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Dear S Modeler,
   Our friends in HO have a problem; some HO items are TOO BIG.
       Our friends in O have a problem; some O items are TOO SMALL.

We in S can help them with their problems; some of those items are JUST RIGHT for S.
    The purpose of this page is to help YOU take advantage of these JUST RIGHT items.    
        I hope you find this page useful.

            If you have information about any other non-S items that are usable in S,
                or more information about items on this page,
                    please send me details for addition to this page.
                        Thanks, Ted Larson

Description

Scale

Manufacturer Reference Comments

Sn3 Equipment
 

Rogers 4-6-0  HO Mantua  June 1997 NASG Dispatch  "...not an exact model of any particular locomotive, but is close to several."
         
         
         
         

Industrial Locomotives  -  Narrow Gauge or Standard Gauge 

Whitcomb HO Unknown  2nd Diesel Spotter's Guide, 
June 1998 NASG Dispatch		 Very similar to 30 tonner shown on the left side of theWhitcomb page.
Plymouth HO Unknown 1970 Loco and Car Cyclopedia Looks same as Model W shown in Plymouth ad on page 1049.
Plymouth HO Unknown 1970 Loco and Car Cyclopedia Is a longer version of the Model J shown in Plymouth ad on page 1049.
Plymouth HO Unknown 1970 Loco and Car Cyclopedia CR-4 Series, but looks undersize in comparison to the above models.
         

Railroad Structures and Supplies
 

Interlocking Tower O Atlas October 1997 NASG Dispatch  
Plasticville,             several items O Bachmann April & October 1997 NASG Dispatch Farmhouse, station, switch tower, signal bridge, pedestrian overpass.  Plasticville is usually undersize for O.
Code 83 Fish Plates HO Details West Keith B. Thoimpson These are the plates that span the joints between rails.
Code 83 Rail Braces HO Details West Keith B. Thompson  
Mainline Bridge Mat'l HO 3 Bros. Mfg.   "Originally designed as an S scale kit."  Ed. Loizeaux
Girder Bridge HO Central Valley   "Girders are always in scale.  Their length-to-height ratio remains relatively constant."
Turntable HO Heljan Roy Hoffman  
         
         
         
         

Industrial Structures
 

Oil Depot HO Walther's? Bill McClung #50100 Williams Bros Storage Tank Kit
Railtown Structures O MTH October & December 1997 NASG Dispatch "These are approximately 85% of 1/4", O scale."
Gantry Crane #1333 HO Life-Like April 1997 NASG Dispatch "...install a Grandt Line S door in place of the HO, and use an S scale ladder."
Roof Vents & Blowers HO Walther's S-Scale e-mail list Detail Kit #933-3158
Oil Depot O Walther's October 1997 NASG Dispatch "Looks a bit small" for O. 
Feed Mill O Walther's October 1997 NASG Dispatch "By playing with the platform and the door sizes, this should work for S."
Water tower O Korber Roy Hoffman  
Telephone Poles O27 Plasticville Roy Hoffman  
         
         
         

Commercial Structures
 

Marketville USA O Grand Line Products December 1997 NASG Dispatch "Betty's Bake-a-Teria, Firehouse, and Tillie's Teapot would be suitable for S.... replace doors and windows with... S parts." 
Plasticville Silver Series, several items HO Bachmann December 1997 
NASG Dispatch		 Emil's Dry Goods, Main Street Apothecary, and Pink Lady Boutique are actually 3/16" scale, according to Bachmann.
Brewery HO Heljan/Concor This model has been used by many S modelers.
Bakery and Print Shop HO Heljan Used so frequently by S modelers, that a layout without one of these looks "wrong"!
various HO City Classics Roy Hoffman
various HO Pikestuff Roy Hoffman
Campbell Soup Co. HO Korber Roy Hoffman
various HO Korber Roy Hoffman
Hospital O27 Plasticville Roy Hoffman Changed this to an office building.
School O27 Plasticville Roy Hoffman Changed this to a Court House.

Other Structures
 

Plasticville Homes 027      
         
         
         
         

Standard Gauge Rolling Stock
 

Caboose 027 Industrial Rail   Several sources have reported this to be of correct size for S scale.
Dbl Door 40' Box 027 Lionel   Detail is coarse (50's vintage), no specific prototype known, but size is right on.  Fun for adding variety. 
         
         
         

Open Car (flat & gondola) Loads
 

         
         
         
         
         
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