Product Availability at Walthers - PLEASE READ

It has been brought to our attention that several customers have been unable to purchase our products from Walthers due to availability issues. We looked at the Walthers website ourselves, and noticed that a large number of our products are showing backordered with an unknown delivery date.

Here's the truth. All of our current products are available for purchase from us directly... NOW! No backorders, no unknown delivery dates. In most cases, orders are shipped within 24 hours of receipt of payment. Most of our current products are in stock at our facility in Dyersville. If the product is not in stock at the time of your order, we will manufacture it and still ship the order within the 24 hour time period.

We value our relationship with Walthers and are working with them to resolve their availability issue. In the meantime, you can order from us directly. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email us. Thank you!


July 14th, 2010 Update

We are pleased to report that Walthers is restocking most of our popular kits, along with our new Country Creek bridge kits. If you or your hobby shop is still having difficulty obtaining our products from Walthers, please let us know.

What are weight upgrade kits?
Adair Shops^TM is the home of thin weights for contemporary HO and On30 cars. Our weight upgrade kits are specifically designed to fit a wide variety of car kits and RTR cars from today's manufacturers such as Athearn*, Accurail*, Red Caboose*, Walthers*, and Roundhouse*, just to name a few. When assembled, your cars will meet or exceed recommended NMRA weight requirements. In addition, the weight segments will, in most cases, not show... not even in open cars. Some of our kits even allow for full interiors and lighting.

Each kit is composed of custom manufactured metal weight segments along with detailed instructions and an assembly layout. The weight segments are machined to size and ready to install.

Our specially formulated glue bonds the weight segments to the car kit's body or frame without attacking the plastic. If you make a mistake, simply remove the weight segment with a dental type instrument. Each shipment includes enough glue to assemble the kits in the order.

As for painting, our weight segments will accept both lacquer and water based paints, although water based paints are recommended.

We also have an expanding line of weight upgrade kits available for Ready-To-Run cars. This includes a large assortment of custom made slope sheets for hopper cars.

Please feel free to browse our web site and on-line catalog. If you have any questions, send us an email at adairshops@yousq.net. We look foward to serving you and providing a product that allows you to operate your trains like the prototype. Thank you.

* The asterisk (*) designates trademarks of various manufacturers. These references are made with permission of the manufacturer. However, no affiliation with, connection to, association with or sponsorship by any of these manufacturers is intended nor should be implied.