Also due in March from Kadee is a Soo Line PS-2 two-bay cov-
ered hopper with hat rib sides and eight round roof hatches.
The HO scale ready-to-run car will have an MSRP of $42.95.
NKP Car Company
will soon announce avail-
ability of three new HO scale etched brass kits for creating
“Betterment” or Streamstyled Pullman heavyweight sleepers.
The kits will include a 12 section, 1 drawing room car; an 8 sec-
tion, 1 drawing room, 2 compartment car; and a 14 section
sleeper. When pre-war lightweight streamline parlors and sleep-
ers were introduced, some older heavyweight cars were modi-
fied with a so-called “Betterment” visual appearance so they
could be operated with the newer lightweight cars. According
to NKP the newmodification kits will have correctly tapered
“Betterment” roofs, ends, and skirting combined with Branchline
sides, floor, trucks, and all the required detail parts. NKP Car Co.
produces a full line of both heavy and lightweight passenger cars
made to a specific prototype to accurately model a particular
railroad or train. Visit the above website for additional details.
This month,
Rapido Trains Inc
) will release its
HO scale ready-to-run Osgood-Bradley 10-window coaches deco-
rated for Bangor & Aroostook and Long Island MTA. Dashing Dan
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(Ferro-Tierda), Chesapeake & Ohio, and Penn Central. The HO
scale ready-to-run model will come with etched-metal run-
ning boards, metal wheelsets, and Kadee® couplers. Final
pricing is TBA.
Next month,
Kadee
) will release an HO scale ready-
to-run model of a PS-2 covered hopper decorated for ATSF in 1957
factory-new boxcar red. Spotting features of the nicely detailed car
include eight round roof hatchs. The model will have an MSRP of
$42.95 each.
Kadee’s March delivery schedule calls for the release of a Wabash
PS-1 40’ boxcar with an 8’ Pullman-Standard door. The ready-to-
run car is decorated in as-new 1957 red oxide with a DF slogan
and flag-in-heart herald. The HO scale model has an MSRP of
$33.95 each.
MRH-Jan 2013
