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The Gold Belt Series: Craftsman Structure KitsOur Gold Belt Kits consist of injection molded styrene components, which allow for superb detailing and ease of construction. Windows and doors are separately molded for ease in glazing and painting. Check the photos out carefully....there are many great details in each kit.
This kit is based on a group of houses which can still be seen today on Reese Street in Silverton, CO. Constructed in the early 1900's, they are typical of the modest tract houses built to accommodate workers in mining areas throughout the West. Similar houses dotted the streets of mining towns in California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. As time went on, the houses were added onto and expanded to fit the needs of their residents. We have provided components for constructing three complete houses, including their lean-to's and outhouses. To give your buildings an individual look, you can choose from four different gable trims and two different front walls. The lean-to's, which can be made in two different sizes, may be used on the back or side of the buildings. These kits are great fun if you are a kit-basher. The basic house (without the lean-to) measures 1.24" x 1.85". Although there are many different ways to arrange the components, the three houses, built as designed, will fit on a 3" x 6" footprint (not including the outhouses).
In the town of Aspen, CO there once lived a very old man.
He was known locally as "No Problem Joe". Joe was a local fix-it man who
was often called upon by the ski-lift folks to correct the seasonal crises which
threatened their business. No matter what the situation was, he managed to
come up with a solution...after assuring the person in distress that there was
"no problem". This model is based on Joe's house. It is still
around, although in pretty bad shape, with a couple of signs posted on the font
door: "For Sale" and "No Trespassing". We figure Joe must have moved
on. Last time we checked, the asking price was rumored to be
$1,300,000.00.
THE GOMEZ STORE This kit is based on Ruben G. Gomez' General Merchandise store in Pagosa Junction, near the borders of Colorado and New Mexico. Constructed in 1910, it is typical of many small general stores built to accommodate travelers throughout the West. Similar structures can be found along many of the early highways in California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado an Utah. We have provided components for constructing the complete store as it exists today, including the boardwalk and gas pump. The front boasts clapboard siding, and the sides have sheet-metal siding embossed with a brick pattern. The roof is corrugated iron. To give your building an individual look, you can use the pre-printed "RUBEN G. GOMEZ" sign, or letter your own--using the blank we have provided. A sheet of printed signs is also included. The building will fit on a 5.6" x 7.25" footprint.
THE SECOND CLASS SALOON In 1882, Wyatt Earp left Tombstone, Arizona to move west and
operate several saloons. Among the towns in which he set up these saloons
were San Diego in California, Tonopah in Nevada and Nome in Alaska. The
Second Class Saloon was the name of his establishment in Nome. Built in
the common boomtown style of row buildings, this saloon is unique for its
unusual false front and the colorful signage. Our kit represents the
building as it might have looked as a freestanding building. Included with the
kit is window material, decals and printed signs and window interiors. The
kit fits in a 3.5" x 4.75" footprint and is easy to assemble.
VALLEY FEED AND SEED Our feed store is typical of many structures found in
agricultural communities throughout the US from the 1920's to present times.
Our proto-type is a feed store located in Salina, Utah--adjacent to the D&RG
tracks. The footprint for the building is 3" x 5" and we supply the
boardwalk out front as well as a scale platform for one side. The kit is
full of great details, including plenty of feed sacks and great signs.
EAST TERRIBLE MILL AND MINING COMPANY The East Terrible is a 10-stamp mill complex, proto-typical of many built in the 1890's--not only in the West, but also throughout the world. Our kit contains enough parts including windows and doors, for one stamp-mill building, one lean-to and two auxiliary buildings. The different building components can be set together in several configurations, making the kit adaptable to your layout needs. By combining two kits, the mill buildings can be connected, representing a 20-stamp mill. The mill as shown in our photo sits on a 10" x 10" footprint. We add plenty of detailing parts to make your model complete--including the cribbing, trestle, track and ore car.
WENTAMUCK MINE Our Wentamuck Mine is based on the many small gold and silver mines which sprang up in the Rockies and the Sierra anywhere from the 1870's to the 1950's. These were typically two or three-man operations. The older mines usually included a steam hoist which raised and lowered the ore bucket inside the shaft and the ore cars were "man" powered. The kit contains the following: a hoist house with a lean-to coal bin, an outhouse, a head frame with a sheave and ore bucket, mine collar with a ventilator shaft and diversion chute, mine track and a mine car, steel barrels and cribbing. Windows and doors for the hoist house are separately molded for ease in glazing and painting. Although there are many different ways to arrange the components of our mine, it will fit in a 5" x 9" footprint.
MIDWEST PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS We have designed our kit with a number of interesting
components: a pump house, three storage tanks, a finely detailed loading rack,
unloading pipes, a firebox with hose storage and a gas pump. The pieces
can be arranged in a number of ways. The tanks can be grouped or arranged
singly--horizontally or upright. This kit is not designed for a specific
footprint--it can be configured to fit your needs. We suggest that you
assemble the components and then move them around on your ground area before
deciding on your final arrangement. As displayed in our sample, the models
fit on a 7" x 9" space. For a more complete look, combine this kit with
our Raised Platform Warehouse #5908 This kit is typical of many corrugated iron structures found throughout the US on industrial sites from the 1920's to present times. Our prototype is an elevated Conoco/Texaco facility in Placerville, CA. If desired, the risers for the building can be omitted, so that you can place the structure directly on the ground. The footprint for this building is 4-3/4" x 6-1/4".
STANDARD SECTION TOOL HOUSE According to the 1942 edition of the Railway Engineering and Maintenance Cyclopedia, "the building most common to all railroads is the small section tool house." The proto-type for our tool shed is one located at Pando, CO on the D&RGW line. It is typical of the D&RGW's standard tool shed--a rigid frame, pre-fabricated galvanized steel structure. This type of shed was commonly placed at each section, throughout both the standard and narrow gauge systems. The sheds began to appear around 1940 and can still be seen today on the D&RGW as well as on other lines. Our sheds can be modeled with the doors open or closed. Foot-print for HO version is 2-1/4" x 1-3/4". Foot-print for 1/4" version is 4-1/16 x 4-1/8"
Our proto-type for this modest depot was built in the mid 1890’s by the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway and was used until it burned in the 1920’s. Typical of other small agent stations, it can also be modeled as the station at Alna or as the Wiscasset Section House. Similar flagstop buildings of this size were also used
throughout the US where a full service station was not feasible. Special
features of this kit are the outhouse, milk cans and great signage.
The footprint for the station is 3” x 2-1/2”. The platform is 3” x
1.5”.
Great little outhouses! Footprint for 1/4" scale: 1.1" sq , for N scale: 0.33" sq
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