NASG Dispatch Articles: Cabooses
A.F Penn-Central Caboose Conversion
Issue:
1987 #4 Fall
Page:
5
Author:
Gale Hall
Description:
A short article on how to do the conversion.
Building a SOO Line Wooden Caboose
Issue:
2021 #6 November
Page:
6
Author:
Jack Halbleib
Description:
The author built this caboose by heavily modifying an A.C. Gilbert AF #930 caboose. Includes construction photos.
Caboose Kitbash
Issue:
1996 #2 April
Page:
10
Author:
Michael Sulzbach
Description:
Using the American Models baywindow caboose, the author kitbashes it into a B&O I-17 model. Includes a parts list, construction photos, and detail diagrams.
DCC Installation of a Smoke Unit and Lighting in an American Models Wood-sided Caboose
Issue:
2009 #6 December
Page:
11
Author:
Al Castellani
Description:
This brief article describes the process the author went through and includes several construction photos.
Industrial Rail S Caboose
Issue:
2000 #2 April
Page:
16
Author:
Jeff Madden
Description:
The ATSF caboose is labeled as "O-27", but the author claims that its dimensions scale out to S-scale nearly perfectly. The article covers how to modify the model, and includes photos.
Jersey Central Caboose ... An A.F. Conversion
Issue:
1989 #2 April
Page:
21
Author:
Gary Mueller
Description:
The author describes how he took an A.F. #630 or 638 caboose and converted it into a CNJ model.
Modeling a Not So Handsome and Rather Unusual Caboose
Issue:
2021 #3 May
Page:
15
Author:
Brooks Stover
Description:
The author describes how he modeled the B&O I-5d caboose, starting with a kit of the I-1 model produced by Lake Junction Models.
Modeling a Not So Handsome and Rather Unusual Caboose
Issue:
2021 #5 September
Page:
23
Author:
Brooks Stover
Description:
A re-run of the May 2021 article in the Dispatch, because the editor had made many mistakes in the original version. The author describes how he modeled the B&O I-5d caboose, starting with a kit of the I-1 model produced by Lake Junction Models. Includes several model photos, as well as one prototype photo.
Return Of The Project: Kinsman (ex) NP Caboose Kit
Issue:
2024 #4 July
Page:
20
Author:
Rich Gajnak
Description:
The author describes how he converted the Kinsman kit into a model he wanted. Includes many construction photos.
Short & Easy
Issue:
1993 #6 December
Page:
27
Author:
Kent Singer
Description:
Additional details that Mike Sulzbach added to the underframe of an American Models bay window caboose. Includes detail diagrams.
Short and Easy
Issue:
1996 #2 April
Page:
25
Author:
Kent Singer
Description:
This brief article describes how David Avedesian made his AF action caboose run smooth and quiet.
Some Northeastern Cabooses
Issue:
2025 #2 March
Page:
26
Author:
John Mann
Description:
Using Reading-based caboose models to model other railroads' cabooses that used the same design. Includes photos of several models.
SP Caboose Model and Plans
Issue:
2005 #2 April
Page:
10
Author:
Art Armstrong
Description:
Photos and scale drawings of the SP C-30-3 caboose, as scratchbuilt by the author out of styrene and brass.
Upgrading AM's B&O Bay Window Cabooses
Issue:
2022 #5 September
Page:
19
Author:
Brooks Stover
Description:
The author describes how he modeled two wide-vision cabooses from American Models to represents models from two different eras of the B&O.