My project for October is to build up some caboose models for use on the West Detroit Branch. The Wabash purchased a group of cabooses from the N&W in 1938 and placed them in the series 2655 to 2679. They were used on local freights across the system and were frequently found in the Detroit area. In the late 1940's they were rebuilt into transfer cabooses by removing the cupola, many had the side sheathing replaced with plywood.
I use styrene to create masters for the car. On the bottom is a standard carbody, cupola end, end wall, end sill and roof braces. Middle, is the under frame and the tool cellar. On the top is a version of the plywood sided rebuild. The plywood rebuilds varied primarily in the windows. This version has an enlarged window, others have the normal size window but the trim varies. I am in the process of creating patterns for these as well. A few of the transfer caboose rebuilds retained the original car siding and are easily create by cutting off the cupola from the original car side.
These are the molds created from the patterns. I use Smooth On Mold Max 20.
First set of parts pulled from the molds. They are cast in Smooth On Task 4 resin.
Here is the finished car body before painting. Next into the paint shop.
This is the painted and lettered model.
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