Model Railroading > New AMB Laserkits: ATSF Boron Station; MV and NYC Cabooses

New Items Now Available From AMB LASERKIT® . . .

HO Scale Kit No. 194 Boron Station –

Boron Station is based on the unique structures once standing at mile post 784.0 on the Santa Fe’s Valley Division. The 14’ x 24’ frame passenger depot had been constructed in 1896 as the Kramer, CA facility, but moved to Boron, CA in 1941 in order to handle the large volume of borax shipping from the area during World War II. A separate 12’ x 17’ frame baggage room, built in 1900, was also moved to Boron from Kramer. The depot was closed in 1982, the last operating agency between Barstow and Mojave, and in 1987 was moved to the nearby Twenty Mule Team Museum, where it currently remains on display. The baggage room, however, was left behind and continued to serve as a maintenance-of-way shed through the Burlington Northern - Santa Fe merger.

Our new laser-cut Santa Fe depot and baggage room feature prototypical board and batten architecture; tab and slot construction; peel and stick windows, door, trim, and shake style shingles; accurate bay window configuration; metal smoke jacks; cast resin swamp cooler (air conditioner); and full color signage. Assembled depot measures 4” long x 2.5” wide (with swamp cooler installed) x 2” tall while baggage room measures 2.625” long x 2” wide x 1.75” tall. MSRP $52.95

HO Scale Kit No. 886 Midland Valley Wood Caboose –

The Midland Valley’s 121 -130 series cabooses had their origins with the Florida East Coast Railroad. The FEC took delivery of their first ten 700 - 800 series wood side door cabooses from Mount Vernon Car Company in 1923. Another 100 cars would be received by 1927 built in the shops of both Mount Vernon and the Magor Car Company. The cabooses featured steel frames, a 33 foot 10 inch long carbody, ratchet-type handbrakes, and rode on either Andrews leaf spring trucks or express-type trucks. The Midland Valley purchased ten of the FEC cabooses secondhand through Georgia Car and Locomotive in late 1936 at a cost of $1650 each. The new crummies more than likely arrived still exhibiting their side doors as FEC did not rebuild their own fleet until the 1950s, at which time they removed the doors in favor of a window. Nonetheless, the MV would by the late 1940s make the same modification to their cabooses with a large window replacing the side door. The MV car series appears to have been generally retired by the early 1950s upon the arrival of Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf’s new International Car Company steel cabooses. At least one of the cars, No. 128, received steel sheathing over the original wood siding while another, possibly No. 121, was completely rebuilt with steel sides and converted to an airbrake instruction car. The balance of the small fleet is believed to have been relegated to bunk car service before being scrapped.

Kit No. 886 features 100% laser-cut components with custom laser-scribed side and end walls; Tab & Slot and Peel & Stick construction; laser-cut underframe, end platforms, end railing, and brake wheels; cast resin platform steps and brake gear; white metal smokejack; multi-name logo signage; fully illustrated instructions that provide information on painting and decaling the assembled model; and fixtures to aid the modeler in creating all the handholds, ladders and truss rods appropriate for the prototype.

We recommend the purchase of Kadee No. 580 Bettendorf AAR Caboose Trucks or WalthersProto 920-2032 Andrews Caboose Trucks, Kadee No. 5 couplers with draft gear boxes, Micro-Scale Decals 90321 Railroad Roman Letters and Numbers, and the paint and glue of your choice for the completion of this kit. MSRP $52.95

N Scale Kit No. 554 New York Central 19000 Series Wood Caboose –

Along side the Hudson steam locomotive, the 19000 series wood caboose with its distinctive low cupola was the iconic image of the New York Central from the early teens of the 20th century through the 1960s. Referred to as the “standard” caboose of the NYC, the 19000 series was actually a compilation of cars created from a fleet of nearly 2000 cabooses, which were inherited from predecessor roads – some dating back to the 1890s. Between 1912 and 1926, many of these cars were rebuilt with common features such as window arrangement, steel underframes, and low cupolas, but, as eight different company shops were involved, subtle variations resulted.

Kit No. 554 features: 100% laser-cut components with custom laser-scribed Birch plywood side, end walls, and cupola; Tab & Slot carbody construction; Peel & Stick window, door, and trim assembly; laser-cut underframe, end platforms, ladders, end railing, hand grabs, window glazing, truss rods, and brake wheels; cast resin platform steps and brake gear; plastic smokejack; custom decals by Tichy Train Group; and fully illustrated instructions that provide information on painting and decaling the assembled model. In addition, the N scale kit provides for optional details too such as square or rounded body corner posts; side windows that can be modeled open or closed; two different styles of roofwalks; and cupola end window variation. We recommend the purchase of Micro-Trains No.1015-1 Universal Body Mount Couplers, Atlas No. 22061 Friction Bearing Caboose Trucks, and paint and glue of your choice for the completion of this kit. MSRP $37.95

LASERKIT®
American Model Builders, Inc.
8229 Brentwood Industrial Drive
St. Louis, MO 63144
314-646-8588
www.laserkit.com
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Very Nice! Glad to see new products!

Javier Cervantes
Castle Rock , CO

Any plans to do Boron in N scale???