Np 24’ wood caboose stack

Mike ,

Your version looks very, very close to me. 

I think we need a mini lathe.

tplee

Thanks Malcom,

Any idea who would sell the right one?

I took another shot at making another one tonight, not symmetrical but I thought closer.  In picture below, you can see the ones I purchased thus far with the small tops, and three I made that were worth keeping for a future project.

I agree that a mini lathe would be great instead of using my drill and spinning soldered pieces to develop a rough shape.

Are either of the commercial ones close?  Do you have actual dimensions to work from?

Might have a thought on how to make these that needs more cogitation.....

I gave up on the commercial ones as there were no references of sizes.  I believe the size I need is about 4.5’ in height and just under a foot at the base.   I ended up using one of the ones I built, while not quite right, using it anyways.  I got it mounted today.  I have been working through my first scratch build of a caboose.

Looks great. Few people around that remember that far back,me included.

Mike,  The stack looks great and the caboose is immaculate!  Please post some photos when painted too.

Malcolm 

Thanks for the likes and appreciate the feed back Jim and Malcom.  

I am getting close to painting, but afraid to start after several bad experiences recently.  Do I need to prime it?  I was concerned about issues with paint sticking to the brass and also too much paint filling in my simulated wood grain from sanding it.

What about wood cabooses, should they be primed?  I had another caboose (Nkp) that i started at the beginning of the COVID stuff from a ambroid kit.   I had the same concerns about paint sticking to brass.

I plan to paint with acrylics, and recommendations on primer if needed would be great.

Mike,

I prime everything with Testors light ghost gray.  It is from their aircraft line and is dead flat.  The only exception is when I’m painting yellow or green then I use Testors flats white. Both of these are Model Masterpaints.  It adheres to styrene and brass beautifully.

I paint with Scalecoat II most of the time but my favorite caboose red is Testors 1103 in th 1/4 oz. bottles.

I cant wait to see your NP finished.

Malcolm

Malcolm; You are a master at this scratch building. Your work is more then impressive.

 But your encouraging other modelers is what in my opinion makes you one really special fellow.

I enjoy seeing your work and wish you all the best

franky-Ogee

Malcom,

I see two types of model master light ghost grey, enamel and acrylic, which are you using?

Oops, Sorry Mike, I use enamel thinned with paint thinner.   I use 2 parts paint to 1 part thinner.

@Franky-Ogee posted:

Malcolm; You are a master at this scratch building. Your work is more then impressive.

 But your encouraging other modelers is what in my opinion makes you one really special fellow.

I enjoy seeing your work and wish you all the best

franky-Ogee

Frankly, Thank you Sir!