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WIP D&RGW caboose 01479.
The caboose is completely scratch build out of styrene, except for the trucks and couplers. Numbers 01470 to 01490 had a welded construction. 01400 to 01469 had a riveted construction.
- Body is build out of Evergreen styrene sheet and strips
- MTL Bettendorf truck
- Body mounted MTL #903 couplers
- Home designed decals
- Decals are printed in white by StarCopy Apeldoorn NL. They simply swapped blank ink for white ink! link to StarCopy
- (Tricky part was that the transparent decal paper had white back sheet.... )
- Grab irons are made out of 0.25 mm phosphor bronze wire.
Click the picture to follow link to my Google pictures album, to see how it is done.
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