Model-Building Materials and Supplies

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Wood, Brass and Structural Shapes

• 4D modelshop — brass, styrene and wood shapes, plus an endless sea of other modeling supplies
• Finney & Smith — brass
• Fire Mountain Gems — a jewelry-making supplier where you can find ultra-fine chain, glass beads (for insulators), and other unusual goodies
• Notheastern Scale Lumber — venerable source of stripwood and other wood materials
• Ngineering — unique lighting accessories and detail items such as ultra-fine steel and phosphor-bronze wire
• Thunderbird Supply Company — sheet metal (such as nickel-silver) and wire for scratchbuilding

Specialized Jigs, Tools & Supplies

• Fast Tracks — ties and assembly jigs for handlaid track
• Radcliff Wire — custom flat wire for Code 25 rail

Digital/Image Resources

• CG Textures — digital images of many different textures
• ProMark Signs — 1:1 signs; the value is in the images on their website, which you can capture and print to make your own signs
• Scalescenes — sells digital files that you download and print to make cardstock structures and texture sheets

Detailing/Weathering, Paints & Supplies

• Archer Fine Transfers — 3D rivet decals, a truly unique product
• Bare-Metal Foil Co. — thin metal films for laminating as well as decal sheets and other goods
• DecalPaper.com — self-explanatory
• Delphi Glass — first-surface mirrors, water glass, etc.
• Doctor Ben's Scale Consortium — weathering patinas
• Jax Chemical Company — metal blackening and plating solutions
• Kit Kraft Inc. — small plastic letters
• Rustall — the infinitely useful weathering patina
• Scale Link Ltd. — etched brass details, figures, and loads of other goodies
• SmallParts — micro-fine steel wire, capillary tubing, and many other difficult-to-find supplies
• Sophisticated Finishes — aged metal effects
• The Testor Corporation — manufacturer of Aztek, Floquil, Pactra, Model Master and Testors paint

General Construction Materials

• ArtGrafix — Gatorfoam and other art supplies
• Dick Blick — Gatorfoam and other art supplies
• ePlastics — large sheets of acrylic, Lexan and other plastics
• FoamBoardSupplies — Gatorfoam board
• Midwest Tungsten Service — custom-machined tungsten for ultra-heavy locomotive weights
• Professional Plastics — large sheets of styrene and other plastics
• Sculptamold — my terrain-making material of choice (usually available at arts and crafts stores such as Michael's)
• Stained Glass Warehouse — first-surface mirrors, water glass, etc.
• TapeCase — double-stick foam tape and other adhesives
• U.S. Plastic Corp. — large sheets of styrene and other plastics
• Warner-Crivellaro — first-surface mirrors, water glass, etc.

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