News column - 25
Microscale
Industries
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)
has released sev-
eral new HO and
N scale items
including let-
tering sets for
Missouri Pacific
switchers and
hood diesel loco-
motives circa
1984-86; 60’
insulated beer boxcars for Missouri Pacific, MKT, and Western
Pacific; and a special lettering set for Oregon short line per diem
50’ boxcars including Longview, Portland & Northern (blue);
City of Prineville (black); Union Railroad of Oregon (green); Port
of Tillamook Bay (blue); and Oregon & Northwestern Railroad
(black). Also Kyle Railroad locomotives and cabooses including
Oregon, Pacific & Eastern rebuilt 50’ boxcars with Thrall doors;
and Pend Oreille Valley rebuilt Pullman-Standard 50’ boxcars.
Additional new items include both black and white data sets
for AutoMax articulated Autorack cars; and data for GATC 2600,
3500, and 4160 Airslide covered hopper cars.
Future releases still on the drawing board are locomotive, box-
car, and caboose decals for Northwestern Pacific, Texas Mexican,
and Pan Am Railway. Also coming soon are new texture patterns
for plywood and solar panels.
The Wisconsin Centra
l
(
)
support organization
is selling HO scale lettering sets for Wisconsin & Southern 50’
Evans boxcars. Priced at $10.00 each including shipping, the
newest set will letter a W&S 5077 and a 5100 cu ft car. The
decals were produced by Microscale. Specialty decals are also
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