windows, doors, trim, and roofing material are laser-cut peel
and stick. Additional details include color signage and cast
resin tie stack, wood crate, trash barrel, window air condi-
tioning unit, and smokejack, plus AMB’s laser-cut venetian
blinds for the windows and entry door. The assembled struc-
ture has a footprint of 3.5” x 2.5”. AMB is also selling a wood
deck for a Tangent HO scale GSC 60’ flatcar. The nine-piece
peel-and-stick deck is laser-scribed from aircraft-grade birch
plywood with engraved bolt hole details. Visit the above
website for pricing and availability.
Athearn Division of Horizon Hobby
is asking modelers to
suggest additional roadnames for its existing freight cars.
Shane Wilson, Athearn brand manager at parent company
Horizon Hobby, said it would be helpful if anyone submitting
suggestions would include a reference to the appropriate
Athearn stock number. Prototype photos and digital images
will also be a great help to the selection team. Suggestions
and images can be sent to
.
Athearn
has scheduled a
September release date
for the next production
run of Southern Pacific
all-steel, bay-window
cabooses. Features
include see-through
steps and endplatforms, etched metal window screens,
interior details with seats, bunks, and tables, full under-
body brake rigging, and roof-mounted “flying saucer” radio
antenna. The class C-50-7 caboose shown above will be
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available in four road numbers with lights at an MSRP of
$99.95. Non-lighted versions will list at $69.95. Although
unlighted cabooses do not have interior lights, they do have
LEDs installed in the marker lights with unconnected wires
inside the car. Both lighted and unlighted cabooses have
50-ton trucks have electrical pickup, rotating bearing caps,
and axle generator details.
Atlas Model Railroad
Company
has introduced a
Trainman® series Thrall
4750 cu ft triple-bay cov-
ered hopper decorated
for First Union Rail,
Illinois Grain, Scoular,
and SSAM. The HO scale ready-to-run model has an MSRP of
$22.95. An undecorated version lists at $18.95.
Also new from Atlas
is a 50’ postwar box-
car. The prototype is
based on a 1937 AAR
design with improved
Dreadnaught ends,
Youngstown doors,
and a diagonal panel
roof. In addition to the Santa Fe scheme shown here, the
HO scale ready-to-run model is available decorated for
Bangor & Aroostook, Maine Central, Canadian National,
Penn Central, and Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico. The
model has an MSRP of $29.95. An undecorated version has
a list price of $24.95.
MRH-Jul 2013
