Thanks to a gentleman at the ACLHS I have acquired some plans for the M-3 caboose. I am about to order custom decals for them also. I started 10 of them today.
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Got this far today.
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Just gorgeous! Are you selling any of them?!
Awesome work as usual. Looking great.
Thank you. This is the pilot model and has several flaws that will have to be corrected before I begin future models. As soon as make those this one will be ditched.
Fantastic project!
Cabin finished. Those cupola braces were a nightmare.
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Wonderful
The M-3 is ready to paint when weather cooperates. The hardest detail to replicate was the metal work done on the prototype by the artisans at the ACL shops.
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Beautiful work!
Superb work! Thanks for sharing!
You are simply a master craftsman; thanks for sharing that skill.
Do you always work in styrene? I don't recall offhand seeing one of these threads done in wood...
In any case, you are the best at this! 
Mark in Oregon
Just beautiful work!
@Strummer posted:You are simply a master craftsman; thanks for sharing that skill.
Do you always work in styrene? I don't recall offhand seeing one of these threads done in wood...
In any case, you are the best at this!
Mark in Oregon
thank you. Yes, I work only in styrene, I’m a disaster with wood.
@Railthunder posted:Just beautiful work!
Thank you
@Engineer-Joe posted:Beautiful work!
Thank you.
Getting there.
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Dang that looks good!!!
Mullett River made a Southern caboose that I converted to ACL by replacing the steps and adding the awnings:
https://ogrforum.com/...0#145015890449709050
I'm sure it's not as accurate as Malcolms and they don't offer them anymore anyway.
Good job Malcolm!!!
Thank you for all the nice comments. This will be the only one of these that I build. It was very labor intensive and time consuming.
@Trinity River Bottoms Boomer posted:Bob, I checked out your comment and attached photo regarding your Mullett River caboose conversion. I must admit that you really did a great job modifying a Southern Railway caboose into an honest to goodness bonified Atlantic Coast Line stand-in waycar. I just hope the Seaboard boys won't get upset enough to wanna jump across your work bench and clean your clock though,
and..."Thanks for Using Coast Line!"
Joseph Toth Jr.
Yeah I know, I strayed. Bound to have happen though. Wait until I get some SCL stuff to run on the layout then we'll really see a reaction 
The kit was not the easiest thing to put together, but once the interior was out of the way it wasn't that bad. Had to fit those replacement steps in but the windows awnings were easy, just cut some aluminum strips, bend, and glue in place.
The windows actually open on this model!
Joseph, nope, no Family Lines here.
The issue I have/had with most kits is finding decent sets of trucks that are still within my sense of affordability.
3D printed trucks would be good for the hobby.
Malcom, where do you purchase your flat brass strips from? The detail work is super fine.
Joe, Have you joined the ACL/SAL Historical Society?:
They send out a quarterly magazine with a ton of photos and articles. They were doing an online magazine for modeling but that's been absent for some time, not enough articles submitted to make it viable.
Only photos I have of my layout are generic, it could be any RR. I haven't done anything to it but lay down some very basic ground cover.
Back to Malcolm...I think someone has cloned him based on how many cabeese he's pumped out the past couple of years. My attention span isn't long enough to come close to what he has done.
Scratch building is tough enough, but when you model a RR like SAL, who had a lot of oddball rolling stock, it's almost impossible to find drawings and material to make them.
Beautiful work on that ACL caboose!
Almost done, the most difficult caboose I’ve ever built.
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That is one nice looking caboose. I admire your craftsmanship and dedication to get it finished.
Leon
Another fine caboose. Fortunately I convinced myself a few years back that I didn't need to take on the ACL in addition to my other roads.
A stunning piece of work from a master craftsman
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