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KITS NOW IN PRODUCTION AND AVAILABLE:

CRESTED BUTTE DEPOT: (HO-scale) OUR NEWEST HO-SCALE KIT!!!

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.

RECEIVING SHED AND BINS: (S-scale only; included in HO smelter kit -- see below)

This is the next installment (kit) for the Rose-Walsh Smelter in S-scale. It includes the Receiving Shed, two sets of ore bins (11 bins per set), and two sets of supply bins (3 bins per set). The prototype had the Receiving Shed connected directly to the rear wall of the smelter, but the kit also allows you to locate it as a "standalone" structure if you like. In addition, for those spatially challenged, the shed can be built as either a LONG (prototypical) version (footprint: 5¾ x 10¼-inches) or a SHORT version (footprint: 5¾ x 8 inches). Building the SHORT version will shrink the overall depth required of the full smelter installation by five inches. In any case, standing nearly 6-inches tall, the shed is a fairly large structure. It probably contained a scale for weighing the incoming carloads of ore, and possibly a crane to repair the tram cars that were used to transport the ore from the bins to the blast furnace. (The roof is removable for those wanting to detail the interior.) Order the kit from the Table below ($165), or click on the above photo to see it on our Rose-Walsh Smelter (HO version) page.

OFFICE/ASSAY BUILDING: (S-scale only, included in HO smelter kit -- see below)

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.

THE ROSE-WALSH SMELTER: (HO, S) ONLY TWO S-SCALE KITS LEFT!

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!)

The full S-scale edition is still available but only for a short time. Because of it's size, the smelter complex was divided into three separate kits for S-scale: the OFFICE (above, $125, which will continue in production), the RECEIVING SHED & BINS (above, $165, which will continue in production), and the smelter's MAIN BUILDING KIT ($450, two left in stock). The HO kit will remain in production for a while yet...but not indefinitely. Click on the above photo for more info and pictures.

One of the more popular mines to model railroaders over the last 40 years or so, the Maude Monroe (a.k.a. Hukill) Mine, located near Idaho Springs, Colorado, is, for the first time, available as an S-scale kit. Because of the fidelity to the prototype, this may be one of our most fastidious kits to assemble, but also one of our most interesting and picturesque. Having a small width of only 4¼-inches, it requires a minimum of space. Built on level ground as the prototype, the depth can be as much as 18-inches, but it can be shortened to fit in as little as 14-inches if built on a hillside. The kit includes the tiered retaining walls, ore bin, ore bin superstructure, headframe with brace, and hoist house. Additional support structures are now available as separate kits, making it possible for you to build a complete complex. See below! Please click on the above photo for more information on the mine.

MINE SUPPORT BUILDINGS: (S-scale)

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.

MODEL	KIT NO.	FOOTPRINT WITH PLATFORM	FOOTPRINT W/O PLATFORM	PRICE	PURCHASE?
Crested Butte Depot, HO-Scale	CBD-HO	5⅝ x 11½ inches (15 x 29 cm)		$225	Purchase
Rose-Walsh Smelter, HO-Scale	RWS-HO	Not Applicable	Highly Variable: 13 x 17 inches (minimum) to 28 x 36 inches (maximum)	$495	Purchase

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!)	$195	Purchase
Mine Building Set 1, S-Scale	MB1-S	Not Applicable	Multiple buildings -- see MINEBUILDINGSsidepage.html	$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	Purchase
Rose-Walsh Smelter Receiving Shed & Bins, S-Scale	RWB-S	Not Applicable	Highly Variable (see text, above)	$165	Purchase
Rose-Walsh Smelter MAIN BUILDING	RWS-S	Not Applicable	Highly, highly variable	$450	Purchase