Fine Craft Kits and More!
In 1983, our founder Jim Haggard released Builders In Scale's
first limited run HO scale structure kit, Weiry & Sons, and nine others since.
Featuring plaster cast brick and stonework, laser-cut wood, etched brass parts, and
plenty of our fantastic white metal details, we plan to release many more. These
have come in the form of CC Crow kits, so our apologies for not putting them under
the BIS label.
Our new LaserWood kits fall into the "craftsman" range of modeling,
featuring incredible details in laser-scribed planking with thousands of nailheads
matching the board-by-board framing. Unique subjects combined with our white metal
details and our other fine materials insure enjoyment.
We also continue to expand on a full line of Evening Express Series kits which,
while smaller in scope than our limited run kits, feature many of the same great
components. All at reasonable (post-pandemic) prices. Ugh.
Our Evening Express Kit No. 606 - 630 Elm Street
Our ever expanding LaserWood product line includes a full matrix of
stair stringers of all slopes and sizes, stair treads, generic wood planking for
loading docks, platforms and walkways as well as siding, roofing, fencing... And yes, we
do many of these in N-scale.
See details below.
More Than Just Kits -
For the scratch builder we offer a wide range of detailing
parts, building materials, construction stocks, scale figures, and general
modeling supplies, serving N, HO, S and O scales, even a few for G-scale.
Among our stocks of roofing and siding materials are tar paper,
slate shingles and shakes, TrueWood laser-cut strip shingles, and our Victorian
shingles, with real metal Ribbed Seam and Corrgation Strips, in various
widths and scale.
Our scratch building parts including miniature brass chain, now
in five standard sizes plus one ornate, our incredible laser-cut Lace Curtains,
Venitian Blinds, stair stringers in three slopes, and for scenery we have Snow!,
perfect for modeling the high-country, and Kelp/Seaweed, just right for modeling
shorelines, and much much more.
Our HO scale detailing kits and sets include Chain Link Fence,
Snow Fence and other small models, ectched brass details, and an assortment of
white metal details grouped in useful sets.
For O scale we have many great white metal detail parts to choose from
plus two dozen scale figures and animals.
For all modelers we offer
SwitchMaster
slow-motion and virtually silent stall-type switch machines and accessories.
Our finishing products include weathering chalks, brick mortar mix,
and our famous often copied SilverWood stain, now with several additional colors.
You'll find all of these and more within our web site.
BUILDERS IN SCALE has moved to Toppenish, Washington!
In 2002, Jim Haggard retired. Long time friend and Hydrocal kit manufacturer,
C. C. Crow, stepped in and moved the business to Washington state, just north
of Seattle, where he continues Builders In Scale's tradition of producing
high-quality craft kits, parts, materials and supplies. The line has been expaneded in
many areas, adding new sizes and new colors, nwe detail patterns, whole new branches of
laser-work and exciting new kits. Always with more in the works.
In 2024, we moved again, along with CC Crow to our new home in Toppenish, Washington.
As we set our shop back up we look forward to producing our full lines, and adding to them
for everyone to enjoy.
Why Toppenish, Washington?
After CCC's father's passing, we could not afford to stay in Seattle, CCC's home for 45 years, ours for over 20.
We were forced into storage in the post-pandemic housing crunch. After looking far and wide, by happenstance last year,
CCC visited the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish on one of their History Work Weekends
hosted by founding member Doug Shearer, a local retired family physician who put us to work inside a NP caboose restoring the
interior woodwork. In the mid-80's CCC had passed by Toppenish and taken a few pictures of the depot as it stood in poor
condition then abandoned by the BN merger occupied by pigeons and ghosts. Doug and others took on the task of
restoring the depot, along with running the nearby White Swan branch, collecting and restoring NP freight cars, passenger
cars, and steam engines, including an S-4 class, 4-6-0 locomotive No. 1364 which was retired in 1954.
Last work weekend we tended the forge riveting the steam dome, one of the final tasks getting it back in service.
There are also plans to build a full-size 90 ft. roundhouse based of the NP standard plan, which CCC had redrawn
from the originals around the time of his origianl visit. Wow!
TOPPENISH RR MUSEUM phone: (509) 865-1911
The museum is now packed full of NP memorabilia and local history, and good people quickly becoming our friends.
What better place for CC Crow and Builders In Scale? It was 110 degrees when we arrived with a 26 ft. Penski truck loaded to the ceiling.
Add forestfire smoke and we was wondering if he had moved to the doorstep of Hell, but the house has a new HVAC system, new electrical
service, new roof, and on clear days there's a view of Mt. Adams and the top of Mt. Rainier. CCC camped up there on several of the trips
back and forth, along with exploring various routes and railroad sights of the NP, MILW and GN. The town of Toppenish remains a hub for the
valley's rich agriculture, with vast stretches of hops, corn, mint, graps and so on. The topsoil is said to be 50 feet deep due to
the Missula flood after the Ice Age. With various wearhouses, canning, bailing, and retail, with a western theme, the
modeling opertunities are endless. Along with others long promised, some underway, We can't wait to get back into
production, having missed our creative space. Adding to that with the full scale workshops at the museum it's a great move.
There are some issues. The house is 68 years old. While the electrical panel is new,
the things attached are old. We are updating as needed for our equipment and lighting, updating the web sites,
fighting with the computers, printers, and other headaches. Restocking our supplies. Trying to remeber how this all worked. Wondering what happened
to that box. And where to we go to get that? It's going slowly, so the cautious soft re-opening. Just when you think it works-
We're working on it!
GENUINE BUILDERS IN SCALE DETAIL PARTS!
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE
Our line includes over 500 original white metal detail parts that
were created in our shop. Most were done by our founder, Jim Haggard, our figures by
Ray Lantz, and now others are being created by C. C. Crow and friends.
This is what makes our kits special. We actually made the original patterns.
We didn't magically find them in a scrap box.
We put them there!
OLD - NEW NEWS
COLORADO MINING KITS
ORE BIN and TRESTLE
We've added several kits to the Evening Express line featuring
Colorado mining. We cheated a little by taking some componts of our retired limited run kits,
such as The Ore Bin and The Mine Headframe as seen at the top of this page.
These go along with our existing Mine Hoist and Ore Skip kit and Double Boiler kit.
We've also offer the light-duty Ore Trestle. And The J & J Pyrite Mine is of our
new design, as are the wood engine houses.
Click
EVENING EXPRESS MINE KITS for more information.
LASERWOOD KITS!
LASERWOOD KITS
We have several new LaserWood kits under development. These kits
feature incredible detail seldom found in laser kits. Not only have we cut the
outlines of the walls but we've laser-scribed the planks and added nailhead detail,
the likes you'd only find on award-winning contest models, you know the kind, where
the guy spent all winter using a sewing needle to emboss the tiny nail holes just so.
Well, we thought we should have that kind of detail on our new LaserWood kits.
One could argue it's better than scratch-built! Add a nice handful of our
white metal details- and these are outstanding.
These kits include a couple of lineside wooden warehouses, an
annex for them, one and two-stall wooden enginehouses, a car shop, a small wooden
church, and The J & J Pyrite Mine and several more to come.
Many are now available with the others to follow. We will post more
detailed information as they are released.
Click
LASERWOOD KITS for more information.
NEW LASERWOOD KITS
AND MORE ARE COMING!
C. C. CROW KITS
NP HOTEL, EASTON, in HO scale!
C. C. Crow's NP HOTEL, EASTON - click on photo for details
We are helping C. C. Crow with some of his kits adding laser-work
and white metal details. They don't get any better than this! The Northern Pacific
Hotel at Easton would make a great resting place for your busy crews. You could
almost call it Builders In Scale's kit No. 11.
AND WE ALSO DO O-SCALE!
C. C. Crow's D&RGW DURANGO ROUNDHOUSE in On3 - click on photo for details
We are also helping C. C. Crow with his new On3 kit of
The Denver & Rio Grande Western DURANGO Roundhouse.
Only three and some years in the works this is an incredible model featuring brick
detail inside and out, laser-cut roofs, engine doors and details. Even if you
don't model Colorado narrow gauge, 1/4-inch, or whatever, you'll appreciate the
insight. Do take a look-see. We are also doing Gunnison which will appear as a
construction series by our fellow modeler and friend Glenn Farley.
And if we are lucky we'll see this model in HO scale too.
Not just part of it like some are offering, but all ten stalls with as accurate
details as you can research.
PLUS ALL SORTS OF STUFF
So you can see we are pretty busy! We are also constantly developing, improving and
adding various detail parts, scatch-building components, laser parts and so on.
GO FROM HERE - LINKS
Use the keys below to explore our site. And be sure to
visit C. C. Crow's companion web site. It's a combination that cannot be beat!
Unfortunately, our products are not currently available at hobby shops-
Have
your favorite shop contact us, or you may order direct.
See
PRICE & AVAILABILITY for details.
These navagation keys are present at the bottom of each page.
Send us an
E-MAIL
biscrow@outlook.com
Dealer inquiries invited!
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SHOPPING CART INFORMATION
If you would like to order direct, please feel free to do so via phone, e-mail,
letter or use our shopping cart.
See PRICE & AVAILABILITY
for full details.
C. C. CROW / BUILDERS IN SCALE
P. O. Box 149
Toppenish, WA 98948
Phone - (425) 355-5622 ask for "Clint"
(Please leave a message, text, or email specifics if I don't answer.)
WEEKDAYS, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific, (GMT minus 8 hours)
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SHIPPING SCHEDULE
We are currently shipping Wednesdays and Fridays. Sorry, we are not staffed for RUSH ORDERS.
Give us a call or e-mail if you order has not arrived within a reasonable period.
We usually ship the same week so it shouldn't take too long.
NOTE THAT THE STAINS BEING FLAMMABLE GO BY GROUND and
often take 10 or more WORKING DAYS TO ARRIVE! We know that is terrible service but it is what it is...
it seems to be better now that they are tracked.
If it appears your shipment has gone missing-
Send us a
MISSING or LOST: E-MAIL so we can resolve the matter for you ASAP.
Most orders go by Priority or First Class mail and should arrive quickly.
RETURN POLICY
Items may be returned for refund, less shipping & handling, within 30 days.
Subject to a 20 percent restocking fee if item requires repackaging.
We want you to receive the right thing, what you want, what you need.
Please send us a
RETURN: E-MAIL so we can be aware of your actions and understand the reason.
Hopefully you will never need to do this but if you feel
you have good reason please contact us.
LOST / REPLACEMENT POLICY
Sometimes we make mistakes. If an item is lost of missing from your order please
let us know right away and we will replace it. If you buy something on eBay or a
swap meet please don't expect us to put it right. We will try for a fee. And
understand that we cannot always resupply our long retired kits.
