Question about Vans (Caboose)

[dablaze]

Hi

Before Rapido, was there a decent model kit of a CP Angus Caboose? I have a yellow one that my father was doing before he passed and it looked like really nice work. From the outside you would think it was a Rapido but the inside looked like it was made from sheet styrene.

I am looking to finish it so it can sit on the layout.

Last question, I don’t have a chassis, a Pointe St Charles chassis looks very similar in dimensions…what do you guys think? (I am thinking Rapido doner, because I have a couple)

Thanks
Craig

[dablaze]

I do see Athabaska models had one, it might be.

Craig

[beentherecnthat]

Athabasca's was an etched brass kit, it came flat and you folded all the parts into shape and assembled. It included the chassis. There were CN and CP van kits made in resin from Sylvan Models, flat walls that you assembled, so it may possibly be one of those. CN and CP end platforms and steps are different and the Angus van has shorter truck centres.