Additional items
include laser-cut
peel-n-stick doors,
windows, window
glazing, and roof-
ing material. Peel-n-
stick trim comes in
one piece for each
side of the structure and the bay windows which simplifies
the application of the detailed trim work. A chimney and sig-
nage are included. The assembled model has a footprint of
3.30” x 5.50”. The HO scale kit is priced at $69.95. The model
is based on a prototype structure that served the Frisco (St.
Louis-San Francisco Railway) in Walnut Grove, Missouri.
Bowser
has released pre-
production photos of its
ALCo Century series C430
diesel (left) scheduled for
delivery this fall. The com-
pany also announced that
an undecorated version
of the HO scale locomo-
tive with Hi Ad trucks will
be included in the initial
production run. The model
will have an MSRP of $199.95 and will be offered as a standard
DC only model without sound.
Additional road names for the Executive Series ready-to-run
model include New York Central, Penn Central, Reading,
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Seaboard Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville, CR Reading (patch),
Western New York & Pennsylvania (red), Western New York &
Pennsylvania (black), Morristown & Erie, Green Bay & Western,
Green Bay & Western (grey stripe), Susquehanna (early
scheme), Susquehanna (late scheme), ALCo demonstrator, and
Conrail (black scheme). The models mentioned above will
come with Hi Ad trucks. A model decorated in Conrail’s blue
scheme will have AAR type B trucks. In addition to the $199.95
standard DC version, DCC equipped locomotives with LokSound
Select Dual–Mode decoder (for operation on DC or DCC) will be
available at $299.95 MSRP.
Bowser has released
additional informa-
tion about its new
PRR class H30 triple-
bay covered hopper
car. Six PRR decorating schemes for class H30 car include
plain, circle, and shadow keystone (above) heralds on gray
cars. Cars painted red oxide will have a circle keystone and a
plain keystone with a black “S”. The plain keystone will also
be applied to a car with a yellow body. Two of the 1973 cu ft
triple-bay 10-hatch cement hauler will be available in Penn
Central green (one for interchange and one designated for
MOW service). Gray cars decorated for Norfolk & Western
and Conrail will complete the run. Delivery of the newly–
tooled HO scale model will be this fall at an MSRP of $29.95.
MRH-Mar 2013