George Toman returns with details on building a first resin freight car kit.
Believe it or not, this Speedwitch Media box car is my first ever resin kit build and it proved to be a very satisfying experience.
Tag Archives: Resin kit builds
Georgia & Florida Howe Truss box car
Al Brown steps in to show us his work on a Georgia & Florida box car.
Georgia & Florida box car, number 7392, is Sunshine Models kit 39.18 with some details added in the construction process. In some cases, I didn’t have the right parts, so these were scratchbuilt.
Sunshine CB&Q XM-28 box car
Lester Breuer steps in to share notes on building a classic HO scale resin freight car kit.
Another car is ready for the paint shop. I recently acquired this Sunshine Models box car kit and thought it would be good to get it on the railroad. This is a CB&Q XM-28 box car, kit 57.3.
Milwaukee Road caboose build
If we model freight cars, we usually need a caboose at some point. George Toman shares tips and techniques to build a classic Milwaukee Road caboose.
This Milwaukee Road caboose project started out simple. I just wanted to take it out of the box and weather it up. As I researched photos I discovered that the Walthers Model was inaccurate for a 1939 version and decided to upgrade the model to reflect a 1944 version of a shop built Milwaukee Road rib side caboose.