A roster of all cars built by ACF is included along with more
than 170 builder and in-service photographs and 29 dia-
grams. Volume 27 is available now through the above website
at $29.95.
O SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Atlas O
) will release
new road names
on its 50' PS-1
boxcar during the
second quarter of
2014. In addition to the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie car shown here,
decorating schemes will include Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac; Louisville & Nashville (Dixieline slogan); Santa Fe;
Seaboard Air Line; and Soo Line. A 40' USRA composite gondola
is also scheduled for release in the second quarter of next year.
Road names will be Chicago & North Western, Minneapolis &
St. Louis, Frisco Lines, Wheeling & Lake Erie, and Pennsylvania
Railroad. Additional information including pricing on both 2-rail
and 3-rail versions of these ready-to-run O scale models is
available on the above website.
Boulder Valley
Models
is selling a resin kit
for an On30 scale
18' low- side wood
gondola. Wood
grain detail is
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achieved on all body surfaces using “sandwiched” construction
of interior and exterior cast resin panels. The kit includes sepa-
rate ladders, a vertical brake shaft and wheel, queen posts, and
underbody brake gear. Cost of the kit is $32.00. Trucks and cou-
plers are sold separately. Visit the above website for more infor-
mation including additional photos of the model. In announcing
the new car, owner Dallas Mallerich asked MRH to remind read-
ers that Boulder Valley is a one-man operation and it may take a
little time to complete all orders.
Downtown Deco
is offering a cast
Hydrocal kit for a two-story brick
structure named Metals Bank.
The O scale kit features nicely
detailed Hydrocal castings (from
new patterns) for the walls and
sidewalk. Additional components
are the awning, signs, roofing
material, and laser- cut wood
and cardstock parts including an
optional “bullet hole” section of glass. Detailed assembly instruc-
tions are included along with suggestions for painting and aging
the plaster exterior. The assembled structure has a footprint of
10'' x 6''. The kit sells for $119.95. The vehicle, streetlights and
figure are not included.
HO SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Accurail
)
has announced several
new HO scale kits
including a 40' Pacific
Fruit Express
MRH-Nov 2013
