News column - 9
Vixen, the fourth in the company’s reindeer series. The HO scale
ready-to-run model has an MSRP of $23.98.
Concept Models
is selling a kit for an
HO scale Delaware &
Hudson flat car with four
high pressure gas tanks.
The unusual looking car
dates from 1912 and was
used to transport illumi-
nating gas derived from coking operation in the steel industry.
Also new from Concept
is a U.S. Army Air Service
helium tank car. Although
listed as a tank car, the
unique 1912-1920 proto-
type is a flat car fitted with
three high pressure tanks for transporting helium used for Army
blimps in reconnaissance service. The car dates from 1912-1920.
Concept kits consist of basic plastic or resin body components
only. Metal fittings, detail parts, trucks, and couplers are not
included. Visit the above website for more information.
ExactRail
) showed
a pre-produc-
tion sample
of a Thrall 54'
Protector coil car at the 2013 edition of Trainfest. The HO scale
model follows the unique NS prototype with a large transverse
MRH-Dec 2013
