Mainline Models Stock Car

Mainline Models

Stock Car

Craftsman Kit

unpainted

The kit had no manufacturer's number. The kit claims to build a 36-foot stock car, but the final model winds up being a 40-foot car. Also, it is too wide at ten feet. The sides came pre-assembled. Modelers find that the slats are too wide. The instructions that come with the kit are for their O-scale version of this model with an O-scale brake wheel included and cast metal end sills. The kit includes exploded drawings and an O-scale assembly sheet with lettering board location diagrams for 24 different railroads. The lettering supplied was printed on pre-painted boards to be glued to the completed painted car. Also available were Texas & Pacific, Southern, and Erie versions. The first photo by Alvin Clapp has Northeastern Scale Models trucks and Kadee couplers installed. The model was weathered with chalk. The fourth photo by Bob Hogan has the complete brake piping and rigging to the KC brake casting, a retainer valve and its pipe, and a smaller brass brake wheel. He replaced the staples for grab irons that were furnished with the kit with Northeastern Scale Models' wire ones. He used Scalecoat II S-2013 Boxcar Red paint to paint the added details to match the kit's body color. Finally, he installed Kadee #802 couplers, and REX Bettendorf scale trucks. No decals were in the kit for the data lettering. The finished model is quite light. Reportedly, 400 of these kits were produced.