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Welcome to the Hobby Smith and our web site. 

Here at the Hobby Smith we are committed to providing you excellent customer service.  We believe in offering high quality products at a good value and providing you with answers to your modeling questions.  We stand behind the products we sell and will take care of you if you have issues.  
We only carry  Model Trains in our 2000 sq. ft. shop and want you to enjoy the model train hobby.  

At the Hobby Smith we offer:

- Walthers Sales Dealer - we honor all sale prices in the Walthers monthly catalogs

- Advance Reservation discounting

- Mail Orders  (we ship anywhere in the US and most countries)

- Special Orders

- Consignments

- Professional DCC installations and equipment sales (Digitrax, Sountraxx, NCE, Lenz, TCS)

- We purchase collections and used equipment

We offer discounts on advance reservations and multi-product purchases.

Hobby Smith is an authorized Marklin dealer.

Featured Items

 SP GS-4 by MTH

HO Scale

Dicast                               Sound - DC/DCC/DCS       Smoke                                       22" radius curves

Available in the following schemes:

(1)Daylight/large#4449  -Just arrived  5/13/08                         (2)Daylight/small#4449            (3)Daylight#4453                       (4)Black#4437                            (5)BNSF/Black#4449              (6)Freedom#4449                     (7)Black/large#3360                 (8)Black/small#4466                (9)WP#483

Due August 2008

MSRP:      $449.95           Reserve:  $424.95

Call now to reserve yours

UP M-10000 by Con-Cor

HO just arrived!

HO & N Scale

Con-Cor is doing the 1934 M10000 in HO and N scale  

N & HO sound decoders will be available for the M10000                             MSRP $84.98               Reserve $72.25

M-10000 3-Car train set with an extra Pullman 4th car  available.

N expected late Summer 2008

Taking Reservations Now

3-Car set  (N scale)                MSRP ~$429.98            Reserve ~$339.98

4th Car & 5th Car

(Overland Trail & Oregon Trail) N Scale

MSRP ~$129.98  each          Reserve ~$109.98 each

* M10000 Detailed Info * 

 

AeroTrain by Con-Cor

HO version now here!  (VERY IMPRESSIVE!)

1955 AeroTrain in HO and N scale 

N & HO sound decoders will be available for the Aerotrain.  MSRP $84.98               Reserve $72.25

The Con-Cor AeroTrain 4-car set (engine, 2 coaches & tail car) will be available in the following schemes:

-Silver paint only                         -GM Demonstrator                     -Pennsy AeroTrain 1956          -NYC Great Lakes 1956           -UP City of LA 1957                   -SF The San Diegan 1956       -Rock Island 1958-1966

N scale expected Summer 2008

Taking Reservations Now      MSRP $429.98            Reserve $339.98

Con-Cor will also be releasing an add-on 3-car coach set.                            MSRP $219.98            Reserve $184.98

* AeroTrain Detailed Info * 

Micro-Trains Presidential Series

MTL has announced starting this September they are going to release the Presidential Series starting with the George Washington car.

Order by March 31st to guarantee yourself the first car.

Reserve   $20.35  ea.          Retail        $23.95  ea.

Start your series by reserving your set now.

Call or email The Hobby Smith

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GG1 in N scale by Kato

Brunswick Green "five stripe" #4935

- Blackened metal Pantographs

- Powerful mechanism

-Illuminated class lights, headlights and numberboards

Due June 2008 - Order by February 26

SP&S 700                    

by Sunset Models in HO

Extremely limited.

Here Now!

Non-sound Price $600.00  (MSRP $650.00)  

Only a few left in stock!

Call now to get yours

-------------------------------------- New Book

Burlington Northern in color Volume 3 – Green Pastures

This is the third book in the series of the BN merger

By Morning Sun Books

MSRP $59.95

Free shipping with purchase of book.

AC-12 Cab Forward

N Scale

By Intermountain

Now taking reservations!

4 road numbers

Due December 2008

Est. MSRP:      $329.95

Est. Reserve:   $279.95

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New Book 

The Milwaukee Road in color Volume 5 – Pacific Extension 1941 – 1961

This is one of the few books that cover the West end of the Milwaukee Road

By Morning Sun Books

MSRP $59.95

Free shipping with purchase of book.

HO Brass

SP&S Z-6 by Sunset Models

NP Z-6 by Sunset Models

DCC ready and Sound versions will be available

Reserve

Sound  $975.95

Non-sound $929.95

See our Brass Section for more information

  • All Brass Construction

  • 30" Radius Track Proven

  • Sprung Drivers

  • Available With QSI Quantum Sound (DC or DCC)

  • Speakers Installed with Resonators (No Sound Problems This Time)

  • Precision Canon Motors with Coasting Flywheel

  • Fully Detailed Backhead

  • Glazed Windows

  • Prototypical Painting and Lettering

Kato N Scale

Kato SP GS-4

- SP #4449 4-8-4  (Here Now! )

- SP Morning Daylight 10-Car passenger set (taking orders for the 2nd release)

- 4 separate 2-car Articulated Coaches (available now)

10-car set plus the 4 2-car sets makes an 18-car passenger train

Features: 

-Specific interior and exterior details                        -3-unit articulated diner set                                             -Operating diaphragms on articulated cars                       -Observation car with drumhead                               -DCC friendly

Go to our N Scale New Arrivals Section

Now Available

N Scale 4-8-4 in brass

- Southern Pacific GS-1, GS-2 & GS-6

- Western Pacific GS-64

- T&NO GS-1

Brass By MORE Co.       

Highly detailed brass with great performance

(see brass section)

 

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Challengers - N scale

Brass Z6 Challengers              4-6-6-4

-Great Northern -Northern Pacific  -SP&S Challenger            (see brass section)

By MORE Co.