[RITSlist] New Rock Island Caboose Kit

Sun Jun 24 18:55:55 CDT 2007

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>Hi Folks,
>
>At the 2006 Naperville Prototype Modelers Meet I saw the original of 
>of an HO Rock
>Island caboose kit from a new supplier called Rocket Express and 
>immediately sent my
>check for $53 for one of the kits. I recently received the resin and 
>etchings kit . In my
>opinion the kit is a winner! The resin castings are smooth and 
>delicate with excellent
>rivet detail. The kit is of Rock island's #17765 - 17784 series 
>passenger - baggage
>cabooses. These cars ran from the start of WWII until the demise of the Rock.
>
>In 1938 the Rock Island begin rebuilding B-2 single sheathed box cars into
>cabooses. By the time the program was completed in 1943 a total of 
>180 boxcars had
>been converted into single sheathed freight cabooses. An additional 
>20 cars, which are
>the prototypes of the kit were built as passenger baggage cabooses 
>for mixed train
>service . These 20 cars are longer than the freight cabooses and 
>have mid-car side
>baggage doors.
>
>The July, 2006 Railroad Model Craftsman has an article describing 
>building an 0
>scale version of the car. The prototype and model photos of the 
>article supplement the kit
>instructions from Rocket Express. I'm working on my kit now and so 
>far have found it
>satisfying to build. The Rocket Express web address is:
>
><mailto:www.ron%40rocketexpress.biz>www.ron at rocketexpress.biz
>
>The postal service address is: Ron Von Werder, P.O. Box 34, 
>Washingtonville, NY,
>10992 Regards, Don Smith
>
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