The original building kits

These were supplied by the West German firm of Pola but  only appeared in a couple of catalogues between 1965 - 1967 and in the second track plans book (1965). After 1967 they were superseded by Jouef's own range, although Pola went on to make a vast range of excellent kits.

Water mill

Here is a rare picture of a Pola kit in a Jouef box. They were sold in picture boxes like this but also in plain boxes as the railway items were.

Click on the picture for a bigger image

Pola buildings Inside the track plans book from 1962
1965 Pola buildings The 1965 catalogue showing the new engine shed and some of the Pola buildings including the lamp post
1965 Pola buildings Most of the buildings were from the Playcraft range but the stations were specifically continental. New items were introduced too
1966 Pola buildings 1966 catalogue - all made by Pola and introducing 4 new kits
1967 Jouef buildings 1967 catalogue showing the new Jouef buildings on one page....
1967 mixed Pola and Jouef and on the opposite page, a reduced Pola range. By the 1968 catalogue the Pola kits had gone

Pola in Jouef boxes

Here is another rare picture of Pola kits in Jouef boxes.- the coaling stage, the goods shed and the house &  barn plus the diagram from the florists and its plain box lid alongside.

There are some good photos here.

Below is a table of the Pola-manufactured models sold by Jouef up to 1968

Jouef Cat No:

Playcraft Cat No:

Picture

 Description
770 N/A Medium station Moutiers station scan
771 N/A Small station Bellrive station scan
772 N/A Large station Hauteville station 
773 B327 Signal box Signal box scan
774 B341 goods shed Goods shed
775 B307 partly tiled house Partly tiled house 
776 B309 house under construction House under construction
777 N/A chalet bungalow Chalet bungalow scan
778 N/A chalet bungalow Chalet bungalow scan
779 E

B321

water mill

 Operating water mill
780 B346 Florists Florist with greenhouses

781

B343

Cafe_with_terrace.jpg (20064 bytes)

 Cafe with terrace
782 B338 church with steeple Church
783 B348 farm and barn Farm and barn
784 B334 coal dock Coal dock with crane etc
786

B393

thatched cottage

 Thatched cottage
787 B394 timber framed house Timber framed house
788 B395 contemporary bungalow Contemporary bungalow
789 E B305 Hopper loading Installation Hopper loader (operating hopper discharge doors)
793   lamp post
793 E N/A Yard lamp - retained in Jouef range

Top

Back to buildings index

Back to home page