water tank cast in plaster, pre-cut basswood parts, a barrel,
nut-bolt-washer details, and piping material. Also available is a
Fuel Pump & Storage Tank (above right). The kits are priced at
$49.94 each. Visit the above website for more information.
HO SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Accurail Inc.
contin-
ues to provide hobbyists with a
stream of quality HO scale kits at
affordable prices. As seen in these
pre-production test shots, the next
model under development is a
Pullman-Standard 4750 cu. ft. tri-
ple-bay grain hopper. Beginning
late this year, we can expect to see
Accurail release kits for the 4750 in
a wide range of road names, over a
period of time, that will eventually include Santa Fe, BN, BNSF,
C&NW, D&RGW, UP, CSX, Soo Line, Southern Railway, Rock
News column - 4
Island,
Farmers
Co-op, and
CP Rail.
White, light
gray, and
mineral red cars lettered with data only are also on the produc-
tion schedule. Prices are pending.
New car kits avail-
able this month
from Accurail
include a 40'
Detroit Toledo &
Ironton double-
sheathed boxcar
with a steel frame.
The HO scale model is based on a prototype built in 1919 and
rebuilt in 1929. It is priced at $15.98.
A kit for an HO
Philadelphia &
Reading twin-bay
USRA hopper is
available at an
MSRP of $14.98.
The same car deco-
rated for
Pennsylvania Railroad is available in a 3-pack at $42.98.
Also new is a kit
for a Burlington 50'
Exterior-Post Steel
Boxcar based on a
prototype built in
1967. The HO scale
kit has an MSRP
MRH-Sep 2013
