden structures. |
| Banta Modelworks |
| Craftsman-style wooden structures and detailing parts. |
| Bar Mills Scale Model Works |
| Laser kits and some details. |
| Black Bear Construction Co. |
| Jigs for bridge construction, kits, and NBWs. |
| Blackstone Valley Railway |
| Wood kit structures and bridges. |
| Blair Line, LLC |
| Signs and decals. |
| Branchline Trains |
| Laser kits. |
| C. C. Crow |
| Hydrocal castings. Includes articles about castings. |
| Clever Models |
| Cardstock kits of various structures. |
| Crystal River Products |
| Wood structure kits and shingles. |
| DSL Shops |
| Cast building fronts and kits. |
| Fos Scale Limited |
| Detail parts and tools. No S-scale kits anymore. |
| Frenchman River Model Works |
| Marine-related kits. |
| GC Laser |
| Laser automobile, structure, and detail kits, and roof shingles. |
| Grand River Models |
| Structure kits. |
| Grizzly Mountain Engineering |
| Laser kits, and sound electronics. |
| Hamilton Model Works |
| Shows HO-scale kits, but S-scale kits are available (see product pages). |
| Hundred Year Bridge Company |
| Steel bridges. |
| Hunterline |
| Wood bridge, tunnel portal, and retaining wall kits. |
| Kaw Valley Designs |
| Laser kits for structures add-on details. |
| King Mill Enterprises |
| Wood structures and detail kits. |
| Miller Engineering |
| Electroluminescence lighting kits. |
| Model Tech, Inc. |
| Laser cut structure kits, roofing material, and details. |
| Model Tech Studios. |
| Background kits. |
| Mountaineer Precision Products |
| Various laser cut structure kits. |
| Mullet River Model Works |
| Small structure kits, accessories, and detailing parts. |
| New Zealand Finescale. |
| New Zealand prototype structures. |
| PA Heritage Models |
| Small structure kits. |
| Pine Canyon Scale Models |
| Structure kits and detailing parts. |
| Ragg's... to Riches? |
| Laser cut structure kits, mostly western. |
| Rusty Stumps Scale Models |
| Laser cut structure kits and detailing parts. |
| Scale Scenese |
| Paper kits (for S-scale print "OO-scale" version to 118% over normal size). |
| Tichy Train Group |
| Structure detailing parts. |
| The Cimarron Works |
| Kits and decals. |
| Trout Creek Engineering, Inc. |
| Classic Miniatures structure kits. |
| Turner Model Works |
| Craftman structure kits and detail parts. |
| Twin Whistle Sign & Kit Company |
| Plastic structure kits. |
| Western Scale Models |
| Craftsman-style wooden structures. |
| Wild West Models |
| Small craftsman-style wooden structures, and roof shingles. |
| William Flatt S Scale parts |
| Pewter detailing parts. |
Scratchbuilding Supplies
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| Bare Metal Foil |
| Bare metal foil, mold-making materials, and decals. |
| Clover House |
| Detailing parts, dry transfers, and tools. |
| Evergreen Scale Models |
| Styrene parts, strips, and sheets. |
| Grandt Line |
| Architectural and super-detailing parts. |
| Kappler Mill & Lumber Co |
| Bulk lumber. |
| K & S Engineering |
| Metal parts, shapes, and sheet. |
| Mt. Albert Scale Lumber Co. |
| Bulk lumber. |
| New England Brown Stone |
| Scale wall and abutment castings. |
| Oso Railworks, Inc. |
| Real cedar shingles. |
| Paper Creek Model Works |
| Roofing, walls, and foundation papers. |
| Plastruct |
| Plastic detailing parts and sheet material. |
| Westport Model Works |
| Resin-cast structure parts. |
Scenery
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| 1 Stop Diecast & Figures |
| Automobiles. |
| 4D Model Shop |
| Very accurate scale trees. |
| Action Animations |
| Custom animated accessories. |
| Action Farm Toys |
| Farm equipment, animals, and other items. |
| AHL Brand Replica Trucks |
| Automobiles (site is somewhat dysfunctional). |
| Arizona Rock & Mineral Co. |
| Rocks, gravel, and sand. |
| Arttista |
| People (bottom of web site). |
| Asheville Diecast, LLC. |
| Automobiles. |
| Blue Jacket Ship Crafters |
| Ships and boats. |
| Code 3 Collectibles |
| Fire and rescue automobiles. |
| Collectible Diecast |
| Automobiles. |
| Corgi |
| Modern military vehicles. |
| Cripplebush Valley Models |
| Rubber rocks that are ready to be installed and painted. |
| Diecast Alley |
| Automobiles. |
| Diecast Direct |
| Automobiles. |
| EDiecast |
| Vehicles. |
| Ertl |
| Vehicles. |
| First in Scaled Miniature Trees |
| Real sage bush tree armatures. |
| Greenlight Toys |
| Automobiles. |
| Mark's Toy Box |
| Sells automobiles on eBay only (original web site. |
| Milezone's Toys |
| Automobiles, farm equipment. |
| Model Memories |
| Roofwalks, signals, catenary, and overhead wires. |
| New Zealand Finescale |
| Details and figures. |
| NJ International |
| Signals, crossing lights. |
| P-B-L |
| Automobiles and figures. |
| PEM |
| Trucks. |
| Realistic Backgrounds |
| Photo backdrops. |
| Reel Rides |
| Automobiles from famous movies. |
| Reviresco |
| Automobiles, figures, and accessories. |
| S Scale Figures |
| People. |
| Scenic Express |
| Neon signs, scenery materials, tunnel portals, figures, videos. |
| SceniKinG |
| Backdrop photos. |
| Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. |
| Detailing parts. |
| Sterling Models |
| Trees and rock castings. |
| Sunrise Enterprises |
| Formerly manufactured signals and other details. |
| Sylvan Scale Models |
| HO-scale boats, but usable in S (George Selios uses N-scale boats in his HO-scale layout). |
| The Aspen Modeling Company |
| Figures, animals. |
| Tiny Toy Cars |
| Lots of S-scale vehicles. |
| Tonkin Replicas |
| Vehicles. |
| Ultimate Scenery Center |
| Tunnel portal. |
| Whitebear Studios |
| Vehicles. |
| Ye Olde Huff 'n Puff |
| Detailing parts and figures. |
| Z-stuff for Trains |
| Signals. |
Tools
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| Alclad Lacquers |
| Natural metal finishes for airbrush applications. |
| Alumilite, Inc. |
| Mold making and casting products. |
| Bob Smith Industries Incorporated |
| Hobby adhesives. |
| Echo Mountain Imports, Inc. |
| Tools, decals, and miscellaneous parts. |
| Floquil |
| Paint, solvents. |
| Harbor Freight |
| Inexpensive tools. |
| JI Morris Company |
| Miniature screws, fasteners, polishing discs, and tools. |
| Joe's Model Trains |
| Rail painter, ballast, paint, decal remover, and weathering dyes. |
| Micro-Mark |
| Lots of modeling tools. |
| NWSL |
| Tools. |
| Rickety Rails Models |
| Glues. |
Retail Stores
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| 3000 Toys |
| Automobiles, scenery items, structures. |
| A & K Hobby |
| Vehicles, scenery items, buildings, etc. |
| Blue Ridge Hobbies |
| Carries a lot of S-scale items. |
| Caboose Hobbies |
| General retailer that carries quite a bit of S. |
| Central Coast Trains |
| Couplers, and some kits. |
| Central Hobbies |
| Engines, freight cars, track, and couplers. |
| Des Plaines Hobbies |
| Brass, decals, parts, and structures. |
| First Place Hobbies |
| Carries lots of S-scale items. |
| Hoquat Hobbies |
| Carries most everything available in S. |
| Howard' S Trains - PO Box 430 - Fort Bragg. CA 95437 - (707) 961 0186 |
| Carries most everything available in S, DCC. No web site. |
| Internet Hobbies |
| Carries structures and S Helper Service rolling stock. |
| Mainline Hobby Supply, Inc. |
| Not much web site content, but they carry S-scale products. |
| Port Lines Hobbies Supplies |
| Lots of S-scale. |
| Railmaster Exports |
| Automobiles (New Zealand-based). |
| Scenery Unlimited |
| S and Sn3 products, including their own product line. |
| The Supply Car |
| Carries most everything available in S. |
| Train & Trooper |
| Specializes in narrow gauge. |
| Walthers |
| S-scale, in-stock items at Walthers. |
Custom Builders
Reference Material
Miscellaneous Products
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| Acme License Plate Maker |
| Create your own license plate image from any U.S. state, various time periods. |
| American Science & Surplus |
| Miscellaneous mechanical parts. |
| Champion Decal Company |
| Going out of business, but they still have some inventory left. |
| Dick Blick Art Materials |
| A good page describing Liquitex Acrylic Mediums. |
| R.S.Hughes |
| Industrial supplies, e.g. adhesives, abrasives, lubricants, paints, electronics, tools, and safety. |
| Small Parts Inc |
| Small metal parts, metal weights, etc. |
| TechMax |
| Motors, bearings, rare-earth magnets |
| Texas Art Supply |
| Local art supplies store I visit for paints, brushes, envirotex, sculptamold, etc. |
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