Every Sierrawest Kit Ever Made (except 2)

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• Michael_Pearce

  June 2016

  Thanks Alan list appreciated. However do you build as well as collect and if so both HO and O?
  Michael
• nextceo

  June 2016

  I just build/collect Sierra West kits in both scales. I eventually plan on having 2 big layouts...one in each scale. After building kits from most of the other kit builders, Brett's are the best in terms of details and quality over all the rest.
  
  Alan
• admin

  June 2016

  WOW, I don't have a few of those. Quite impressive Alan! Thanks for the picture. You are too kind as well... The Porter technically is different since I didn't "make" it but the water and sand car combo.... well lets talk.
• brownbr

  June 2016

  oh my. Do we need to rush you to rehab?
• KKarns

  June 2016

  Hey Alan, I have accumulated all the HO scale kits as well. I do not have any of the
  mini-scene kits which I watch for but have not had a chance to acquire. At this point I only model HO/HOn3 so have not attempted to acquire any of the O scale kits. Love what you're doing and my plans are similar...have a completed diorama of every HO/HOn3 kit Brett manufacturers...past, present, and future. No question, hands down the most comprehensive, innovative, well designed, casting laden, manual/template boasting, top of the line pure craftsman kits you'll ever hold in your hands...Ken
• Dwight

  June 2016

  Alan and Ken , do you guys have wives ? If you do what's your secret ????????
• nextceo

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  Lol...you need to find your wife a hobby so while she's doing her hobby, you can build kits. In my case, I bought my wife a $1,800 3D Printer so while she's making stuff for her students (grade school teacher), I can model.
• MikeM

  June 2016

  Weren't there some HO scale disconnects in the distant past?
• BrianM

  June 2016

  Alan:
  You have a really impressive collection and it includes some O scale kits I did not even know Brett had released.
  
  I'm focussing on HOn3 and several years ago got lucky (i.e.: decent prices) on eBay and picked up some of Brett's old HO kits and "specials" at a decent price. These include:
  #8083 - Eureka Springs Boiler House
  #8086 - Industrial Tank on Platform with Shed
  #8090 - Foss Accessory Package
  
  MikeM:
  I have acquired the following individually packed cars over a long period of time:
  LT7 - HOn3 Wood Slab Car
  LTD1 - HOn3 Disconnected Log Car (2 per kit)
  LTD2 - HOn3 Oil Car
  LTD3 - Disconnected Ore Car (two versions - with and without load)
  LTD4 - HOn3 Kerosene Car
  
  Brett would have to comment but until I found the above car kits on eBay I did not know he had released them individually vs. as a set in the HO and HOn3 versions of the Work Train.
• nextceo

  June 2016

  Hmmm. I had no idea there were HOn3 disconnects. I'm going to need to call Brett. Also, I'm not familiar with the Kerosene car either unless it's found in the work train.
• nextceo

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  Hey Brian,
  I just sent you a message about seeing if there is enough money in the world that would get you to part with those extra Hon3 cars...
  
  Thanks again for letting me know about them.
• BrianM

  June 2016

  Hi Alan,
  Sorry, but right now I am unwilling to part with them.
  
  However, I'm not getting any younger and my if appetite for acquiring Brett's kits starts to overtake my capacity for building them then I may have to change my mind and then I'll be sure to let you know!
• KCSTrains

  June 2016

  Brian, you have some serious building to do. I put it in my Sierra West build calculator and I estimate that you have 19.67 years worth of building to do. I hope you are as young as Dustin, so you can finish them all. However, in those 19.67 years, Brett will probably produce another 30 kits. Therefore, it's a never ending project.
  
  BTW, I'm going to print your picture to show my wife. She thinks 10 kits on the shelf is too much. Phil
• Alan_H

  June 2016

  Dwight, I'm a different Alan but my secret is my wife knows that building the kits keeps me out of bars and away from strange women!
  
  Alan H.
• JamestownTrains

  June 2016

  I have the disconnects and Porter. I can't see how to post a picture here (I'm just on my phone.) When I get back to my computer I'll see about uploading it.
  -Jim.
• JamestownTrains

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  Here is a picture of my Porter (not finished) and some disconnects with a "special" load. The disconnects received a merit award and helped me earn my AP Cars Certificate!
  
  
  Also, here is a close-up.
  
• nextceo

  June 2016

  Thanks for sharing the picture. Do you recall who made that Porter?
• JamestownTrains

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  Brett can clarify but I think it was the same kit he offered for a very short time. I actually got it from a friend who ordered an extra one for me directly from Backwoods Miniatures. I have never seen it on their website. I happened to be in the right place at the right time to get mine.
  
  By the way, I also have every HO kit except the most recent, waiting on additional funding :-)
  I also have the On30 cars. The Sand and Water ones earned me a couple of merit awards to help towards my AP Cars Certificate.
  
  -Jim.
• Mike Engler

  June 2016

  I don't have a backlog of SWSM kits other than these two I bought a short while ago at the garage sale find of the decade. I had never even heard of these two gems- 3002 and 3003. They aren't even listed by Brett under previous or sold-out kits.
  A friend tipped me off that "some kits that looked like what you build" were at the sale a few blocks away and I hustled over and snatched them up.
  Have no idea what the market value is but while they are neat kits it is unlikely I will build them. I've built twelve or thirteen of Brett's kits and I've got a couple more in mind in addition to whatever he has coming down the pike. First priority is that I'm all-in on O'Neill's.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• nextceo

  June 2016

  Thanks for sharing those pics. I knew Brett sold the little Boat Shed from Foss' Landing as a separate kit...I just never knew he sold the main buildings individually too...
• nextceo

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  Does anyone have a picture of this Sierra West car in a completed state? Also, does anyone know which kit this might have come with?
  
  Thanks!
  Alan
  
  
• admin

  June 2016

  Loco and Service Shop
• nextceo

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  Do you have a picture of a completed car Brett? Also, where would I find instructions on how to build it? Are they in the Service and Loco instruction manual.
  
  Thanks,
• Mario

  September 2017

  Slowly getting thru all the SW threads...... interesting topic, this one......
• Karl.A

  September 2017

  I had completely forgot about that car...
• sdrees

  September 2017

  I did not get that car with the Loco and Service Shops, unless it was with the O scale kit.
• admin

  September 2017

  That was a bonus car included in the first 50 kits ordered... and no there as yet has not been an O Scale version of the Loco Shop released.
• vietnamseabee

  September 2018

  Just came across this thread.....good stuff here....I really get a jolt out of looking back on the old threads
  Terry