07-24-2021, 05:13 AM
Some years ago, I had trouble finding a good caboose kit for the CNR Wood Caboose. I then thought about buying a Juneco Wood kit I had found on ebay. Some wise modeller told me it was not worth the effort.
At the beginning of 2020, a friend of mine asked me to help him start such a kit he had bought cheap in a train show. I told him to bring it home and we started the project. When he left, he left the kit on my bench for the glue to set. I was supposed to bring it back to him the next week while visiting his layout for an operation session. Then the COVID-19 struck and we where isolated from each other for much too long and had plenty of time for modelling. So I finished the kit for him.
This was a completely new modelling experience. I had to plan the assembly sequence differently. Applying the decals was a nightmare as they adhered to the wood almost immediately.
Here is the result.
The wise modeler was right. I will never do a wood kit again.
At the beginning of 2020, a friend of mine asked me to help him start such a kit he had bought cheap in a train show. I told him to bring it home and we started the project. When he left, he left the kit on my bench for the glue to set. I was supposed to bring it back to him the next week while visiting his layout for an operation session. Then the COVID-19 struck and we where isolated from each other for much too long and had plenty of time for modelling. So I finished the kit for him.
This was a completely new modelling experience. I had to plan the assembly sequence differently. Applying the decals was a nightmare as they adhered to the wood almost immediately.
Here is the result.
The wise modeler was right. I will never do a wood kit again.
Guy from Southern Quebec.