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Accucraft C-16 Wood Cab

General Discussion
#1

Hi all. I understand these laser cut wood cab kits for the Accucraft C-16 are out of production. Does anyone have a spare they’d sell?

https://www.michelle.lu/fhpb-railroad-supply-006.html

Thanks,

Dylan

#2

Dylan Hutson said:

Hi all. I understand these laser cut wood cab kits for the Accucraft C-16 are out of production. Does anyone have a spare they’d sell?

https://www.michelle.lu/fhpb-railroad-supply-006.html

Thanks,

Dylan

Dylan, the kits were made by Vance Bass, who is Mr. FHPB. He is still around, and I will send him an email on your behalf suggesting he read this.

#3

Sorry, that train has left the station. I don’t even have a laser cutter available anymore, the wood had to be specially ordered, etc. Would it help to have the parts diagram from the kit instructions?

#4

Dylan Hutson said:

Hi all. I understand these laser cut wood cab kits for the Accucraft C-16 are out of production. Does anyone have a spare they’d sell?

https://www.michelle.lu/fhpb-railroad-supply-006.html

Thanks,

Dylan

Dylan,

Don’t underestimate your own skills. You might try making this from styrene.

#5

Bruce, I’m sure you’re right (and my drawings would help with that, too). But I wouldn’t put a styrene cab on a live steamer. The boiler is almost 400 F, and I think styrene melts well below that. Wood or brass is the way to go.

#6

Vance Bass said:

Bruce, I’m sure you’re right (and my drawings would help with that, too). But I wouldn’t put a styrene cab on a live steamer. The boiler is almost 400 F, and I think styrene melts well below that. Wood or brass is the way to go.

Too true! Did NOT realize that was a live steam loco - I’m melting! (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)

#7

Hm, I thought I had one of these in my stuff, but it turns out to be something else.

#8

Bob, that’s a Bronson-Tate Mason Bogie cab, I think. B-T also makes a cab for the 4-4-0 which is available from Jason at TTD.

https://www.thetraindepartment.com/bronson-tate-kits/replacement-wood-cabs/4-4-0-cab/

That might be convertible to fit the C-16. Or, with Vance’s info, you could make your own.

I checked my C-16 files and found 2 photos of a wooden cab which appeared to be glued from parts on top of brass.

#9

Thanks all. I’m not ready to take on building a cab from scratch because I have too many other projects going right now! I really like the idea of a wood cab simply because the doors don’t open on the brass one. And I’d be hesitant to hack that up.