N&W Caboose in HO

[NW Modeling List]

How about an o scale kit?

Tom Lewis


> On Mar 27, 2014, at 5:21 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> 

> Hi All

> 

> is there  an HO stream era N&W caboose available?

> 

> Thanks

> 

> Barry Reeves

> Leicester UK

> 

> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:28:57 -0700

> To: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org

> Subject: CF caboose, H2a 3-bay hopper in N-Scale

> From: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org

> 

> To coin a phrase, When it rains, it pours. This March has certainly favored N&W steam-era N-Scale modelers.

> 

> AT LAST, N&W's CF caboose (wood side) is available, coming out as a laser-cut kit, American Model Builders' item AMB 552.  To view, go to Brooklyn Locomotive Works (www.buynscale.com).  Under "new update log", click Laser Kit, 26 March.

> 

> On the same screen scroll down to 8 March, announcing Broadway Limited's N&W H2a 3-bay hopper, a long-awaited production, available in both 17" and 24" "N&W" car sides lettering (the latter for stenciling when cars were shopped / built 21 October 1952 through 1956.)  

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> The CF is sold as a single item, whereas the H2a is available in 6-packs only.

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> I do not have the models in hand, but photos in the above references appear to show accurate work.

> 

> To my knowledge, these are the first commercially-produced models of the two cars.

> 

> If the Modeling Committee was involved in the birthing of these models, take a bow!

> 

> Frank Gibson

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