Also coming from Kadee as illustrated here in November is a 50’ PS-1 boxcar with a 9’ door decorated for Atlantic & West Point Railroad. The A&WP model will have an MSRP of $36.95. At the recent National Train Show, Moloco Trains (molocotrains.com) showed a preproduction sample of an assembled HO scale General American 50’ RBL boxcar with a 10’ 6” offset plug-door. It is scheduled for release in September or October. Road names on the ready-to-run model will be Erie Lackawanna, Wabash, Rock Island, and Milwaukee Road. The MSRP is tentatively set at $53.00. Moloco previously offered the model in kit form. NJ International (njinternational. com) is selling kits for an HO scale Maintenance Platform. The platforms are composed of injection molded parts and etched stainless steel see-thru steps and platforms. The platforms are sold in pairs in lengths 68’ at $25.99, 102’ at 34.99, and 136’ at $45.99. Extra 68’ hand rails are available at $6.99 each. Individual 68’ etched walkways are $12.99 each.
with all interior walls included. Windows and doors are styrene plastic and were custom made for this kit. Step-by-step instructions are provided along with color pictures and a CD with interior and exterior photos of the prototype. Construction is not difficult but may take 30-40 hours to complete. Only 50 kits have been produced. The cost is $97.50 plus postage. .
pricing, and arrival dates on the renewed LRC.
Rapido (rapidotrains.com) is resurrecting its HO scale Bombardier LRC (light, rapid, comfortable) locomotive which, among other assignments, handled VIA Rail Canada on the Ontario-Quebec corridor. The LRC was also tested by Amtrak. Tooling for the 1:87 scale version was completed in 2009 but the project was put on hold due primarily to lack of up-front reservations. Things have changed in the past 36-plus months and Rapido will soon announce paint schemes,
Tangent Scale Models (tangentscalemodels. com) has added new decorating treatments to its highly-regarded Pullman Standard PS-2CD 4000 cu ft triplebay covered hopper. New
Peach Creek Shops (peachcreekshops.com) has created a craftsman kit that makes into an HO scale model called the Cass Doctor’s House, a structure that still stands in Cass, West Virginia. The model was constructed from the original architect’s plans and all dimensions are to scale. Construction is laser-cut basswood Page 126 • Sep 2012 MRH
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