Had fun kitbashing another little logging caboose... I cut the shell, frame, and metal weight in convenient places and put them back together. A little heavier coat of paint helps to hide the vertical seam which is just to the right of the far left row of rivets. You can just see the remnant of the left curved handrail. I put a 50 year old Moedl Engineering Works logging truck on it so that it would match the rest of the MEW log buggies. Kadee #148's with their click together boxes work perfectly. Just stuck them on under the deck with superglue.
Nice! But I wouldn't want to be cramped in there, on a cold day, when the crew eats beans on their break. Ha ha. Boxcab E50
To look out of the cupola windows you have to stand on someone else's shoulders. It's just regular HO. I model it into the narrow gauge look. All the old HO stuff I kitbash is so cheap and readily avaliable I just can't pass it up. I also made that little flat car... ...from an old metal barnhart logging crane base and a MEW diecast logging truck... ...and put the logging crane on a kitbashed six wheeled flat car... ... and shortened a flat car for its boom tender. Greg
Now that is an excellent kit bash for a logging caboose. I could see a logging railroad using a cab from a retired locomotive to rebuild into a caboose. Will you put tender style caboose steps or stirrup step from a retired box car on that cutie? Greg
Definitely an imagination at work here. Sure seeing things I'd never have thought about... Boxcab E50
Thanks guys... The shape of the old fashioned EMD SW-1 cab was really appealing when I saw it on ebay for $8, so I got one. Stirrup steps are an excellent idea! I recently got a pin vise and it has come in handy for drilling small precise holes even in tight locations. The little caboose fits in nicely with the other logging cars... The railings are just plain copper wire. It rolls on a 50 year old Model Engineering Works logging truck, and has an old scroll style metal Kadee #440 brake wheel. Now I have to find some little plastic railroad workers to ride on it... Can't take credit for the idea because I saw it on a Japanese modelling site... ...they have a very interesting modelling style that I really like. Greg
Oregon-American had a shop-built hack that they mounted on an old disconnect that looked a bit like this red caboose here.
I have a photo, but it's at home and not scanned. I will try to get that scanned in the next few days. Adam
