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On3/On30/0-16.5 Kits
Our On3 kit includes wheels, gears and motor(s), i.e. all parts required to complete a running locomotive unless specified otherwise - some kits use Bachmann HO or On30 chassis. See About Backwoods Kits for details of our kit construction and assembly. Prices shown in US $ unless otherwise stated ("GBP" or "UK£" denotes UK Pounds Sterling). Click on any of the images below to display a full-screen (i.e.640 pixel wide) version.
| NEW! Conversion kit to turn the Athearn Ford 'A' truck into a powered railtruck. Kit includes Mashima 1015 can motor with pre-assembled 'Microbox mk2' gearbox for superb running, nickel silver tyred, spoked wheelsets, pre-assembled front truck assembly and replacement cast metal body parts with pre-drilled and tapped holes. Phosphor bronze wipers, wire and screw hardware also provided. Supplied with optional rear beam which can accept a coupler if you wish. Requires a donor cab and some detail fittings from Athearn's diecast 1:50 scale Ford 'A' truck to complete. Price: £58. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING. An alternative, cheaper version of this kit costing £38 is available for those modellers prepared to undertake assembly of the gearbox and front truck.
STOP PRESS: The 'Microbox mk2' gearbox is available separately (less wheels) @ £12. The Mashima 1015 motors are also available separately @ £11.50. Call us if you are interested in these items - and any wheels you may require - to assist you in powering other personal projects in your scale.
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| Mack AC Railtruck bodykit Fits fit the donor mechanism from a Bachmann On30 Railtruck. Superb resin mouldings designed for simple adhesive assembly. Kit includes pre-cut, pre-rolled corrugated styrene roofing material. A massive improvement over the regular Bachmann railtruck body. Price £38. FREE SHIPPING.
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 | NOW AVAILABLE: Crawler Track option to fit our already available On30 Steam Crane/Log Loader or Steam Shovel bodykit. These superbly detailed resin mouldings give modellers the option of building their Crane or Shovel as a lineside display model or how about using an assembled tracked Crane or Shovel as a flatcar load? You decide. Call for pricing details. |
| On30 Passenger Tram or Freight Motor and separate Trailer Car On30 Passenger Tram powered kit (£55) and separate Trailer Car (£16 each). These prices include shipping. Superb resin mouldings for easy adhesive assembly (we use and recommend Dr. Mike's 2 on all our resin kits). This Tram kit is specifically designed to compliment our On30 SELECT-a-CARs but is suitable for use with any On30 rolling stock. Includes a specially re-wheeled Tenshodo SPUD power unit and a Sommerfeldt pantograph. Only couplers (we use Kadee no. 5) and crew/passenger figures required to complete. The trailer car is available as one of our On30 SELECT-a-CAR range - but do remember please that all SELECT-a-CARs have a minimum order quantity of three individual cars of your choice. These can be different cars or all the same. You decide. Imagine this neat little tram switching a few cars round a lineside industry, or maybe a tourist tram or work train is more to your liking. Either way, here's your chance to start stringing-up a few poles and wires... PRICES: Passenger Tram OR Freight Motor £55, Trailer Car £16 each |
| Chocks away! A bit o' prop-driven whimsy. Superb resin mouldings to build the model pictured. This fun model is powered by a propeller driven by a 7mm dia coreless motor which comes pre-installed inside the detailed Bristol Pegasus radial engine's crankcase. Wheels included, together with fine phosphor bronze wire wipers for reliable current collection. This is a surprisingly controllable model. Simply open the throttle to move forwards - then back off to slow down. Or put the prop into reverse to brake more sharply. A couple of minutes 'flying' will have you piloting the Aerocar like an expert. You could even fit a small DCC decoder into a cupboard or crate fitted to the 'cockpit' alongside the 'pilot' if that's your thing. Gotta have one. PRICE: UK£39 inc worldwide airmail shipping. |
| Moulded resin SELECT-a-CAR 4-wheeled rolling stock kits. These versatile 9ft long, 4ft 6ins wheelbase, 4-wheelers all cleverly share a common underframe. All are ideally suited to compliment On30s smaller motive power such as Bachmann's Porters and Gas Mechanical - not forgetting that they look great following behind our Forney conversion to a 2-4-0 with tender and also our RTR 0-6-0T and 2-6-0T Saddletankers. Superbly moulded in resin, these highly detailed, simple to assemble kits are designed to accept Kadee couplers (we used number 5s). SELECT-a-CARs will be sold in three-packs to keep things as economical as possible. Packs will consist of 3 x common underframes with whichever three car-bodies you prefer. Choose three cars of the same type or all different ones. It's your decision. Priced individually, the 13 cars which make up the range so far (all are either available now or in production for imminent release) will range from the cheapest Flatcar version - which essentially is the common underframe used on all cars - up to the Crane and Plow versions. Please do be aware that, obviously, the 'Columbia-type' Log Disconnects will be sold in pairs. Not much use anyone having a single log disconnect. If you are a fan of small or micro layouts, or just have tight radius curves on your layout, these cars are just the thing.
PRICING Purchasers should be aware that the SELECT-a-CAR Flat Car is actually the common underframe included in all cars in the range apart from the Log Disconnects. These have a unique underframe. All SELECT-a-CAR kits include wheelsets but not couplers.
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| Moulded resin conversion kit to turn the On30 Bachmann 0-4-4T Forney into a 2-4-0 with tender. This kit can be specified with our new 4-wheeled tender (which includes wheels and has dedicated internals to accept the Forney's DCC/sound components) or our existing slope back bogie tender which requires trucks (discarded Forney trailing trucks work great!). You choose which tender type you prefer. Pics show both versions - either of which look superb. Also included are parts for the loco's rear beam and hinged fall-plate, along with a woodburner stack casting. Fully illustrated instructions guide the builder through the simple work involved in this conversion to produce a handsome looking locomotive with much more widespread potential than the Forney. Price GBP39, including worldwide shipping. |
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On30 Whitcomb Centre-Cab bodykit designed to clip-fit onto an Athearn HO SW1500 donor mechanism. Superb quality moulded resin components with some crisply-cast whitemetal details. Includes turned brass handrail stanchions and all handrail wire. Our kit is designed for unbelievably easy assembly using adhesive. The four main one-piece mouldings (footplate, cab and a pair of identical hoods) are as good as - if not better - than some injection mouldings. Price: GBP39 inc. worldwide shipping. |
| This uses our resin and whitemetal On30 Hand Crane which we originally designed to fit the bed of the On30 Bachmann Railtruck. It includes parts to adapt the Crane to fit any flatcar - or other vehicle - of your choice using the adaptor plate supplied. Pics show it installed on one of the Chivers Finelines (available in the US from International Hobbies) 14ft stake cars.
Price: GBP28
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| Parts are cast in resin and include the three main components shown (plow blade, plow support and ballast tank) together with a one piece resin-cast 16ft flat car (same as the one included in our On30 Slope-back Tender kit). Kit also includes separate bracing for the plow, handrail stanchions and rails for the tank along with stripwood for the platform on top of the tank. Price: GBP33 |
 | Open Cab Conversion Kit for Bachmann's On30 Gas-Mechanical. Kit contains ALL the components from our earlier Gas-Mechanical dress-up kit PLUS further new etched parts, pre-cut, jig-drilled brass angle and pre-cut basswood parts to construct the model pictured. Designed for easy ACC 'superglue' assembly. Price: GBP36
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| Hand Crane Kit to fit the Bachmann On30 Railtruck. May be installed on a Railtruck with Bachmann's original RGS-type cab or use it with our replacement cab. Both versions are pictured. Kit comprises cast metal and high quality injection moulded resin parts. Our Hand Crane unit is cleverly designed to replace the truck's original bed cover which disguises the DCC circuitry on Bachmann's model. This kit is easily assembled using ACC 'superglue'. Obviously this kit may be used in many other situations - not just on Bachmann's Railtruck. Use your imagination and come up with your own ideas. Price: GBP28 |
| NEW On30 Centre-Cab Switcher kit to fit the superb-running MDC/Roundhouse 'HO' EMD Model 40 donor mechanism.
Includes exquisite injected resin mouldings for the mainframe and hoods/radiators. Etched one-piece fold-up cab and sideframe overlays with over 200 hand-embossed bolt/rivet details, real springs in the (dummy) journals, cast whitemetal details and a pre-formed brass roof. Without any doubt, this is the easiest - and by far the best performing - model you'll ever build. Suitable for both novice and experienced kit builders. Couplers not included. Price GBP43.
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| On30 Display Bases NOW AVAILABLE. These are indisputably the ideal way to display your On30 or O-16.5 narrow gauge loco models when they are not operating on a layout. Two different sized bases are available - small and medium - depicting 'rocky prairie' or 'arid desert' environments. Each base is a one-piece resin casting with all the details shown cast in place. The masters were expertly generated by our good friend and master sculptor Simon Harris, who was also responsible for the beautifully rendered paint jobs on the two bases pictured here. Each display base is supplied with detailed painting instructions from Simon to help you attain similar results. The detail on these bases has to be seen to be believed. Have you checked-out the details such as the sun-bathing lizards and cow skull? Fantastic! PRICE: Small 'rocky prairie' base: GBP18. Medium 'arid desert' base GBP24. |
| On30 Tender for the Bachmann Climax NOW AVAILABLE. Turn your 2-truck On30 Climax into a 3-trucker with this great kit. Includes injected resin tank and underframe, whitemetal/brass castings, brass and nickel silver photo-etched parts together with wheelsets. No attempt has been made to include bevel gearing since there is no practical or easy means of continuing the model's driveshaft aft of its rear truck - but this is definitely not noticeable. Don't take our word for it - check out the photos. PRICE: GBP38. |
 | Replacement truck cab for the Bachmann On30 Railtruck NOW AVAILABLE. We hate to say it, but nice as Bachmann's Railtruck is, there's no escaping the fact that the model is just too specific a prototype - to us it simply screams RGS. That's no bad thing if you happen to model the Rio Grande Southern but installing our cab means the model will look much more at home on the hundreds of freelanced On30 model railroads which we know can use one - or perhaps more - of these typically rugged rigs. Supplied as a very highly detailed, one-piece, injected resin casting. Instructions provided showing how to remove the original cab and fit our drop-on replacement. PRICE: GBP22
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    | On30 Mallet Conversion Kit to fit the HO Mantua Classics 2-6-6-2T donor mechanism. Our kit consists of beautifully photo-etched, easily folded-to-shape brass cab and sidetanks, along with a host of other details to build the model shown in the pics. Smart design means that each of those sidetanks is basically formed from two pieces - a simple fold-up inner former with a separately applied, fully rivetted outer overlay. The kit cleverly re-uses the HO donor model's original boiler - only mounted higher. We provide new resin-cast sand domes and many other whitemetal detail castings including pilot and rear beams, smokebox front, twin airpumps, air tanks, stack, generator, head and back-up lights, bell, cab interior details, oil filler, bucket, hose reel, oil cans etc. As usual, the instructions consist of a lavishly illustrated, step-by-step guide to building our kit. The model is designed for adhesive or solder assembly. Price is GBP85 inclusive of worldwide airmail shipping. LOOK OUT for our new On30 Slope-back Tender kit which we designed specifically to compliment this kit - thus making for a pretty close resemblance to the mighty RAYONIER Mallet tender/tank locos. |
 | ... Anyone for a RAYONIER-esque On30 Mallet Tank/Tender combo? Mmmm...how cool is this? .... |
| AVAILABLE NOW Limited-run, On30 Slope-back Tender kit Two beautifully detailed, injected-resin castings make up the tender body and frame for this kit. Also provided are photo-etched and cast details to build the model pictured. This truly versatile tender model is capable of being built as a coal, wood or oil-burning type and the separate oil tank can be used to house a decent-sized sound speaker if desired. We have conveniently provided a hollow void beneath the sloped portion of the tender body which is specifically designed to accommodate one of the recently released SoundTraxx 'Tsunami' DCC/sound decoders - or any other DCC paraphernalia of your choice. To help make our kit as affordable as possible - and to allow the modeller more individual choice - trucks and couplers must be provided by the purchaser. Our assembled pre-production model pictured uses a pair of Chivers Finelines (available in the US from International Hobbies) On30 freight trucks which fit the bill perfectly. Designed for simple adhesive assembly, our kit comes with detailed, step-by-step, illustrated instructions to build the model shown. Price is GBP33, inclusive of worldwide airmail shipping. We designed this tender kit to accompany our recently released On30
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 | New cast metal replacement tank for any of the On30 Bachmann Porters. Kit includes new tank, water filler, replacement stack (not shown) and handrails. PRICE: GBP15 plus postage. |
 | Conversion kit to turn a Bachmann On30 Combine into a powered Doodlebug-style Railcar. Includes etched brass parts for driving cab end, together with crisply cast details. A Tenshodo SPUD (Self Propelled Universal Drive) power truck is provided, together with pre-amended bogie sideframes and mounting hardware. Price GBP63 including worldwide shipping. |
| Bachmann Climax Dress-up Kit Our detailing kit consists of our usual crisply cast and photo-etched parts. Modellers can use all or just some of our detailing parts to enhance their Climax model, all of which are designed to attach to the model using superglue (ACC) or epoxy. Our kit includes a gypsy winch, woodburning stack, stowage boxes, bunker rails, water tank plumbing, sand boxes, oil cans, bucket, shovel, saw, etc. Price: GBP39 including worldwide shipping via airmail. |
| 'Close-couplers' (link-and-pin style) to fit the Bachmann On30 Side-Tippers and V-Skips. These improve the scale appearance of these otherwise nicely detailed wagons. The original knuckle couplers space these cars much too far apart - and are visually dreadful. Compare this with the result shown alongside using our simple replacements. The real benefit is that modellers can now run longer trains in the same space. The idea is to use the close-couplers in a rake of cars with only the outer cars fitted with working knuckle couplers. Price: GBP3.00 per pack plus shipping. |
| Body kit for an On30 Shovel/Ditcher. This will be an entirely new kit comprising of all parts from our recently released On30 Crane/Loader kit plus the necessary Shovel/Ditcher parts. As shown in the photos, it is possible to fit these bodykits to a powered chassis - our model is specifically designed to fit the Bachmann On30 Gas-Mechanical 0-4-0 donor mechanism - or to any suitable flatcar. One pic shows our demo model fitted to one of the Chivers Finelines (available in the US from International Hobbies) On30 14ft flatcars. However any suitable flatcar will work. Use of another suitable flatcar as a boom car coupled to the model would look neat. Price of our kit does not include the donor mechanism or the flatcar. Price: GBP63 inc. shipping. |
| 0-4-4 OR 0-4-0 Mining Porters - conversion kit for Bachmann Porter Another etched and cast conversion kit to turn a donor Bachmann On30 0-4-2T Porter into a 0-4-4T or 0-4-0T resembling one of the Arizona Copper Co. engines or typical mining loco. The open cab includes a pre-formed brass roof. Design also allows for current collection on the 0-4-4T from the equalised trailing truck for enhanced pick-up and more reliable operation - always the Achilles heel of the Bachmann Porters. Includes new footplate, cab panels, stack, spark arrestor, headlight, safety-valve bonnet, reverser assembly, oil cans, bucket, toolbox, number plates and backhead details etc. Either version can be built from this one kit. To build the 0-4-0T, simply omit the rear bunker and trailing truck, then suitably shorten the footplate - exactly like the Arizona Copper Company did with their prototype Porter 0-4-4T! PRICE: GBP43 including shipping. |
 | On30 Crane/Loader bodykit to fit the On30 Bachmann Gas-Mechanical donor mechanism.
Price GBP48 inc shipping |
| SAR/WHR NGG16 Class 2-6-2+2-6-2T Beyer-Garratt Built by Beyer Peacock in 1956 for South African Railways. Three of the class are now owned by the Welsh Highland Railway for use on its Caernarfon to Porthmadoc route. Includes 2 Faulhaber 2020 coreless motors and all wheels and gears. This kit is available for 0-16.5 and On30 and can also be supplied for On14 (14mm gauge). Price: 360 GBP |
 | Dundas Tramway/Welsh Highland Railway 0-4-0+0-4-0T Garratt "K1" "K1" was the world's first Beyer-Garratt locomotive. It was built in 1909 for the North-East Dundas Tramways in Tasmania, and is currently being restored for use on the Welsh Highland Railway's Caernarfon to Porthmadoc route. This kit is designed for UK 7mm scale (not US 1/4 inch) and can be supplied for 16.5 or 14mm gauge. The photos show a kit custom built by ourselves for a client, which looked so good we didn't want to let it go! See the Gallery for further photos.
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| Dress-up kit for On30 Bachmann Porter 0-4-0 or 0-4-2. Turn your Porter model into a logging legend with our two-spool gypsy winch. Our kit also includes new end beams and footboards, winch deck, new stack, stowage boxes, brakes, air pump, air tank, cylinder front covers, shovel, oil can, cab details and our famously comprehensive instructions. This model is the perfect baby brother to an On30 Bachmann Shay fitted with our earlier dress-up kit. For Glue assembly. PRICE GBP33 including shipping. |
| SWITCHER AND INSPECTION CAR BODY KITS Two new On30 body kits to fit Bachmann's recently introduced On30 0-4-0 gas-mechanical mechanism. One builds an Ingersoll-Rand type box-cab loco and the other builds an inspection car (or dinky railcar if you like). Both kits consist of our usual precision fold-up, etched brass body parts and crisply-cast pewter-type whitemetal details. Etched parts fold up via half-etched lines in the body material, ensuring folds only occur where we intend them to. Assembly is easily undertaken using adhesive if soldering is not an option. All kits contain detailed, fully illustrated instructions. Prices: INGERSOLL-RAND type box cab loco GBP 43 INSPECTION CAR GBP 43 Both prices include worldwide shipping via airmail. (Figures are not included. These are by Flying Zoo and Aspen Model Co.). |
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New dress-up kit for this RTR modelavailable mid-January '04. Intended for glue assembly. Use all or only part of the components provided according to your preference. Contains etched parts for the following: Cab doors, Cab front window frames, Side window shades, Side skirts, Access doors for skirts, Radiator guard, Radiator emblems (three types), Handrail brackets, Fuel filler, Hood door louvre panels, Cabside numbers (4 through 8), Fluted rods, Works plate.Cast metal parts include: Replacement exhaust muffler, Air filter, Roof hatch, Sandboxes, Back-up light, Horn, Fuel tank, Stowage box, Ballast blocks and oil can. Miscellaneous fittings include turned brass handrail stanchions, brass handrail wire and glazing material. Photos show the kit components added to a standard Bachmann model which has then been completely finished, painted and weathered by ourselves. PRICE GBP 22 including worldwide shipping. |
| Intended for On30 but can be used for any gauge by laying your choice of running rails (only item not supplied) on the bridge to any gauge you prefer. Our kit contains the following: Styrene well with integrally moulded ball-race bearing. Pre-formed well rail with pre-cut styrene ties (sleepers) and rail fixings. Precision etched bridge representing a discarded loco frame. All bridge hardware, including carrying wheels, photo-etched wiper collectors, etc. Parts to construct optional planked deck including pre-cut Mt. Albert stripwood and beautiful turned brass handrail stanchions. Also provided is a 60:1 ratio gearbox and handcrank for smooth, manual operation. Detailed photo-illustrated assembly/installation instructions provided. Those modellers wishing to upgrade to more sophisticated electrical operation and/or indexing will find our unit a good starting point for a more ambitious turntable project. Personally, for use on sleepy narrow gauge layouts we'd abide by the KISS' principle - Keep It Simple, Stupid! PRICE GBP 80 PLUS SHIPPING |
| Select-a-Kit Tank Locomotive ALL VERSIONS SHOWN NOW AVAILABLE Imagine a range of easy-build loco body-only kits designed to fit Bachmann's fine-running, DCC-ready, HO 0-6-0 switcher mechanism (not included). Included in each kit is ONE cab, tank and stack - from which buyers could select their preferred options. Result? A hunkered-down, 20 inch-drivered, Porter-inspired workhorse capable of filling a void in any On30 roster. Kits include purchaser's choice of the following: Side- OR Rear-entry Cab, Side- OR Saddle-Tank, Straight OR Woodburner Stack on Long OR Short Smokebox. Note that cab roofs and the Saddle-Tank wrapper are supplied pre-formed. Both cab types include interior detail. Wheel arrangements cover 0-6-0, 0-6-2, 2-6-0 and 2-6-2 variations and many of these options are shown on the accompanying image. Where applicable, pilot and/or trailing trucks/wheels are included. These locomotives are the perfect compliment to Bachmann's new tipper and side-dump cars. Price 0-6-0T Type GBP 50.00 Price 0-6-2T Type GBP 55.00 Price 2-6-0T Type GBP 55.00 Price 2-6-2T Type GBP 60.00 MECHANISM NOT INCLUDED ALSO: Supplementary detailing kit for the SELECT-a-KIT. Contains castings for an air pump, air tank and bell. Price GBP 5.00. The 2-6-2T and 2-6-2ST shown at the left are fitted with this kit. |
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Our dress-up pack provides everything you need in one convenient detailing kit. Individualize your Shay using our three alternative stacks, air pump, air tank, shovel, box headlight, tool boxes, tank filler, turret, throttle, handbrake and reverser. (These last three items surprisingly omitted from Bachmann's otherwise fine model - but obviously vital to any open-cab Shay). The extremely attractive open-style cab and handsome railed bunker are from an era when form and function went hand in hand. All this capped-off with a beautiful two-spool gypsy engine and steam plumbing for modellers seeking something special. Detailed instructions with blow-by-blow photos compliment our kit which is designed for screw and glue assembly. Price GBP 43.00 Upper two photos by Russ Reinberg, courtesy of FINESCALE RAILROADER |
| WORKING American Hoist & Derrick ditcher in On3/0-16.5/On30 Our new motorized ditcher features four motors and gearboxes to provide authentic load, rotate and dump actions. The price includes DCC chips or a custom controller. Price: $1300 |
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Replacement frame and motor mount to convert On3 Railtruck to On30 Price 20 US$
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| 0-4-0 Vertical Boilered SteamerA typical 'bitsa' of the type of locomotive which routinely demonstrated the resourcefulness of backwoods shop crews. An indispensable switcher and a must-have on any logging show. Our 54:1 gearing and simple equalisation means it'll run as well as it looks. Our scale drawing shows the side elevation and cylinder position, and this photo shows a pre-production test model under construction, with cylinders not yet installed. Available for On3, On2, On30, O-16.5 or On14. Price: 270 US$ or 180 GB Pounds |
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