CB&Q NE-10 Waycar Resin Kit
The Burlington’s steam era waycars (cabooses) all had a similar look: wood construction, offset cupola, and 3 or 4 side windows riding on ancient wood beam passenger trucks. The NE-10 class was notable for being the first class of steel waycars on the Q and looked much like steel versions of the wooden ones. They were built by the CB&Q's Aurora shops in 1930 and were the newest waycars on the system until the mid 1950's. By the time of my modeling era (late 1940's) several NE-10's had been equipped with radios and an underslung battery box to power the equipment. I picked up a resin kit produced by Q Connection to model one of these radio equipped NE-10's. Walthers has produced very good models of the earlier wood waycars, but the Q Connection kit is the only option outside of brass to model the NE-10. I've built several resin kits, and the casting quality can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. This kit was definitely...