Tangent Scale Models - HO Scale - International Car Company (ICC) Wide Vision Caboose - Northern Pacific (NP) #10418 - “Delivery 1969” with Pyle Lanterns - Green/Yellow/Black/Gray with White Lettering & Red/Black/White Logo with Black Lettering (SKU 20009-60310-05)
Available On: October 1, 2023
The Tangent Scale Models NP/SP&S/BN International Car Corporation Wide Vision Caboose System is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Designed from meticulous field dimensions, Tangent Scale Models include build year and era-specific details such as full brake system details, underframe detail variations, body side/end window variations, and wide vision cupola options. The details don’t stop there: Tangent includes a Waugh Cushion Underframe, electrical conduits, toilet vent, caboose window treatments accurate for the era of the caboose, plus beautiful see-through steps, end platforms, and running boards all applied to multiple NP/SP&S/BN-specific ICC Wide Vision bodies. Inside the model are road-specific (NP, SP&S, BN) ICC-applied interiors. These cabooses include interior lighting, plus marker light options that are era-appropriate for the paint scheme of each caboose. These “no fuss” track-powered interior and exterior marker lights are compatible with DC or DCC setups right out of the box (a simple wand included in the box activates the lights). Finally, Tangent Scale Models ready-to-operate replica includes “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail, coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.
Features for these replicas include:
Northern Pacific (NP) “Delivery 1969” w/Pyle Lanterns replicates the as-built pre-merger paint scheme. The NP took delivery of their 25 wide-vision cabooses from International Car Corp. in May and June of 1969. Painted Cascade Green with yellow ends, it’s fitting to just say “WOW” when describing this final NP scheme. The paint details make this caboose stand out. Notice the carefully masked “unpainted” galvanized roof, black and yellow end railing details and red/white striped ends. The prototype NP cabooses were delivered with Morton running boards and end walkways, a detail Tangent Scale Models have carefully duplicated on these models, even down to the distinctive Morton “Uni-wing” flange on the running board edges. Underneath, these models are fitted with a Waugh cushion underframe, Dana Corporation Spicer axle-drive generator, propane tank storage box and toilet dump pipe. It’s all there, from the electrical plugs/conduit and Vapor heater breather blocks down to the water fills and fine air release rod. The body of the caboose has an accurate NP side and end window layout with Tangent-fine side screens to match the prototype. Inside? Yes, this replica has a full interior, and the lockers are accurately painted in a 2-tone green with swooping, curved color separations, just like the classy NP prototypes! The NP specified a 2-level bunk on the A-End, and the Tangent models include that detail plus the sink/cabinet and refrigerator. For lighting, the NP model is equipped with prototypically-dim Pyle lanterns and “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses. Yes, you are going to have to turn off the train room lights to see them! Extra parts are included to model the original end screen doors (quickly removed by NP), BN era metal flag paddles, and cupola wind deflectors.
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