Hi Bill, Thanks I have the book Painting and Lettering Guide to Northern
Pacific Freight and passenger Equipment. There are some very good pictures of
not only boxcars but almost every type car NP owned. There are very good pics
of cabooses and like you say and AM wood caboose would make a perfect start for
one of NP's wood cabooses. Their steel bay window caboose would make a good
starting platform for a milwaukee bay window caboose or even a model of one of
the last bay window cabooses purchased by the Butte Anaconda and Pacific.
Bob Lampe To:
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Hi Bob --
The NP had some really nice small wooden cabooses that I think
would be relatively easy to scratch build using either wood or
plastic. I had a young teen customer who did that in HO and they
came out quite well. You could even start by cutting up an AM
wood caboose. The cupola and roof are removable, so all you would
have to do is section the body in some appropriate spots and
reassemble. That sort of conversion is pretty easy and gives good
results for not much effort.
I did that to an AM bay window caboose, following no
prototype. (photos) Same deal on the paint, though my first attempt
at painting it did not work well, so it has been stripped and is still waiting
for me to try again.
Have fun!
Bill Winans
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My problem is since I
model Northern Paific I can not find an exact NP prototype for it in any of my
NP books. But even still it is a nice looking model.
Bob
Lampe
