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Post by danpik on Nov 28, 2014 12:26:30 GMT -8
As much as the Lima fascinates me, Dan, I'm intrigued by the Wheeling caboose in the background. Which model is it? You mean this guy. This is a resin kit that was put out several years ago by a group of NKP modelers in western NY. When I got the kit, it did not come with the cupola so I put it aside until I got back to the train show to see the guys that sold it to me. It turns out that all of the kits did not have them. One of the guys said he would contact the manufacturer (don't recall now) and see if he could get some replacements. several years went by and I was resigning myself to scratch building the cupola when I stumbled upon the manufacturer of these kits (again, I don't recall at the moment)and sent an email to him explaining what had happened. He was very apologetic and about 3 days later I got the replacement in the mail. I was originally going to do it in the NKP colors but found an interesting picture of this WLE caboose in the yellow paint, so I decided to do it that way. All in all, it is not the best resin kit I have ever done. If I am able to come across another one, I may use it as a pattern to make a new set of castings. Now that I am thinking about it, It may be a Sylvan made kit.
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Post by bnsf971 on Nov 28, 2014 12:45:10 GMT -8
I managed to get the 3 cabooses done, finally. I hope to see the Lima Switcher in a few weeks. Is that a WAG center cab engine in the first picture?
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Post by danpik on Nov 28, 2014 13:01:17 GMT -8
Is that a WAG center cab engine in the first picture? Yes, it is. I built that model about 10 years ago. If I recall, there is a thread on it on the old atlas forum. If I get time later I will look for it.
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Post by fmilhaupt on Nov 29, 2014 6:30:59 GMT -8
{snip} I was originally going to do it in the NKP colors but found an interesting picture of this WLE caboose in the yellow paint, so I decided to do it that way. All in all, it is not the best resin kit I have ever done. If I am able to come across another one, I may use it as a pattern to make a new set of castings. Now that I am thinking about it, It may be a Sylvan made kit. Thanks, Dan. I have a pair of JJL C4900s waiting on the shelf to assemble into Pere Marquette A800s. Hopefully I'll get to them later this winter.
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Post by JohnJ on Jun 19, 2015 14:57:48 GMT -8
Desperate times call for desperate measures. With the recent addition of a straight EL SD-45 to join my two SDP-45s, I couldn't take not having a proper Erie Lackawanna caboose any longer. I did some searching, and found one that looked about right on eBay. Problem was, it was brass, with a price tag fitting such an entity. Oh well. Odd how these things go - the pictures and info posted earlier on this thread were very informative, but before paying brass prices, I dug in hard on my research before buying. I've always known the Fallen Flags web site to be a great locomotive resource, but turns out it's also chock full of Erie Lackawanna caboose pictures. Terms like "Dunmore", "Keyser Valley, "C300" and such are now part of my regular vocabulary. So, I ended up with a Railworks brass Keyser Valley caboose - DL&W built about 60 of these at their Keyser Valley shops (they became EL's largest single class of cabooses, in fact) using steam locomotive tender underframes. There were different phases - some were riveted like this one, some welded, and the later ones had a thicker underframe. Some were also modernized with rock screens, and some made it into the EL maroon and gray scheme. My modeling year is 1969, and it appears the rock screens hadn't started appearing on these cabooses by that point. But, the model seems accurate and this paint scheme is appropriate for the era. This one represents C851-C860. The model is not numbered, and though it appeared a decal sheet would be included with the model (and it was), I went ahead and ordered a Prime Mover Decals sheet for EL spartan scheme cabooses. Good thing, as the included decal sheet looks a little rough. One minor disappointment about the prototype is that the C851-C860 series didn't get radios as near as I can tell - the nail antennae EL used on later versions of this caboose are cool, and the "RADIO" lettering on the side of the caboose is likewise a neat feature. I could foobie it up and put the radio features on my model, but with a model this nice no sense not to make it as real as possible. I'm pretty happy with my purchase - my first ever brass model, in fact.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jun 19, 2015 17:58:56 GMT -8
THAT is a very fetching caboose. Ya did good!
I've been recently seduced by the big E-L, too. I've got an SDP45, and I'm waitin' on Athearn to bring in my SD45-2. I'm afraid I wimped out on the caboose, and ordered Athearn's SP/E-L caboose. Mebee the Walthers will make a proper and affordable one, someday.
Ed
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Post by Spikre on Jun 20, 2015 10:37:27 GMT -8
Ed, Walthers should do the Magor wood cabbies,that would give Walthers Erie/EL,Pere Marquette/C&O. a few ELs lasted until CR Day,sure some of the PMs made it into the seventies also. but the 2 Erie series had slightly different size side windows, the second batch were slightly larger,than the 1st batch. has Walthers done any new Wood Cabeese lately ? Spikre
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jun 20, 2015 13:25:39 GMT -8
Nope, not lately.
Should Walthers do an E-L woody, I'm in.
Should Walthers do a 25' or 30' GN woody, I'm in for a lot more than one.
Ed
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