A 50’ SS boxcar kit was also offered by Hoquat Hobbies and DMK Scale Models,
both with instructions by Wisconsin Central Supply. There was another version
By Regal. All 3 have the 4-5-5 metal ends.
Roger Nulton
From: Earl Tuson
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 8:37 AM
To: ""
Subject: {S-Scale List} Wabash SS XA
A photo of a WAB single sheathed auto box car was posted:
> File : /Rooney Bin/P1010005.JPG
> Uploaded by : bigfourroad <mailto:vannessco%40comcast.net>
> Description : Kinsman Wabash Auto era 1978
And Tom Baker responded:
> Very nice job with the WABASH automobile car. I never knew the outfit
> offered such akit.
> Now I do not know the prototypical details of a SS WABASH automobile car,
> so to me it
> looks fine. The ends puzzle me though. They appear to be of the 5/5/5
> pattern which was
> a common prototypical feature. I have a few old end castings from STEWART
> or some
> source, and they have the odd pattern of 4/5/5. I guess KINSMAN made its
> own end castings,
> or you created your own. Thanks for showing.
I don't know about Kinsman, but Amity Star Models offered such a kit in the
past, probably based on a Mainline
Modeler article publishing in the 80's.
Earl Tuson
