04-13-2020, 02:54 PM
When I came back to model railroading, the only ways to have a prototypical HO CNR Wood Caboose was either buying a brass model or build a resin kit from Sylvan Scale. The first solution was too expensive for my budget and I was nervous at building a resin kit. When I got the nerves to give a try at resin kits, True Line trains was making good replicas of the CNR cabooses and kits had vanished from LHS shelves.
At the beginning of 2017, I was lucky to find one in a distant Hobby Store and a journey began. I saw a nicely finished car on a Forum and, as I was still nervous about the task, I decided to contact the modeler, Doctorwayne. He accepted to help me and gave advices through numerous emails. He even helped in finding a second model for me from one of his friend. Searching the Internet, I luckily found a third kit on eBay. I posted photos of those finished models on this forum before.
But I wanted more of those kits to replace True Line trains cabooses I had bought before deciding to build kits. Unfortunately, Sylvan Scale kits were hard to find even on different forums. One day, I decided to offer a TLT caboose to swap for a Sylvan Scale kit. A modeler from B.C. Canada contacted me and offered to swap for a Norwest kit. He sent me photos of the kit and I decided I should give it a try.
Few months later, Clare Gilbert from Sylvan Scale announced a rerun of the CNR Wood Caboose. I was a happy modeler and asked for two. For the last few months, I worked on those kits and I finished them this morning. Here are some photos.
Sylvan Scale regular kit
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Sylvan Scale kit modified to represent the type displayed at Exporail, Qc, Canada
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Norwest kit
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This is the end of the journey as I now have enough cabooses to fill the need of my small switching layout. I can now get rid of those TLT cabooses.
I want to thank doctorwayne for leading me in this enjoyable journey.
At the beginning of 2017, I was lucky to find one in a distant Hobby Store and a journey began. I saw a nicely finished car on a Forum and, as I was still nervous about the task, I decided to contact the modeler, Doctorwayne. He accepted to help me and gave advices through numerous emails. He even helped in finding a second model for me from one of his friend. Searching the Internet, I luckily found a third kit on eBay. I posted photos of those finished models on this forum before.
But I wanted more of those kits to replace True Line trains cabooses I had bought before deciding to build kits. Unfortunately, Sylvan Scale kits were hard to find even on different forums. One day, I decided to offer a TLT caboose to swap for a Sylvan Scale kit. A modeler from B.C. Canada contacted me and offered to swap for a Norwest kit. He sent me photos of the kit and I decided I should give it a try.
Few months later, Clare Gilbert from Sylvan Scale announced a rerun of the CNR Wood Caboose. I was a happy modeler and asked for two. For the last few months, I worked on those kits and I finished them this morning. Here are some photos.
Sylvan Scale regular kit
[attachment=33871]
Sylvan Scale kit modified to represent the type displayed at Exporail, Qc, Canada
[attachment=33872]
Norwest kit
[attachment=33873]
This is the end of the journey as I now have enough cabooses to fill the need of my small switching layout. I can now get rid of those TLT cabooses.
I want to thank doctorwayne for leading me in this enjoyable journey.