05-13-2010, 02:28 PM
doctorwayne Wrote:Stein, unless you can see more on that photo of the prototype than is visible on my screen, there are windows on the ends of the cupola. The whole purpose of the cupola was to provide an unobstructed view over the train without having to stick your head out the side window, especially in the winter.
Good point! Quote:I dunno: if you're thinking about kitbashing that caboose to more closely ressemble an NP one, you're a lot more ambitious than I am. A better staring point for such a project would be the Athearn wide vision caboose with a replacement standard-width cupola from Moloco. You'd might still want to alter the windows on the body, although I believe they're useable as-is.
Mmm - I am a little confused (as should be obvious from my thinking about cupola windows :-).
Are we talking about kitbashing an NP caboose or a GN caboose? The one I had a prototype picture of was a GN caboose. And since I had a couple of surplus cheap Santa Fe cabooses, I thought I would play a little with those.
But looking up Moloco at Walthers, I see what you mean about replacement cupola. This one? http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/504-1502
As for the Athearn wide vision caboose - were you thinking something like this one? :
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Athearn_H...-75228.htm
Stein