Nachoman's caboose thread

[nachoman]

Ralph had a good idea upgrading and showcasing his cabooses. Seeing that my caboose roster was lacking, I decided to fix a few up myself and showcase them here. I also had one of these old Life-Like cabooses. Seems they were made by a variety of manufacturers and are a dime a dozen at train shows. Well, I had one that I bought when I was about 12. It came in one of those life like locomotive and caboose combo sets.

   

I could really use another standard gauge caboose, but a steel sided caboose is a few years too modern for my era. Then I learned these Northeast cabooses were based on a USRA design that had wood sides and a steel frame. I figured that may be plausible, so I set about converting this caboose to wood siding.