Our quality resin kits are engineered to go together quickly and easily. All the hulls of the ships are one piece castings and the rest of the pieces go together like building blocks. Add the included detail parts, paint and you're done! Complete instructions are so easy to follow that, although these kits are labeled and recommended for children over age 14, our children down to age 8 or 9 can easily follow most instructions and complete a kit in minimal time with great results. See the picture sequence below to see an example of how one of our kits goes together.

For the experienced modeler these kits provide endless opportunities for kit-bashing your one-of-a-kind masterpiece. For the beginner to intermediate modeler our kits easily build into a beautiful model that everyone will think you spent hours scratch building...only you will know the difference! Regardless of your modeling experience each of our kits pack enough detail and character to ensure a "front-and-center" place on your train layout.

When you open your kit from Frenchman River Model Works you'll notice that everything is packed well so that the parts are cushioned and protected. The resin and pewter parts are clean with very minimal "flash" to clean up. The kit parts photos pictured with each kit throughout this website are indicative of the quality of the parts you can expect "fresh out of the box".  We believe our phrase, "Quick assembly time! Great results" truly says it all.

Resin kits need cyanoacrylic (CA) super glue to assemble them. Regular model glue will NOT work. You can pick up some of this glue at your local hobby shop or we offer a kit complete with more than enough CA glue to complete any of our kits, an applicator tool, and applicator tip as well as an instruction sheet to help you if you're not familiar with this glue. CA glue is very easy to work with and when used with the accelerator will set instantly. We also offer a product called "UN-CURE" to help you if you need to undo anything. 

Your kit may be easily painted using your favorite type of paint as well as your favorite method of painting (i.e. brush, aerosol can, or airbrush). We have found that simply brushing on craft paint gives good results.

This is an example of how the resin parts fit together using the HO (1/87) Scale 92' Diesel Railroad Tugboat Kit

One piece hull

*note: this "demonstration" is meant only to show the basics of how easily our kits assemble. Some detail parts and assembly sequences have been omitted in these photos.

The one piece superstructure and bow fender are added to the hull. All parts are placed on indexing rings cast in place to insure a perfect, easy fit. No guessing!

One piece wheelhouse and fidley are placed on the superstructure, again using the indexing rings cast in place.

One piece smoke stack, life float, ladder and mast base are placed in their indexing rings. Pewter and other misc detail parts and your choice of paint scheme finish off this beautiful, railroad tug boat. Included pewter pieces shown below.

INSTA-CURE is a very thin cyanoacrylic glue (CA) used for assembling resin kits along with many other uses. This glue is actually very easy to work with. Included in this kit is a 1 ounce bottle of CA glue (more than enough to complete any kit on this site), a glue applicator tool and a glue applicator tip. A sheet of instructions and tips for use will step you through using this product if you are unfamiliar with it. Best when used with INSTA-SET accelerator sold below. You may also purchase a 1 oz bottle of CA glue seperately.

#1486     CA Glue Kit     $14.99

#1487     INSTA-CURE 1oz bottle     $4.99

INSTA-SET is an accelerator that when sprayed on the applied CA glue will cause it cure instantly greatly increasing assembly speed. This product is highly recommended! You will receive a 2 ounce bottle with a spray pump attached.

#1488     INSTA-SET CA Glue Accelerator     $4.99

UN-CURE is handy to have around to "undo" those accidents that are bound to happen. It de-bonds the CA glue allowing you a second chance if you didn't get it quite right the first time.

#1489     UN-CURE CA De-bonder     $2.99