Westerfield Models
has re-released
its 4900 series of
HO scale resin kits
for PFE reefers.
Kits now available include class R-30-6 PFE reefer (as built by
ACF, operated 1912-1920's, kit #4901); class R-30-4 PFE reefer
(as built by Pullman, operated 1909-1911, kit #4902); class
R-30-5 PFE reefer (as built by Pullman, operated 1909-1911, kit
#4903); class R-30-4 PFE reefer (above with safety appliances,
operated 1911-1920's, kit #4952); and class R-30-5 PFE reefer
(with safety appliances, operated 1911-1920's, kit #4953). All
three classes were rebuilt again in the mid 1920s. Westerfield
kits include appropriate decals. Trucks and couplers are not
included. The kits listed above are priced at $34.00 each.
Yarmouth Model
Works
is developing an HO
scale cast resin kit
for a Semet-Solvay
tank car as built by
AC&F in the summer of 1938. Among the more challenging
details on the model are the delicate platform supports which
will be made of etched metal, according to Yarmouth owner
Pierre Oliver. Bill Welch, who is working on some of the pat-
terns for the kit, provided a photo of the dome and wood-
decked loading platform. Additional details such as ladders are
still under development.
News column - 13
MRH-Mar 2013
