I received an unsolicited catalog in the mail from Model Expo. Its generally very intricate looking ship kits.
Also has some interesting detail type parts not usually seen in the railroad side (hand pumps taht would look great with some mining scenes, winches, cranes, small boats, barrels, buckets, etc.), Unfortunately, or fortunately depending upon how well you can do conversions in your head, the parts are listed with actual dimensions (English and metric) as opposed to being listed with a scale ratio (e.g. 1:87 or 1:48 or whatever). Still interesting items that are not usually seen in quite that form from the railroad suppliers.
There is also one ship kit item that looks intriguing. Its a 1: 80 scale (awful close to 1:87) steam powered sternwheeler kit, the "King of the Mississippi", which looks like it would make a very good looking conversion to a car ferry (at least single track, maybe dual track) on a period layout.
I've never bought any of the stuff, so I have no personal experience with the quality of lack thereof. I have no interest in the company, etc.
-- Jim McLaughlin
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