graphics including a special roof sign. Additional detail parts
include Tichy windows and corrugated and rolled roofing mate-
rial. When assembled the structure has a footprint of approxi-
mately 6 x 6.5 inches. Scenery items, figures, tractor and other
vehicles in the illustration are not included in the kit.
Funaro &
Camerelengo
)
is selling a resin
kit for an HO
scale model of a
Rutland 36’ dou-
ble-sheathed wood boxcar. The kit consists of a one-piece body
casting, detail parts, and appropriate decals with the Route of
the Whippet slogan. MSRP is $44.99.
InterMountain
Railway
has scheduled
the next release of its HO scale U18B diesel locomotive for
March or April, 2015. The ready-to-run model will have
etched metal details, road-specific body and cab configura-
tions, and Blomberg or General Electric trucks as appropriate
to the prototype road being modeled. Road names will be
Maine Central-Guilford, Providence & Worcester, Ferrocarriles
Nacionales de Mexico, SCL-Seaboard System, CSX-MoW, and
Niagara & Western New York.
News column - 10
Additional models coming from InterMountain next spring
are Maxi IV 3-unit articulated cars with 53’ wells. Road names
for the HO scale ready-to-run models will be BRAN-Pacer
Stacktrain, BNSF, DTTX (ex Bran-Pacer), MCER-Massachusetts
Central, and WRWX-Providence & Worcester. Also DTTX-
TTX paint, Northwest Container, DTTX (ex WRWK), AOK (ex
Northwest Container), and AOK- Arkansas-Oklahoma. Visit the
above website for additional information including pricing.
Here is an early
look at the 2014
Christmas Car
coming later this
year from
Kadee
). The
HO scale ready-to-
run model will be based on Kadee’s PS-2 twin-bay covered hop-
per. The MSRP will be $41.95.
Also under development at
Kadee is a 40’ Chesapeake
& Ohio steel boxcar with
8’ Youngstown doors and
Pullman-Standard dart-
naught ends. The prototype
shown was built in 1951 and
repainted in 1967. Kadee
has scheduled a release date in October for the HO scale ready-
to-run model.
MRH-Sep 2014
