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The Revell HO-Scale Trains Resource!

 


Building Kits
Barn (not pictured)
(No.T9016)
Revell split up the Barnyard Set (No.T9015) into two additional kit offerings in the 1959-60 catalog.  The Barn kit included four figures and sold for $1.69.

 

Barnyard Set 
(No.T9015)
Revell catalogs the Barnyard Set first in the 1959-60 catalog.  The set includes a barn with sliding door and movable access door.  Additionally, the set provided a horse shed; tool shed; and rabbit hutch.  The set's retail price is listed as $2.49 and included six animals and three people figures, plus decals.

 

Chicken Coop and 10 Figures 
(No.T9011)
The Chicken Coop and 10 Figures was listed in Revell's 1959-60 catalog and along with the Farmhouse and Privy (No.T9009) and Garage with Farmer (No.T9010) made up the Complete Farmhouse Set (No.T9003).

 

Complete Farmhouse Set 
(No.T9003)
Along with the Trackside Buildings, this was Revell's other new kit offering for 1958.  This included a Farmhouse; Outhouse; Garage; and Chicken House.  Revell states the kit is snap together and that glue was not necessary.  The kit pieces are noted as being molded in various colors.  The catalog also states figures and animals are inlcuded in the set, which sold for $1.98 in '58.

 

Country Schoolhouse
(No.T9036)
This building kit joined the Revell line with the 1961 product catalog.  The kit's pieces were molded in three colors and Revell included an operating teeter-tooter and tire swing with this offering.  The retail on the Country Schoolhouse kit was $2.98 in 1961.

 

Crossing Tender's Shack (see Trackside Buildings picture)
(No.T9008)
One of the four pieces that made up Revell's Trackside Buildings Set (No.T9002), the Crossing Tender's Shack also included a figure and sold for seventy-nine cents as a separate kit. 

 

Elevated Switchman's Shanty (see Trackside Buildings picture)
(No.T9006)
Part of Revell's Trackside Buildings Set (No.T9002), the Elevated Switchman's Shanty included a figure and sold for eighty-nine cents as a separate kit in the 1959-60 catalog.

 

Engine Crew Shanty 
(No.T-9033)

 

Farmhouse with Privy (see Complete Farmhouse picture)
(No.T9009)
As Revell did with the Barnyard and Trackside Buildings Sets, the Complete Farmhouse Set (No.T9003) was individually available according to the 1959-60 catalog.  The Farmhouse with Privy also included three figures and sold for $1.29.

 

Freight Station
(No.9020)
A very familiar looking kit to anyone with an interest in HO-scale trains, Revell lists this Freight Station among its kits in the 1959-60 catalog.  Selling for $1.69, this Freight Station would find itself in later years among the AHM and TYCO product lines after serving for Revell.

 

Fuel Tank 
(No.????)

 

Garage with Farmer (see Complete Farmhouse picture)
(No.T9010)
Part of Revell's Complete Farmhouse Set (No.T9003), this small kit included the farmhouse's Garage with Farmer figure for eighty-nine cents.

 

Horse Shed, Tool Shed and Rabbit Hutch (not pictured)
(No.T9017)
The other half of Revell's Barnyard Set (No.T9015), one received the horse shed, tool shed, rabbit hutch, and five figures for the $1.29 retail price.  This item is found in Revell's 1959-60 catalog.

 

Interlocking Tower (see Trackside Buildings picture)
(No.T9004)
Revell also sold the Trackside Buildings Set (No.T9002) individually.  The Interlocking Tower was a component of the complete set, which Revell offered with two figures as a separate kit for ninety-eight cents in the 1959-60 catalog.

 

Maintenance Shed
(No.T9022)
Found in Revell's 1959-60 catalog is this Maintenance Shed building kit.  The catalog states that the shed doors swing open; the kit included the motor car and trailer; plus a pair of railroad workmen.  The Maintenance Shed kit pieces are molded in three colors according to the catalog.  The model sold for $1.29.

 

Sand & Pump House
(No.)

 

Small Town Station
(No.T9001)
(No.H985)
This kit, which would later appear in the AHM product line, sold for $2.49 in Revell's 1957-58 product catalog.  The "H"-leading stock number is from a later production run of this kit.  The only difference in an H985 example appears to be the stock number and packaging.

 

Suburban House 
(No.T9034)

 

Summer Stock Theater 
(No.T9035)
A new entry in Revell's building kits for 1961, this kit was a barn converted to a theater with separate ticket box office.  The kit also included stage; benches; non-working lights; and was molded in three colors.  Revell notes the benches and doors are movable according to the description in the '61 catalog.  The Summer Stock Theater was originally priced at $2.49 and would survive the Revell line to be among offerings from Con-Cor in later years.

 

Superior Bakery 
(No.T9037)
(No.H997)
A large brick structure molded in colors.  Revell included in the Superior Bakery kit a sidewalk section; fire hydrant; trash bin; lamp post; mailbox; lights; billboard; and decals.  Window material was also provided and the kit sold for $3.98 and was new in the 1961 Revell catalog.  The T-series stock number is from the original '60s release.  The white package shown above and the H-series stock number is from Revell's 1977 re-release of this kit.

 

Trackside Buildings 
(No.T9002)
This collection of four structures arrives in the 1958-59 Revell catalog and included a Switchman's Shanty; Interlocking Tower; Crossing Tender's Shack; and Water Tower and Spout.  The kit parts were molded in a total of three different colors.  A set of six figures was also included.  The set of Trackside Buildings retailed for $2.49 in '58.

 

Water Tower with Spout (see Trackside Buildings picture)
(No.T9005)
Part of Revell's Trackside Buildings Set, the 1959-60 catalog lists the individual pieces of set as being available for purchase alone.  The Water Tower with Spout kit had two figures included with it and sold for ninety-eight cents.

 

Weekly Herald (not pictured)
(No.H996)

 

Yardmaster's Office 
(No.T9032)

 


The Rolling (on the floor laughing) Stock Section
This Months Contribution by GoingInCirclez

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