Soo and DSS&A Square Corner box car kit

New Kit

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Resin Car Works announces their third HO scale freight car kit; Pullman-Standard, Square-Corner box cars built in 1940 and 1941 for the Soo Line and the Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic railroads. These are a very limited run full kit to build and detail a complete model for service on your railroad.

These limited run kits are $36, plus shipping. Decals are included. Trucks and couplers are not included. Visit the Resin Car Works website for more details.

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Resin Car Works SHPX acid tank cars

Resin Freight Cars, Tank Cars,

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Jim Kubanick joins the blog crew with his first post on building a Resin Car Works acid tank car kit.

From my experiences, I believe that tank cars are the most frustrating resin kits to build. However, I recently finished two Resin Car Works acid tank car kits and found them to be a really enjoyable build. I did a 7000 gallon and an 8000 gallon car, both SHPX cars in sulfuric acid service. What made these kits different were the extremely well thought-out instructions and the excellent engineering of the kit components.

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Virtual RPM 2

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A few extra details can transform a plastic kit into a reflection of prototype practices.
A few extra details can transform a plastic kit into a reflection of prototype practices.

Fenton Wells sent along several photos of recent HO scale kit builds. Follow along for the details. Click on any image here to review a larger size.

All of these freight car kits are recent projects. Not all of these are resin kits but some are kit bashed with resin parts. The lead photo here is of Canadian National 472966, a 10-foot interior height InterMountain (formerly Red Caboose) kit with Sylvan Hutchins roof and NSC-1 ends.

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