thanx for kind comments..Yes the train I bought at a local drug store at X-Mas for 20 bucks,,so a little glue/balsa/some card ..wooden knobs .paint and a Houstons ship gun..voila 30 bucks all told..I really like the Brigade games train..but I could not justify the cost..considering how many we are going to use it...LOl. so many toy soldiers ,so little time.