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$24.99 each. Also available is a kit for a 200-ton flat car with
decals for PRR and C&NW at $14.99 each. Concept Models
kits consist of resin cast bodies only. Detailing parts such
as grab irons, ladders, piping, trucks, and couplers are not
included. See the above website for full details.
Digital Fox
) is sell-
ing kits for a USRA
twin-bay hopper
car decorated for
Interstate with a
“Coal Goes To
War” slogan. Based on an Accurail kit, the model is available in
six road numbers at an MSRP of $14.99 each.
Also available is
an HO scale kit for
a D&RGW single-
sheathed wood
boxcar with a Rio
Grande Scenic
Line Moffat Tunnel
herald. The kit
lists at $15.99. Digital Fox kits come with Delrin wheelsets and
Accumate (Kadee compatible) couplers.
through the above website. The modeler will need to sup-
ply ends, roof, trucks, couplers, rivet decals, underframe,
and ladders. Recommended suppliers and part numbers are
provided in the instructions. The photo shows a pilot model
displayed at a recent RPM meet in St. Louis. A pBase album
containing some in-process and prototype photos is avail-
able at
City Classics
has intro-
duced four new sets
of HO scale window
dressings. The material
provides an extensive
assortment of signs,
business names, logos,
and window blinds
from the 1940s and
‘50s. The images are
silk-screened on clear PVC and may be positioned behind
existing windows in built-up structures, or they can be used
in lieu of the usual clear window material that comes with
most kits. Available now are Vintage Window Signs, Modern
Era Signs, Crooked Venetian Blinds, and Generic Window
Signs for Businesses. They are priced at $6.95 each. Visit the
above website for more information and dimensional data.
Concept Models
is selling cast resin body kits
for depressed center flat cars. Kits for 36' and 40' cars are
$19.99 each. A kit for a 50' depressed center car is priced at
MRH-Sep 2013
