This past Mik has got the creative juices flowing again and got me building. This time I tackled something that I have always admired as a unique piece of RR rolling stock and with an old bobber caboose frame I got to work.
Behold the bobber transfer caboose or the Trobber for short. Ok that name needs some work… 
As usual with my builds I didn’t start out to model an exact replica of a transfer caboose but I sought to convey the theme of one and I’m happy with how it came out.
A test.
The shed is built from plastic and the deck goes on.
Bracing which also outlines doors and windows goes on.
I forgot to take photos after these but the railings are made from a wire coat hanger bent in a vice and jig, the roof is plexiglass with sandpaper glued on, the chimney is a dowel, the heightened brake wheels are from USAT with a straw from a WD40 can for the shaft, the ladder is made from styrene, the windows are plexi painted black on the back with pinstriping on the edge and touched up with a silver sharpie to create a frame, paint and it is done.
I like it.
