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became the standard MP caboose until the arrival of steel
cabooses at the close of WWII. Designed from authentic proto-
type drawings, the kit consists of laser-cut wood body compo-
nents with both photo-etched and cast urethane detail parts.
The kit is priced at $52.98. Couplers, decals, and trucks are not
included. Some of the wood cars were modified with one win-
dow removed to accommodate radio equipment. Lake Junction
is developing a separate kit for this variation.
Mokelumne River Models
) has
introduced Maine Prairie
School, an HO scale craftsman-
style kit. The rural school house
follows a prototype built in
California in 1862 that survived
into the late 1980s. The kit
includes laser-cut basswood,
peel and stick trim, paper shingles, and Grandt Line windows,
doors, and stovepipe. The kit comes with a 28-page manual
with step-by-step instructions, plenty of photos, and sugges-
tions for weathering the finished model. Visit the above web-
site for ordering information and pricing.
Monroe Models
has an HO scale kit for
a Duluth Missabe &
Iron Range standard
wood caboose. In
addition to laser-cut
MRH-Feb 2013
