The Bobber

I decided a need another small caboose. When I go to Gary Beatty's Mini Festa Fiesta in May, I plan to take the San Emigdio Canyon mini and the Lockwood Creek diorama, and if I pose a short train on the diorama and run a freight on the mini, I'll need two cabooses, and maybe another car or two.

So I ordered a PNW 12' Peaked Roof Caboose from Pacific Northwest Miniatures. The kit arrived today. The picture is a stock photo from their web site.

I like PNW's kits a lot. They're well-designed, just challenging enough to make them interesting, and it's handy that they come complete with trucks and couplers. In this case, the design is pretty whimsical, but I like that about it. I'm thinking about what color to paint it -- my other cabeese are all oxide red, but I might do something different here, just for fun. I may also apply one of my L&SE heralds on the side below the cupola.

I probably won't get started building for a few days; when I do, Ill post progress updates.