Ragg's...To Riches?
The
Highest Quality
Laser-cut Craftsman Kits for Model Railroads
Ragg's...To Riches?
The
Highest Quality
Laser-cut Craftsman Kits for Model Railroads
ALL OF OUR KITS CAN BE ORDERED DIRECT VIA THE TABLE AND SECURE SHOPPING CART AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, BY TELEPHONE, OR WRITING.
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(SORRY, WE NO LONGER ACCEPT AMERICAN EXPRESS.)
(MINIMUM ORDER: $25; SHIPPING: DOMESTIC - $8/ORDER;
INTERNATIONAL - ACTUAL COST)
A BIT OF BACKGROUND CLICK HERE FOR A SHORT BACKGROUND ON OUR BUSINESS...AND, WHAT ABOUT THAT NAME? |
HIKING 500 MILES TO DURANGO!
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS AND THE STORY OF ONE ITEM OFF OUR BUCKET LIST: HIKING THE COLORADO TRAIL |
RAGG'S Sn3 RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS AND THE STORY BEHIND MY OWN MODEL RAILROAD |
LORI'S RELAY FOR LIFE
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A HISTORY OF RAGG'S DESIGNS |
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We did this kit a few years back in S-scale and now offer it in HO. The Crested Butte (Colorado) Depot was built in 1881 and still stands today, beautifully restored by the town. It is one of the smallest 2-story depots I know of in western Colorado and lends itself well to tight spaces. The footprint, including a full platform only measures 5⅝ x 11½ inches, nearly identical in size to the depot at Placerville, Colorado. The kit includes the custom chimney, three styles of passageway doors, the unique and interesting trim from the prototype that sets it aside from other D&RG depots, well illustrated instructions, and all the other little things you've come to expect in a Ragg's kit (curtains, door knobs, lockplates, etc.), PLUS two waiting benches. Click on the picture above for more photos and info. You can order your kit from that page or the table below.
FOR A SHORT TIME WE'LL PRODUCE AN S-SCALE KIT FOR YOU ($250) AS A SPECIAL ORDER. SIMPLY ORDER FROM THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
This is the identical Office/Assay Building that's included with the HO Rose-Walsh Smelter kit, but now done in S-scale as the first installment for the smelter. So many of our HO customers that lacked the space for the full smelter had requested the office be sold separately (sorry, we never tried to separate it from the full HO smelter kit), that we decided to do it with the S-scale version. With a small footprint (4 x 12 1/2-inches), it easily fits on most layouts and dioramas and is customizable to a number of other uses besides an office and/or assay laboratory. Several of our customers have used it as the office for their sawmill facility, while others have applied it as a yard office. Order the kit in the Table below ($125), or click on the above photo for more information.
Located on the outskirts of Silverton, Colorado, the Rose-Walsh Smelter is a good representation of a small- to medium-sized facility. It's particularly appealing to model because of the outside ore bins, the elevation change between the main Ore House and the rest of the facility, the fact that it has a Blast Furnace that is so evident, the covered Receiving Shed, and last but not least, that great looking "Granulator" tower out front with its waste dump reached via the trestle. Truly an eye catching structure. The individual structures in this kit can be arranged to fit an extremely variable area. If all the structures are used, an area of approximately 5-square feet is needed for the HO version. The absolute minimum depth is approximately 15-inches (again for the HO version). See the main smelter page for more details by clicking on the photo, above. The price of the complete HO kit: $495 ...and well worth it, especially when you consider the number of hours it's going to take to build it! (The instruction manual has 172 photos illustrating the construction!)
We now offer two sets of "mine support buildings" to help you develop your Maude Monroe Mine into a fully functioning business. In reality, these small structures are perfect outbuildings for any mine and can be used with other industries to add that special look to a scene -- the look that makes it CONVINCING. SET 1 includes the Change House (upper left) and the Carpenters Shop (upper right), and sells for $65. SET 2 includes the Office (lower left), Outhouse, Compressor Building (lower right), and Water Tank, and sells for $80. Click on any of the above images for more photos and information.
BACK IN STOCK! This is the best thing we've found for holding down corrugated siding on walls and roofs. It works great! The roll measures 1/2-inch wide x 180-feet long. That should be enough to last you several years! (1 roll/$10)
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MODEL |
KIT NO. |
FOOTPRINT WITH PLATFORM |
FOOTPRINT W/O PLATFORM |
PRICE |
PURCHASE? |
| Maude Monroe (Hukill) Mine, S-Scale |
HUK-S |
Not Applicable | 4¼
x 18 inches (11 x 46 cm) (VARIABLE!) |
$220 |
Purchase |
| Mine Building Set 1, S-Scale |
MB1-S |
Not Applicable | Multiple
buildings -- see MINEBUILDINGSsidepage.html
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$65 |
Purchase |
| Mine Building Set 2, S-Scale |
MB2-S |
Not Applicable | Multiple buildings -- see MINEBUILDINGSsidepage.html | $80 |
Purchase |
| Rose-Walsh Smelter Office/Assay Bldg, S-Scale | RWO-S |
Not Applicable |
4 x 12½ inches (10 x 32 cm) |
$125 |
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| Crested Butte Depot, S-Scale | CBD-S |
7¾ x 15½ inches (19 x 39 cm) |
7¾ x 13-inches (19 x 33 cm) |
$250 |
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| RGS Placerville Warehouse,S-Scale | PW1-S |
7¼x 15½ inches (18 x 39 cm) |
5½ x 14 inches (14 x 36 cm) |
$155 |
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MODEL |
KIT NO. |
FOOTPRINT WITH PLATFORM |
FOOTPRINT W/O PLATFORM |
PRICE |
PURCHASE? |
| Ragg's STICKY TAPE | DP-0009 | 1 ROLL: 180-FT LONG X 1/2-INCH WIDE | N/A | $10 | Purchase |
As you might conclude from the above tables, it's was a nasty January here as far as weather was concerned. But that got me to sit down and draw lines, designing the RGS Placerville Warehouse. The folks at White River even extended my ad copy deadline enough to allow me to get both the S and HO versions wrapped up. I still have the instructions to finish plus add more info to this webpage, but our loyal fans can order the kits above and they'll be shipping soon. The neat thing is that the kits include laser etched "stone" foundations -- something new for us! I didn't do the kit in O-scale for two reasons: I ran out of time, and, etching the stone is a laser intensive job, taking a lot of time, adding considerably to the cost. Sorry, folks.
What's next: GOLF, probably. A few days in WARM Florida should do wonders! But seriously, I needed the RGS Placerville Warehouse for my layout so I expect I'll continue with designing Placerville's Flour & Feed Warehouse along with Dolores's J.J. Harris Warehouse, also needed for the layout. Because that's a LOT of corrugated siding and roofing, we've restocked Ragg's Sticky Tape (order from the table, above). To make warehouse assembly far easier, I STRONGLY suggest you have a roll on your workbench.
After the warehouses I'm not sure what will be next. The HO Hukill Mine (it's looking less daunting)? The S-scale Silverton Northern Depot? A store for my Silverton? What I'd LIKE to do (because it takes less time) is to re-run one of our depot kits, but your feedback just hasn't been very loud. Let's hear from you!
As a quick report, it's about time I updated the webpage for my own RGS. Yes, a LITTLE progress has been made and some rather large advances are coming soon, depending on my friends. John Chlebowski has been busy reducing my pile of unbuilt kits and John Kalin is hard at work creating full-size versions of both trestles 57A and 57B. There is also re-newed hope for getting the Dallas Divide photo backdrop! I'll start taking pictures and posting them eventually!
Keep checking this web page, the Groups.io pages, as well as the Gazette for new kits!
...RAGG!
