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September 14, 2021Resin Car Works Updatebox cars, gondolas, new kits, Tank CarRCWadmin

Time for a Resin Car Works kit update. Orders have been much stronger than expected for our Kit 11.0 reissue, the Great Northern mid-century 40-foot, 6-inch composite wood-sheathed boxcar. Please be patient as we catch up on mailing your kits. The first batch hits the mail this week.

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Weathering shares

August 27, 2021Weatheringbox cars, details, prototype, WeatheringRCWadmin

Freight car weathering has been a recent topic on the Resin Freight Car Builders discussion list. Period boxcar roof weathering was also a recent discussion on the Real Steam Era Freight Car list. It seemed like a good time to pull photos from both discussions for a post.

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Great Northern boxcar kit reissue

August 20, 2021New Kitbox cars, Great Northern, kit reissueRCWadmin

Resin Car Works first released a kit for the 1937 design Great Northern wood-sheathed boxcar in early 2019. Several GN modelers have requested we reissue the kit. Frank Hodina has put this one back into production.

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StL RPM wrap up

August 12, 2021RPMmodels, RPMRCWadmin

Resin Car Works thanks all the modelers who supported our efforts at the recent St. Louis RPM event. We sold out of the kits on the table! It was great to see many of you at the event. RCW honcho Frank Hodina will try to attend the 2022 event

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