Brass models are scale models, typically of railroad equipment, bridges and occasionally buildings, which are made of brass or similar alloys. Brass traditionally offered finer detail than traditional die-cast and plastic models, although both made considerable advances in the 1990s. Brass models are considered collector pieces and are often used for display purposes, due to their museum quality, rather than model railroad operations. They are considerably more expensive than other types of models due to the limited production quantities and "handmade" nature of the product itself.

Manufacturers, many more exist than those shown below

• Bavaria
  Bavaria
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• Fulgurex
  Fulgurex
  - History:Fulgurex was created in 1947 as a specialized model train shop located at "2 rue du Midi", Lausanne, Switzerland by the bishop Antonio Giansanti Coluzzi, a tin plate train collector and the official distributor of the VB brand in Switzerland....
  
  
• Lemaco
  Lemaco
  Lemaco is a brass model railway rolling stock manufacturer based in Switzerland.Lemaco produces models at basically all scale, like HO scale, O scale, N scale, 1 gauge and 2 gauge.- History :...
  
  
• Micro Metakit
• Overland
  Overland
  Overland may refer to:* Overland Storage, a robotic tape library manufacturer, formerly known as Overland Data.* Overland, Missouri, a city in the United States* Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado...
  
   (www.overlandmodels.com)
• Weinert
  Weinert
  Weinert as a place may refer to:* Weinert, Texas, United States* Weinert Center in Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesWeinert as a surname may refer to:* Erich Weinert , German writer...
  
  
• Classic Construction Models
• Max Gray
• Pacific Fast mail
• West Side Model
• Ferro Swiss
• Sunset
  Sunset
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• KTM
  KTM
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• NJ International
• Von Stetina Artworks
• EFC-Loko
• TOLOLOKO

See also

• Rail transport modelling
  Rail transport modelling
  Railway modelling or model railroading is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale...
  
  
• Scale models
• HO scale
  HO scale
  HO or H0 is the most popular scale of model railway in the world.According to the NMRA standard S-1.2 predominantly used in North America, in HO scale, represents 1 real foot ; this ratio works out to about 1:87.1. According to the MOROP standard NEM 010 predominantly used in Europe, the scale is...