Grand Trunk Western Center Cupola Caboose 77007-770031

[sbhunterca]

I am pleased to announce a Grand Trunk Western wooden center cupola caboose kit in HO.

www.shapeways.com/product/HGLALS44R/gtw-wood-underframe-caboose-ho-scale?li=shop-results&optionId=58076790&rc=SearchResults

This kit is an HO scale model of the Grand Trunk Western's reinforced wood underframe, center cupola wooden cabooses in the 77007-770031 series, built in 1923 and some lasted into the 1960s.

An excellent article on the GTW's cabooses appeared in the January and February 1999 Railroad Model Craftsman.

This kit includes a fully detailed underframe, AB brake valve, brake cylinder, combined air reservoir, brake levers, AJAX handbrake equipment, steps, smokejacks for both coal and wood stoves, marker lamps, and toolbox. The modeller will provide trucks, couplers, some brass wire, paint, and decals.

The kit is available in Shapeways  FUD and FXD acrylic.

[pacbelt]

Shapeways does some SHARP printing!!
Looks good, very crisp details.
It's a couple of decades too old for mine, but I have a friend modeling Kankakee in the early 1950's, and I can see these crummies rolling around his layout!
I'll ask.

~ Carmine

[sbhunterca]

I couldn't resist the GTW van, since I'd already done a closely related GTR/ CN van and three related CN flangers- I just had to carry on with the series! I'll be releasing a similar GTW car with steel underframe in another week or so.

Steve