January News column - 16
the 500-564 series cars refurbished in 1958 with reinforced door
corners are available at $49.95 each. A Seaboard Air Line class
B6 boxcar is scheduled to be available later this month. Also
under development is a Seaboard class V10 ventilated boxcar.
NEW PRODUCTS FOR N SCALE
American Model Builders
is selling a laser-cut
kit for an N scale Great Northern 25’ wood caboose with a
cupola. The kit is based on a modernized version of GN’s wood
crummies built prior to 1930. GN’s upgrading program began in
the 1950s and included installing additional windows, modify-
ing the cupola, adding all-steel end platforms with railing and
gates, adding square ladder safety extensions, new tool boxes,
plus other updates to both the exterior and interior of the cars.
Several of the prototypes saw service well into the era of the
Burlington Northern.
The kit body uses tab & slot construction with sides, ends,
cupola, underframe, and end platforms laser-cut from pre-
cision fine-grain plywood. Additional components include
peel-n-stick window, door and trim assembly; ladders; end
railing; hand grabs; window glazing; and brake wheels. Cast
resin platform steps, brake gear, and a plastic smoke jack are
MRH-Jan 2013
