Ambroid Wood Craftsman Kits

H Series

The H-series, Heritage, came in a beige box with red "ribbons" and a picture of a GN caboose (the K-9 kit). Some kits were produced in O scale as well (see the O-series).

From the limited samples I have, it seems to be fair to assume that Northeastern made at least the first set of kits in this series and that Ambroid guaranteed that no more than 5,000 of each kit were going to be made. A seal with the text: "Ambroid Models, Inc. Maine, 1960" was embossed in the instruction sheet and the serial number of the kit was written on the seal. It also appears that later models in this series were made by Quality Craft, Northumberland, PA, and did not have the 5,000 guarantee, or the seal.

The first three kits do not have any kit numbers on the boxes, and the very first kit, the Southern Pacific Wood Chip Gondola, comes in a very unique Heritage box with the added text "ONE OF 5000" on the front.

Click on the Kit Name to get the detailed description of the kit, Click on the camera symbol to get a picture of the built kit.

Kit #	Kit name	Road	Car Type	Box	Made By	Reissued By	Notes
H-1	Southern Pacific Wood Chip Gondola	SP	Gondola	H5.	Q		Delivered in box without kit number. October 1969
H-2	Aircraft Sky Box	SP	Flat	H.	Q		Delivered in box without kit number. February 1970
H-3	REA Express Reefer	REAX	Reefer	H.	Q		Delivered in box without kit number. 1970?
H-4	Burlington 50' Cushioned Plug Door Car	CB&Q	Box	H.	Q		June 1970?
H-5	UP 60' Postal Storage Car	UP	Box	H.	Q.		September 1970?
H-6	Burlington Insulated 60' Car	CB&Q	Box	H.	Q.		December 1970
H-7	D&RGW 40' Vertical Ribbed Box Car	DRGW	Box	H		G: 316
H-8	Santa Fe Refrigerator Box Car	SFRD	Reefer	H.		G: 361	November 1971
H-9	PRR 100 ton 3 Bay Hopper	PRR	Hopper	H.	Q
H-10	Nickel Plate Road Wood Caboose	NKP	Caboose	H	Q	G: 311	The Gloor Craft plan has the date 10/84
H-11	GN Airslide Hopper	GN	Hopper	H.	N Q.
H-12	NKP 50 ton composite hopper	NKP	Hopper	H.	Q.	G
H-13	Northern Pacific Caboose	NP	Caboose	H	Q	G: 329?
H-14	Reading Outside Braced Reefer	Reading	Reefer	H	Q
H-15	D&H Caboose	D&H	Caboose	H
H-16	P.R.R. X-23 Wood O.B. Box Car	PRR	Box	H	Q
H-17	Erie-Susquehanna 50 Ton 3 Bay Hopper Car	NYS&W	Hopper	H.	Q
H-18	Olympia Beer 36' Private Reefer	NAOX	Reefer	H	Q	G: 366 G: 3020	February 1975
H-19	Lehigh and Hudson River Flanger	L&H	MOW	H	Q	G: 367	May 1975
H-20	PRR ND 4 Wheel Caboose	PRR	Caboose	H	Q	G: 314	Erroneously listed in a June, 1975 ad as "Eire Caboose". The Gloor Craft plan has the date 5/85
H-21	NYO&W Milk Car	NYOW	Reefer	H	Q		H0 scale only
H-22	AT&SF Caboose	ATSF	Caboose	H	N Q		June 1976
H-23	Golden Loaf Flour Air Slide Hopper	GACX	Hopper	H.	N Q		September 1976
H-24	Payroll Car			H.	N	G: 370	December 1976
H-25	B&O 3 bay steel hopper w/ Extended Top for Wood Chip Service	B&O	Hopper	H.	N
H-26	Milwaukee 50' Automobile Car	Milw	Automobile	H.	N
Kit #	Kit name	Road	Car Type	Box	Made By	Reissued By	Notes

The H-Kits and their Prototypes

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