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N SCALE - ATHEARN-JOHN DEERE MODEL D TRACTORS-NEW! (trucks, vehicles, farm, cars)

N SCALE - ATHEARN-JOHN DEERE MODEL D TRACTORS-NEW! (trucks, vehicles, farm, cars)

 - $14.99 31m
ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732564

ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732564

 - $10.00 1h 51m
ATHEARN MDC 50' BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #161027

ATHEARN MDC 50' BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #161027

 - $10.00 1h 52m
ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732461

ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732461

 - $10.00 1h 59m
ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732465

ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732465

 - $10.00 2h 1m
ATHEARN MDC 50' 1 1 2 DOOR RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #315729

ATHEARN MDC 50' 1 1 2 DOOR RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #315729

 - $10.00 2h 3m
ATHEARN MDC 50' DOOR RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732448

ATHEARN MDC 50' DOOR RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN #732448

 - $10.00 2h 4m
ATHEARN MDC 50' DOOR RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732507

ATHEARN MDC 50' DOOR RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732507

 - $10.00 2h 13m
ATHEARN MDC 50' WAFFEL SIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 332118

ATHEARN MDC 50' WAFFEL SIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 332118

 - $10.00 2h 15m
ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732312

ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732312

 - $10.00 2h 16m
ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732558

ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732558

 - $10.00 2h 18m
ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732520

ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732520

 - $10.00 2h 20m
ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732550

ATHEARN MDC 50' RIBSIDE BOX CAR BURLINGTON NORTHERN # 732550

 - $10.00 2h 21m
51129 PIE ~ COVERED WAGON RIG ~ N SCALE MINI METALS

51129 PIE ~ COVERED WAGON RIG ~ N SCALE MINI METALS

 - $15.66 3h 1m
Athearn 10848 Northern Pacific NP 53' Flat Car Road 62929

Athearn 10848 Northern Pacific NP 53' Flat Car Road 62929

 - $7.99 3h 49m
Athearn 23331 Great Northern GN ACF 2-Bay Centerflow Hopper 173813

Athearn 23331 Great Northern GN ACF 2-Bay Centerflow Hopper 173813

 - $9.99 3h 50m
Athearn N RTR 33, 900 Gallon LPG Tank Early, Undecorated ATH23500

Athearn N RTR 33, 900 Gallon LPG Tank Early, Undecorated ATH23500

 - $19.09 15h 50m
N SCALE AUTO RACK CAR MTL INTERMOUNTAIN RED CABOOSE BNSF TTX NEW RELEASE LOT

N SCALE AUTO RACK CAR MTL INTERMOUNTAIN RED CABOOSE BNSF TTX NEW RELEASE LOT

- $212.00 19h 6m
NEW ATHEARN N C&O OLD TIME STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-6-0 #426 ATH#11898

NEW ATHEARN N C&O OLD TIME STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-6-0 #426 ATH#11898

- $67.98 20h 30m
NEW ATHEARN N SP DAYLIGHT OLD TIME STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-6-0 #1601 ATH#11903

NEW ATHEARN N SP DAYLIGHT OLD TIME STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-6-0 #1601 ATH#11903

- $67.98 20h 48m
NIB N Athearn #14223 40' Smoothside Z Van Trailers Vermont Rwy 2 Pk

NIB N Athearn #14223 40' Smoothside Z Van Trailers Vermont Rwy 2 Pk

 - $16.99 20h 55m
N Athearn * Boston and Maine SIECO 50ft Box Car * Road Number 78169

N Athearn * Boston and Maine SIECO 50ft Box Car * Road Number 78169

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 $9.59
$12.61		 1d 2h 30m
Athearn 14147 N RTR 50' PS-1 Double Door Box, D&H #1 MT Box

Athearn 14147 N RTR 50' PS-1 Double Door Box, D&H #1 MT Box

 - $7.00 1d 3h 2m
N Scale Athearn 11828 Union Pacific UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4001 w DCC Sound-MINT

N Scale Athearn 11828 Union Pacific UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4001 w DCC Sound-MINT

 1 $479.00 1d 3h 31m
N Scale Athearn Big Boy

N Scale Athearn Big Boy

 - $450.00 1d 3h 38m
N Scale Maine Central Weathered 57' Mechanical Reefer Boxcar NEW Athearn #11158

N Scale Maine Central Weathered 57' Mechanical Reefer Boxcar NEW Athearn #11158

 - $10.99 1d 3h 55m
Athearn N Scale Central of Georgia 3-bay covered hopper #913

Athearn N Scale Central of Georgia 3-bay covered hopper #913

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 $10.00
$15.00		 1d 4h 6m
ATHEARN FORD-C BOX TRUCK UNION PACIFIC UP

ATHEARN FORD-C BOX TRUCK UNION PACIFIC UP

 1 $11.95 1d 4h 16m
ATHEARN FORD-C STAKE-BODY TRUCK UNION PACIFIC

ATHEARN FORD-C STAKE-BODY TRUCK UNION PACIFIC

 1 $11.95 1d 4h 17m
N Scale Athearn Canadian National SD70I #5607

N Scale Athearn Canadian National SD70I #5607

 2 $37.56 1d 5h 32m

Model News

  • More Plastic Kit History The first plastic models were manufactured in the 1950s by the British firms Frog and Airfix. American manufacturers such as Revell, AMT, and Monogram gained ascendancy in the 1960s as French Heller SA in Europe. Since the 1970s, Japanese firms such as Hasegawa and Tamiya have dominated the field and represent the highest level of technology. Brands from Russia, Central Europe, China, and Korea have also become prominent recently. Many smaller companies have also produced plastic models. While injection molding is the predominant manufacturing process for plastic models, the high costs of equipment and making molds make it unsuitable for lower yield production. Thus, models of minor and obscure subjects are often manufactured using alternative processes. Vacuum forming is popular for aircraft models, though assembly is more difficult than for injection molded kits. Resin casting, popular with smaller manufacturers, particularly Aftermarket firms (but also producers of full kits) yields a greater degree of detail molded in situ, but as the moulds used do not last as long, the price of such kits is considerably higher. In recent times, the latest releases from major manufacturers offer unprecedented detail that is a match for the finest resin kits, often including high quality mixed media (photo etched brass, turned aluminum) parts. How to Build Plastic Models Most plastic models are injection molded in polystyrene, and the parts are glued together with plastic solvent. While often omitted by novice modelers, specially formulated paint is applied to assembled models. Complex markings such as aircraft insignia are typically provided with kits as slide-on decals. A recent trend has been to offer kits where the parts snap together, with no glue needed, and with a paint scheme reapplied to some or all of the parts. Plastic ship model kits typically provide thread in several sizes and colors for the rigging. Model Scales Almost all plastic models are designed in a well established scale. Each type of subject has one or more common scales, though they differ from one to the other. The general aim is to allow the finished model to be of a reasonable size, while maintaining consistency across models for collections. The following are the most common scales for popular subjects Aircraft    1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144, with 1/48 and 1/72 being the most popular Military Vehicles   1/35, 1/48 ,1/72, 1/76 Automobiles 1/12,1/16,1/18,1/20,1/24,1/25,1/32,1/35,1/43 Ships 1/96, 1/350, 1/450, 1/700, and other odd scales In reality, models do not always conform to their nominal scale; there are 1/25 scale automobile models which are larger than some 1/24 scale models, for instance. For example, the engine in the recent reissue of the AMT Ala Kart show truck is significantly smaller than the engine in the original issue. AMT employees from the 1960s note that, at that time, all AMT kits were packaged into boxes of a standardized size, to simplify shipping and the overriding requirement of designing any kit was that it had to fit into that precise size of box, not matter how large or small the original vehicle.