N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

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I agree, it was my first rolling stock kit.  It went together really well.
Kadee even makes caboose trucks with electric pickups for lights...

The hard part is making the hand rails.  Just make a jig and go slow.

It's actually probably the item I am most proud of.

David Baker

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 8:47 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
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> Roger,
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> You should give the AMB kit a try. It is not too much money if it doesn't
> work out, and if it does you can get two more and still have less money in
> them than one new Athearn Genesis caboose.
>
> Nigel Misso
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> I've given up on their project. They are so far behind on prior projects
> the N&W cabins are too far in the future for me. I'm 70 and probably won't
> ever live long enough at the rate they complete a project to see one. They
> do great cars but they are seriously lacking in communication skills.
>
> Wish someone else were doing them. The latest plastic releases from Atlas
> and Athearn are pretty nice and detailed enough for me if only they would
> do a CF, CG or CH for us.
>
> I'm looking for old Westside/Balboa cars. I thought about the AMB CF but
> I've never dealt with a laser kit.
>
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
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