Great Northern Gondola Decals, decal restock and new detail parts.

First off there has been an update to the MK109 series instructions. It now includes an additional construction image as well as a table showing appliances used within car number series. Thanks to Rich Remiarz for supply this.

The Great Northern received 250 gondolas from American Car & Foundry in 1952, nos. 72500-72749. They were nearly identical to cars built for the Northern Pacific and S.P.&S. Intended for the Sunshine Kit or newer one-piece offering by the Northern Pacific Historical Society. Set will letter one car. Contains two of the artwork shown.

D230 – Great North ACF Gondolas

All of the decals sets we offer are currently in stock, so now is a great time to stock up.

Decals -HO Scale

A couple new detail parts also have been produced.

P9 – SAL AF-1 Detail set

P10 – Plywood Placard (Tack) Boards and route card holders

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SPS and GN Boxcar Kits

Our new mini kit release is Great Northern along with Spokane, Portland & Seattle 12 Panel Boxcars. Before you ask, these are not the same cars as the Rapido model which has a straight sill. This kit correctly converts an Intermountain 12 panel boxcar to these prototypes.

MK109.1 – Spokane, Portland & Seattle 12 Panel Boxcars

MK109.2 – Great Northern 12 Panel Boxcars

A few more of the ACL union Duplex Door kits have also been added to stock.

MK102.3 – 10′ IH Youngstown Doors 6′ wide with Union Duplex Fixtures – ACL Decals

Some new decals are on the way as well as a re-run of the Plywood sided PFE Reefer and some new detail parts.

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New Decals Sets and restock of decals.

A few new decals sets are now available and some older sets have been updated and restocked. All of these have been printed at Cartograf.

The following new decal sets can now be ordered.

D242 – Swift Classic Scheme Refrigerator Cars

D243 -Swift Red Refrigerator Cars

D244 – Nashville Chattanooga & St.Louis Box Cars

The following sets have been expanded/updated, see the product page for details.

D109 UTLX Tank Cars

D124 – Northern Pacific 1937 AAR Box Cars

D142 – Fruit Growers Express and Western Fruit Express Refrigerator Cars + National Car Company and FDEX reporting marks

D154 – Southern Pacific/T&NO F-70-6/7/10 Flat Cars (Updated for the -10’s)

In addition every decal set we offer is now in stock.

Stock up now before modelling season, which is right around the corner..…

Taking a Break

All Orders placed from July 6th through July 26th on the website will not ship until after July 28th at the earliest. We’re taking a vacation break here at National Scale Car. Thank you for your patronage.…

Last of the B&O M55’s

The final batch of B&O M55’s is up for sale.

There are a couple M55’s and a dozen or so M55B’s, there are no M55A’s in this run. A re-run in the future may or may not happen, I have lots of other projects I want to get to first.

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M55 Kits, Tight Spot Sander Restock

Another batch of B&O M55’s and M55A’s have been cast up and added to inventory. No M55B’s in this run, but the next casting run will be M55B’s.

The ever popular Tight Spot Sanders have also been restocked.

T100 – Tight Spot Sanders

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New Kit Release – PFE Plywood Reefer plus more B&O M55’s etc.

Our newest mini kit release is the Pacific Fruit Express R30/40-9 Reconditioned Plywood Side Reefer.

MK 110 Pacific Fruit Express R-30/40-9 Reconditioned Plywood Side Reefer

After years of service, many of Pacific Fruit Express’ R-30/40-9 cars required re-sheathing. Numerous R-30/40-9s received plywood side sheathing in the late 1940s. The ends retained their tongue and groove sheathing boards. This mini kit provides the plywood sides to replace those in the Red Caboose Model Kit.

Documented car nos. include 93151 shown above, as well as 91593, 94242, 94789 (page 247, PFE, 2nd Ed.,) and 64771 (a -21 rebuild). For more info, see page 148 of PFE, 2nd Ed.

This was first offered as a gift to attendees of the 6th edition of the Hindsight Virtual RPM in January of 2021. We’ve made a few tweaks, adding a couple of components to make it easier for the modeller.

The kits come with resin sides, etched hatch supports, an extra cross bearer and decals.