N scale NYC Big 4 Caboose - Any Interest?

[SAH]

The NYCSHS has commissioned two versions of a Big Four caboose in HO scale.   

Info here:
https://nycshs.org/category/nycshs-collinwood-shop-your-nycshs-hobby-store/

Prototype Photos


HO pilot models by American Model Builders


The HO pricing is $65 MSRP.  $52 for NYCSHS members. 

I spoke with Seth Lakin (NYCSHS Model Committee Chair) at the Central Ohio RPM and asked about offering N scale versions.  As expected, "Show me the reservations" was more or less his reply.  Is this a project of interest to members on The Railwire community?

I've found the N scale AMB caboose kits look quite nice but the iron parts appear a bit "clunky" when rendered in wood.  Would offering an etched metal parts sheet increase the likelihood you'd order a kit?

PM me if you're interested.

[btrain]

Yes! An etched metal hand rails and ladder would be great. That small loop on the top of the ladder looks like it wouldn’t render that well for laser cut wood.

[jargonlet]

A couple made it to the far south of the NYC. I have a picture of a pair with 17050 in Dickinson yard in WV. So I would be very interested in a couple. Not sure which version. I’ll have to check my photos.

Yea the etched parts would be a great upgrade. Wood doesn’t translate well to a lot of things lot ladders

[wm3798]

I'm not an NYC kind of guy, but I find myself holding onto an old Con Cor Hudson and a smattering of passenger cars.  Tell me more about the era and region one might expect to see one of these on the rails, and you might have another yes vote.

Lee

[jargonlet]

I'm not an NYC kind of guy, but I find myself holding onto an old Con Cor Hudson and a smattering of passenger cars.  Tell me more about the era and region one might expect to see one of these on the rails, and you might have another yes vote.

Lee

While I am no expert on NYC or Big Four, I can tell that at sometime later in their lives at least 2 made it to the far south east of the NYC to WV. I would suspect that they roamed quite a bit or got reassigned. According to a friend of mines uncle, the NYC sent the most worn out equipment to WV. He was a mechanic in Dickinson yard. He always said that everything he ever saw was worn out before it got here.

[Lemosteam]

FYI, I already offer the NYC truck design that was used for this caboose, both in N, HO, and S Scale if that helps spur interest.

N Scale:
http://www.keystonedetails.com/keystone-customs/2020/1/13/n-scale-nyc-t-section-type-caboose-truck-4pk

HO Scale:
http://www.keystonedetails.com/keystone-customs/2020/1/13/n-scale-nyc-t-section-type-caboose-truck-4pk-pc6wh

[SAH]

I'm not an NYC kind of guy, but I find myself holding onto an old Con Cor Hudson and a smattering of passenger cars.  Tell me more about the era and region one might expect to see one of these on the rails, and you might have another yes vote.

Lee

Here is the text from the NYCSHS offering.  Interest so far totals only 10+/- of the T&G cars. 

[thbguy]

I’m more interested in the MC/NYC cabooses that were also used by the Canada Southern CASO. I’d buy a half dozen or more of either of these four window caboose used from the 1900s into the Penn central era.


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Michael Livingston