mounted on etched metal A‑frames. Instructions are included
for modifying a Kadee Andrews truck to more closely follow
the unusual prototype truck. The kit is priced at $55.00.
Also new is a mini-kit to modify an InterMountain Railway
model to accurately replicate AC&F covered hopper cars used
by Missouri Pacific and other roads. The mini-kit is available for
$15.00 and includes cast and etched roof components.
N SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Athearn’s
) March 2014 production schedule
includes an N scale UTC 33,900 gallon LPG tank cars decorated
for UTLX (white), UTLX (black with 10th anniversary logo),
above), UTLX (blue, above). Procor Limited (white), and Exxon-
Mobile Corporation (black). The model is based on the late ver-
sion of the prototype with offset walkway and side-mounted
ladders. The photo-etched walkways and numerous other
details are separately applied. The N scale ready-to-run model
will have an MSRP of $26.98.
New N scale models
coming from
Atlas
) during
the second quarter
of 2014 include a
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USRA 40' double-sheathed wood boxcar. New road names will
be Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo; Pere Marquette; Lackawanna;
Northwester Pacific; Savannah & Atlantic; and Atlantic Coast
Line. The popular Santa Fe version (above) will be rerun with
new numbers. The N scale ready-to-run models will have an
MSRP of $21.95. Undecorated models, with a choice of either
5-5-5 or 7-8 steel ends, will list at $15.95.
Also scheduled to arrive in the second quarter are N scale
40' Airslide hopper cars decorated for Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic; American Maize; Chesapeake & Ohio; Dixie Crystals;
New York Central; and Southern Pacific. Two different road
numbers will be available at $15.95 each.
InterMountain
Railway
has scheduled the
release of a 4750 cu.
ft. triple–bay covered hopper in April-May. Six numbers each will
be available for Synsil-MWCX, Union Equity-PLCX, Pillsbury-PTLX.
Atlantic & Western, Norfolk Southern, FMA-PTLX, NFO Grain-
PTLX, and Central Soya-PTLXD as shown here. The N scale ready-
to-run model will have an MSRP of $24.95.
Micro-Trains Line
is
selling a 50' Santa Fe
class Fe22 auto boxcar
with double side doors
and an end loading door. The ready-to-run N scale model has
an MSRP of $24.95.
MRH-Nov 2013
