Parts needed for scratch build caboose

Great job! Here is the link to the local fellow who does decals. I have sent him an email requesting more info.

Black Cat Publishing- Model Railroad Decals

Model railroad decals, CNR, CPR, HO, N, O decals. Order online through paypal.
www.blackcatdecals.com

By the way, my caboose will also have planks similar to yours. The planks on the original are tongue in groove (I think). I will have slight separations between planks. I'm assuming a water-slide decal is the type to use for this kind of corrugated surface??
 
Carleroo said:
Many thanks! I know that the vintage brake wheels tend to be a bit fancier- with sprockets, etc.If this is giving you trouble, I would be happy with a simpler version, if this is causing you headaches!
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If you have finished the printing, I would be happy to send you the money to cover your time/postage, etc.. Let me know. Regards, Carl
PS Any luck doing the brake wheels?
 
The siding - that's what wooden siding is called - is pre-scribed styrene that you seem to be able to find in large sheets in Canada and USA. My dear old pal, Ken Brunt, who passed away suddenly earlier this year, send me a pile of it to build my reefer.

The spacing is important, and having played a small part in the rebuild of the 1929 Point St Charles double-sheathed wood caboose that was the trade-mark for Memory Junction in Brighton, just along Highway 2 from Trenton, I have personal experience of trying hard to get it right.

You'll need Evergreen scale models V-groove siding - .040" 12x24 - .125" groove spacing - that's 1/8" inch. This is correct spacing for 1/32nd scale - the real deal is just 4".

BTW, the real material is called tongue AND groove.

What are you doing for trucks? Ladders? Sundry hardware? Couplings? Pipework? Connection? Kay-Dee make couplings, BTW.

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Happily, vans of this kind sit pretty low, and you can't see much detail under them - this is my H0 model from around 40 years ago -

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Do you have any other Gauge 1 models?
 
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tac foley said:
The siding - that's what wooden siding is called - is pre-scribed styrene that you seem to be able to find in large sheets in Canada and USA. My dear old pal, Ken Brunt, who passed away suddenly earlier this year, send me a pile of it to build my reefer.

The spacing is important, and having played a small part in the rebuild of the 1929 Point St Charles double-sheathed wood caboose that was the trade-mark for Memory Junction in Brighton, just along Highway 2 from Trenton, I have personal experience of trying hard to get it right.

You'll need Evergreen scale models V-groove siding - .040" 12x24 - .125" groove spacing - that's 1/8" inch. This is correct spacing for 1/32nd scale - the real deal is just 4".

BTW, the real material is called tongue AND groove.

What are you doing for trucks? Ladders? Sundry hardware? Couplings? Pipework? Connection? Kay-Dee make couplings, BTW.

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Happily, vans of this kind sit pretty low, and you can't see much detail under them - this is my H0 model from around 40 years ago -

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Do you have any other Gauge 1 models?
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Thanks as always, for your leads and advice. I will now remember tongue AND groove! I will need some additional parts and pieces for the caboose. I checked out couplings, but everywhere I look, including Micro-mark and Kadee all charge about $20 US and up for shipping. I already have the wheels and bogies from another kit. However I plan to make everything else myself. I have built quite a few static models - trams, trains, boats -and have a lot of wood sheeting, wood strips, brass and copper wire. On previous models (mainly kits from Occre), I have custom made ladders, steps, windows (using microscope slides for glass), furniture, instrument panels, etc.. I usually added onto the models since the Occre don't have some of the detail I like. I have attached a few photos. Occre's Jupiter locomotive I renamed to the CPR locomotive that travelled across the country in 1885 or so. It was also a 2-4-0 of similar style. Some photos show the various interiors. The stagecoach is 1:12 scale.

The train models are 1:32.

I might visit a few train and hobby shops locally to see if they have the couplings I will need.

Cheers,
Carl



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I didn't intend to teach my grannie to suck eggs.

If you pm me, I'll put you in touch with a good friend of mine in Ottawa who has a ton of suitable couplings in the correct scale.
 
Carleroo said:
Thanks as always, for your leads and advice. I will now remember tongue AND groove! I will need some additional parts and pieces for the caboose. I checked out couplings, but everywhere I look, including Micro-mark and Kadee all charge about $20 US and up for shipping. I already have the wheels and bogies from another kit. However I plan to make everything else myself. I have built quite a few static models - trams, trains, boats -and have a lot of wood sheeting, wood strips, brass and copper wire. On previous models (mainly kits from Occre), I have custom made ladders, steps, windows (using microscope slides for glass), furniture, instrument panels, etc.. I usually added onto the models since the Occre don't have some of the detail I like. I have attached a few photos. Occre's Jupiter locomotive I renamed to the CPR locomotive that travelled across the country in 1885 or so. It was also a 2-4-0 of similar style. Some photos show the various interiors. The stagecoach is 1:12 scale.

The train models are 1:32.

I might visit a few train and hobby shops locally to see if they have the couplings I will need.

Cheers,
Carl



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WOW those some models also I really need to try scratch building models but nothing ever seams to get done (I really need to get that dang 3D printer working and get some balsa wood strips)
 
If you are getting serious about this caboose, then I suggest that you join the Gauge 1 Model Railway Association [G1MRA]. Whilst not THAT common in Canada, there are nevertheless not only a few very keen modellers but a couple of live-steam locomotive scratch-builders, and one manufacturer - Northern FineScale, also in Ontario. Google the company, which makes kits for Gauge 1 wagons, and although they are ALL British, you'll probably be given a pointer as to where to find wheels - unless you can find some from MTH, that is.

North American so-called Gauge 1 is modelled to the larger scale of 1/29th, and wheels from them - predominantly USA Trains, are too large.

Ordering wheels from Accucraft in Union City CA WILL be pricey.
 
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