Three different roof
finials will come with
each kit, along with
two types of lad-
ders, a ladder safety
door, two different
frost-box doors, and
two different gallows
for the water spout.
Pricing and availabil-
ity are pending.
HO SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Accurail
has
expanded its selection of HO
scale trucks with the addition
of light gray roller bearing
trucks as used on center-flow
hopper cars. The trucks are
available direct only at $7.98
for six pairs.
New HO scale kits
released this month
by Accurail include a
Western Pacific 40’
wood stock car based
on a prototype origi-
nally built in 1916. The car was rebuilt in 1936, but retained its
vertical stem-winder hand brake.
News column - 5
Also new is a DM&IR
41’ AAR 11-panel steel
gondola. Both the stock
car and gondola have
an MSRP of $15.98 each. The final new kit from Accurail this
month is for a GM&O/MDT 40’ steel reefer car. It has an MSRP
of $16.98.
The
Akron,
Canton &
Youngstown
Railroad
Historical
Society
is selling a
cast resin kit for
a AC&Y series
60-65 steel caboose. The HO scale limited-edition model rep-
resents cars built after WWII by International Railway Car &
Equipment Manufacturing Company. The model was pro-
duced for ACYHS by WrightTRAK Railroad Models. The kit is
priced at $59.95 plus shipping and handling. Visit the above
website for additional information including ordering details.
American Model
Builders
(
is selling a mod-
estly priced kit for an
HO scale yard office.
The easy-to-assemble
kit features laser-
cut tabbed and slot-
ted construction. The
Model built by Chris Lantz
MRH-Jul 2013
