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Another kitbash I did awhile ago was a couple of cabooses for my previous Sierrra foothills shortline. I got the inspiration for them while in Jamestown on the Sierra RR years ago. I used MDC Roundhouse outside braced wooden caboose shells with a roof made from some old Northeastern(?) wood caboose profile stock I had, removed the cupula, narrowed the body approx 1scale foot, and added a bay window made from an old Model Power bay window caboose. I also shortened the caboose body and rearranged the diagonal ribs on the sides, closed off one of the windows, used Athearn ladders, and substitued some parts box leaf sprung caboose trucks. (I bought up a bunch of the MDC shells and Model Power shells at a swap meet for .50 each, and intend to do a half dozen more.) The other caboose was a significantly shortened MDC Roundhouse outside-braced caboose that also had the diagonals rearranged, the window spacing altered, and a smaller and lower offset cupola added . The balance of the detailing was similar to the bay window caboose. This style caboose represented an earlier class of caboose on the railroad, that was superceeded by the bay window design, but displayed similar build practices implying the same inhouse shop built both designs. I plan on making several more of this chunky design. I used exposed 35 mm film for window glazing, 2000 grit well used up wet/dry sandpaper for tarpapered roofing, hand formed grabs, safety railings, and Kadees. Again, both were very inexpensive kitbashes, and easily built in a couple of days, for virtually very little $$.
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