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In March 2013 I bought my first piece of "brass", Ha!. I got this Mantua caboose and I was in hog heaven thinking I'd gotten something like the "big boys" have for a bargain because it was an old beat up Mantua caboose.
I promptly cleaned it up the best I could. It was missing a couple things like the short piece of roof walk and the marker lights, etc. But, I pretty much dug it and it got me started on gathering a consist of these Mantua cars.
Since the time of that first Mantua Metal Products car, I've messed with a few of them. Initially, my plan was to just have a natural (unpainted; maybe dull coated) brass and diecast consist of these cars. Then one thing led to another and I started painting a bit here and there.
So recently I got this hair to get after the caboose . . .
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Posted - November 04 2014 : 1:01:37 PM
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so top pic is the before pic?
not a bad looking caboose tho as is 
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Posted - November 04 2014 : 2:17:36 PM
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| Top photo is the way the caboose arrived to me.
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Posted - November 05 2014 : 08:44:00 AM
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Hi Barry,
Nice choice! I may have an extra roof walk section. I'll have to look. I kinda like the Mantua 8-whl cabose and was always surprised at theire cheap selling prices. You can usually snag one for less than $15 including s/h. The 4-whl bobbers tend to do a little better at ~ $25.
Send me a note and let me know if you need it.
Sean
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Posted - November 05 2014 : 09:29:53 AM
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quote:Hi Barry,
Nice choice! I may have an extra roof walk section. I'll have to look. I kinda like the Mantua 8-whl cabose and was always surprised at theire cheap selling prices. You can usually snag one for less than $15 including s/h. The 4-whl bobbers tend to do a little better at ~ $25.
Send me a note and let me know if you need it.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - November 05 2014 : 08:44:00 AM
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Yeah, man. Some of the prices they sell for on EBay are way too cheap for what they actually are. Seriously come on, they are made of mostly made of brass which instantly brings the price up dramatically. Let alone the condition and if it even has the box. The prices are sweet for us, but it sucks for the sellers after they find the actual value of them.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - November 05 2014 : 8:49:23 PM
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Digging the classic caboose, Barry. How about Mantua's brass boxcars and reefers? Lord knows there's plenty of those somewhere around here. I'd dig them out but I'm busy cleaning Silver Streak reefers...
--CRC
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Posted - November 06 2014 : 01:47:24 AM
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| Thanks Connor. The finished caboose is here http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15446
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Posted - November 06 2014 : 09:23:03 AM
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quote:  That looks almost like how it did in Mantua's advertisements for this thing back in the day. Maybe even a little bit better.Seriously though, good job on the paint job.
-Steve
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