This little logging caboose fits that bill. Found on ebay. half built. Never heard of the maker, but I am not much into logging. Ended up spending all day saturday redoing it. fun and a little challanging fixing up an old kit. That cost 2.25 when new by the way.
Now it is sitting on the branch waiting for me to tie it onto a train and run it around a few times to see how it tracks. Or possibly doesnt. No idea what will happen to it after that. Stuffed and mounted in a park scene perhaps.
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
I don't think I have any oddball projects happening but that logging caboose is awesome!
Alvie
Shane, that's a neat little caboose. You did a nice job with it.
York1 John
I suspect my wife thinks of me as her "oddball project".
wjstixI suspect my wife thinks of me as her "oddball project".
My wife of 33 years absolutely considers me a project, and according to her she has made some progress.
Shane... great caboose project.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
A lovely model, Shane.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Cool!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I did a project a few years ago. An SD40-2T, with a wide cab.
This picture is during the build, it's the black one, with the etched metal parts being added:
The finished product, in service:
I did the build on the Diesel Detailer forum, and the only prototype that was close any one could find, was a full size mock up locomotive, buildt for crash testing. I don't remember if it was the DOT or the DOD that did it.
I also built a "hepage" a rebuilt F7b into a combo HEP and baggage.
That's all for now.
Mike.
My You Tube
Great workm on the caboose.
Yes, I too am a project that my wife continues to work on.
Nice Shane!
I see nothing more fitting than that Little Red Caboose you built
I love Oddball projects and there is not a more perfect time than this to post ..... (He himself) "Oddball" on your thread.
I just love that one!
It's funny you should ask about oddball projects. I got a little crazy on eBay the other night thinking these cars would be really neat with an old western 4-4-0 pulling them and a nice Orange Wooden Caboose.
I wish I had the one you built! Please post a link if you have it, because I want one too
They are completely silly and I think that's why I liked them so much. The first one looks like a rather large out house I haven't got them yet and I cannot wait to finish them. I actually placed a bid of $100 on the last one because I did not want to lose the third one of the complete set. I'm glad it did not go that far as I got the last one for 22 bucks.
This is going to be a very short train as nothing else in the world will fit in with these cars
TF
I remember Cliff Line and their ads. For what it is worth, Clover House still offers some Cliff Line parts
https://cloverhouse.com/Cart/index.php?cPath=61_62
Dave Nelson
Cliff line made an awsume turntable too.
Track fiddler Nice Shane! I see nothing more fitting than that Little Red Caboose you built I love Oddball projects and there is not a more perfect time than this to post ..... (He himself) "Oddball" on your thread. I just love that one! It's funny you should ask about oddball projects. I got a little crazy on eBay the other night thinking these cars would be really neat with an old western 4-4-0 pulling them and a nice Orange Wooden Caboose. I wish I had the one you built! Please post a link if you have it, because I want one too They are completely silly and I think that's why I liked them so much. The first one looks like a rather large out house I haven't got them yet and I cannot wait to finish them. I actually placed a bid of $100 on the last one because I did not want to lose the third one of the complete set. I'm glad it did not go that far as I got the last one for 22 bucks. This is going to be a very short train as nothing else in the world will fit in with these cars TF
i saw those coaches and almost did what you did. I have an old mantua 4-6-0. There is a guy 3D printing a caboose somewhat similar to the one I found. https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Scale-Bobber-Caboose-Unassembled-Kit/193582281585?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
I like the early 1900's Pennsylvania rr coal cars he is doing. I am sure they survived on branch and mines for years after pennsy got rid of them
Oddball? That was pretty much business as usual on many logging and narrow gauge operations. A lot of improvisation happened there... and it continues on in the modeling world. Following Mike Lehman's example, I have adapted a lot of HO stuff for HOn3, and N stuff to HOn30. Here is my oddball caboose project on my narrow gauge line:
20200801_173749b on Flickr
Logging was a particularly fertile sector for oddball stuff. Here is classic thread:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/263716/2975501.aspx
I still laugh at Ed's (7j43k) response to that posting...
Simon
Does it count for oddball if there are no trains involved?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Dave should chime in here with his critter builds!
I think it was over 30 years ago Roundhouse came out with a set of these cars lettered for the Gorre and Daphetid. I bought the set although I seem to have only two of the three left, a combine and coach. I also bought a G&D box car, stock car, and I think a caboose although the caboose is also missing.
NVSRR This little logging caboose fits that bill. Found on ebay. half built. Never heard of the maker, but I am not much into logging. Ended up spending all day saturday redoing it. fun and a little challanging fixing up an old kit. That cost 2.25 when new by the way. Now it is sitting on the branch waiting for me to tie it onto a train and run it around a few times to see how it tracks. Or possibly doesnt. No idea what will happen to it after that. Stuffed and mounted in a park scene perhaps. Shane
I bought a Bachmann bobber caboose very similar to that which I am repurposing as a cabin. The storyline is that the caboose derailed and slid down a hillside where a hermit salvaged it and turned it into a cabin in the woods. I grew up in Omaha and my inspiration for this tale were the stories I heard about the Hermit of Fontenelle Forest. I google to try to find more information about this and this was all I could find:
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Thanks for the link to the bobber Caboose Shane. That one was a little spendy as I've been tightening my belt spending too much money on eBay lately. I have a similar one put in my cart for when I get PayPal paid off again
I had no idea that three-piece Great Northern passenger set was made 30 years ago John. I guess I'm lucky I found those. That's too bad you somehow lost one of yours You may already be aware but eBay has a watch-list and will email you if one ever comes up again
SeeYou190My wife of 33 years absolutely considers me a project, and according to her she has made some progress.
Only 33 years? Woman below is a lot more dedicated: (comic is Pardon My Planet by Vic Lee)