Westerfield Models
) has introduced
HO scale resin kits for two versions of a Rock Island single-deck
stock car. Between 1944 and 1950, the prototypes were rebuilt
from thirty- year old class B-2 boxcars. AB brakes were installed
during the rebuild. In some cases the stock cars retained the
original Murphy XLA roofs (Westerfield kit 12102, above). Stock
cars converted from B-2s with deteriorated metal roofs were
given single-board wood roofs (Westerfield kit 12013). The
stock car kits are priced at $37.00 each, plus shipping.
Other kits recently reissued by Westerfield include B&O
class W-1 hopper car, modernized (kit 3151); PRR class H21/
H21A hopper car, original (kit 3201, above); PRR class H21A
News column - 16
MRH-Mar 2013
