Former american Model Builders Kit

This 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. 881 represents those cars rebuilt with Plywood siding from the X-198, X-200 to X-228, X-230 to X-249 series and feature plywood sheathed cupola and sides with scale 2” wide simulated galvanized metal strips appropriately covering the seams.

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 882 $56.98

Key words:  Great Northern GN Burlington Northern BN Way Car Caboose