Former American Model Builders Kit

Our latest HO scale caboose kit is based on the family of 30’ waycars, roadnumbers X-198 to X-309, employed by the Great Northern beginning in early 1940s and later by the Burlington Northern. Built at the GN’s St. Cloud, MN Shops, all the cars were built with the same floor plan, same window arrangement, and same external dimensions (22’ 6” between truck centers and a 38’ 6” length over coupler pulling faces). They generally differed only in exterior finish: tongue and groove, plywood, or steel. Kit No. 880 represents the initial crummies built with tongue and groove siding between August 1941 and March 1945, numbers X-198 to X-249, and feature scale 3.25” wide scribed siding.

Kit features 100% laser-cut components with custom laser-scribed side and end walls, Tab & Slot sub-walls and Peel & Stick construction, laser-cut underframe, end platforms, end railing, and brake wheels; cast resin platform steps and brake gear; white metal smokejack and toilet vent; fully illustrated instructions that provide information on painting and decaling the assembled model; and several fixtures to aid the modeler in creating all the handholds and ladders appropriate for the prototype. We recommend the purchase of Tahoe Model Works No. 205 Swing Motion Caboose Trucks; Kadee No. 5 couplers with draft gear boxes; Microscale decal set No. 87-757 (GN Cabooses 1922 – 1967), No. 87-285 (Big Sky Blue Cabooses) or No. 87-842 (BN Cabooses); and the paint and glue of your choice for the completion of this kit..

HO Scale 881 $56.98