Build a product catalog website using Drupal 6

Hello everyone,

I intend to build a website with static content (information pages) and product catalog. Actually there will be 2 or more types of catalogs for different groups of products.
I am not going to create an e-commerce website, it will serve only as a product catalog and information site.

After have read the introduction of Drupal from Documentation I found that the concepts of Drupal 6 are intended to work the best way - to be able to create whatever you need using the same "parts". I hope this works in reality too, not just some good but abstract intentions.

What I need basically for the product catalog is :
- list of products, where each product shows up with a thumbnail image and a very short info (like model name and price)
- detailed information of a product, when clicked on it - displaying a big picture and a table with different product characteristics

Can I do the job using Drupal 6 and basic modules/functions ? I really hope so and to be not very hard to accomplish.
If so - could you please provide with some help pages and tutorials or just point out what I need to do with what modules /functions/ and some refferal links for help with the needed modules ?

Or is Ubercart the best solution in my case, but with disabled online purchasing ?

I'm new to Drupal, but not new to CMS.

Having that in mind I would highly appreciate any real help, that will lead me to accomplish my task.

thank you very much in advance.

Best regards,
Ilia Penchev

p/s: I'm ready and willing to play more with Drupal, just need somebody to help me how Drupal works in practice and what to do.
p/s #2: I'm with Drupal for the long run, not just one site and let it go. I liked very much the concepts behind the project and hope they are for real.