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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Robert Knapp I really enjoy modeling cabooses, I tend to model in trends. I'm about to go on my caboose kick again w/ B&O wagontops in resin from the BOHS company store. Never worked with resin before- any suggestions before I begin. Bob K. [/quote] Hi Rob, I built caboose kit a bit like the one your thinking of a couple years ago. The Pacific Mountain models are excellent, as are the instructions. By now they should have the etched metal details. Those should be a bit easier to work with then the resin parts my kit had. http://www.pacificmountain.ca/tips.htm For tools: 61-80 drill bits and pin vise, or better yet a vari-speed dremel. Kadee's 2-56 drill and tap set. Tweezers. Sanding sticks and sand paper. X-acto knife. Medium and thin CA, styrene cements DON'T work on resin. My suggestion, do take time to gently wa***he kit before painting. I didn't wash mine, and the paint didn't adhere well at all. Which probably explains why it came off so beautifully when I tossed it into some paint stripper. The second time I painted the model, it did much better. Even though I used Scalecoat II caboose red that time, I wouldn't use it again, even though it worked really well, as it appears to be a bit to dark for freshly painted B&O cabeese. Have fun, Alvie
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