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 Posted - August 23 2014 : 6:22:54 PM
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I got this one in a junk box a number of years ago.
Searched quite a bit but couldn't find this exact one.
One of you will probably know it.
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Posted - August 23 2014 : 7:16:00 PM
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Um, the Termite Special?  I have little knowledge of wood kit cars, since they are so crude, and take a lot of work to come out even half-way decent, I just don't have much interest in them at all. Hopefully some modeling enthusiast will know it.
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Posted - August 23 2014 : 8:04:46 PM
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To me that looks like a kitbashed Varney caboose although I'm not 100% sure on that. I have one of those Varney cabooses to prove it. Here's a photo of mine.
-Steve
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 3:37:20 PM
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quote:To me that looks like a kitbashed Varney caboose although I'm not 100% sure on that. I have one of those Varney cabooses to prove it. Here's a photo of mine.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 23 2014Â :Â 8:04:46 PM
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It looks similar, but the rivets on the side are different, especially in the middle of the car, where there is only one row of rivets on the Varney caboose, but are two rows on the other model. Also the windows are slightly larger and differently placed than on the Varney model.
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 7:59:44 PM
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quote: quote:To me that looks like a kitbashed Varney caboose although I'm not 100% sure on that. I have one of those Varney cabooses to prove it. Here's a photo of mine.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 23 2014Â :Â 8:04:46 PM
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It looks similar, but the rivets on the side are different, especially in the middle of the car, where there is only one row of rivets on the Varney caboose, but are two rows on the other model. Also the windows are slightly larger and differently placed than on the Varney model.
Originally posted by ChessieRRÂ -Â August 24 2014Â :Â 3:37:20 PM
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That's specifically why I said I wasn't 100% sure on that theory.
-Steve
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 8:32:12 PM
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| Body may be MDC, but those had cast frames.
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 4:20:03 PM
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It looks like a Silver Streak with steel sides.
http://www.hoseeker.org/silverstreakinformation/silverstreakcupolacabooseinstr.jpg
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 7:25:56 PM
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Pics are broken so I can't see. If you can fix that I'll tell you exactly what it is.
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 7:39:56 PM
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They're loading fine for me.
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