Awhile back Lou offered for sale a B’mann center cupola caboose kit. I had in mind at the time building a Drover’s Caboose from the kit since I’d always wanted one. Then a few weeks before the York show, he offered a LGB Drover’s Caboose for sale. So I bought that one. Now, what to do with the kit I already agreed to buy?
Bash it in to another one of these, of course.
This time I plan on leaving in the rear windows, just to make it “different”.
First thing was to measure and cut the body.
Then rearrange the pieces and glue them together.
I used a stiff piece of Plexiglas on the bottom and 1/4" angle at the top.
Next I removed some of the original bracing that runs along the top of the caboose body in order to get the roof to fit.
This made it easier to measure where to cut the roof. Fitting the roof, I located the cut marks just in front of the poling pocket and cut it on the band saw.
The end wall has a notch and the smaller cut roof piece fits into this.
That’s as far as I’ve gotten so far. I plan on using the existing roof walks and grab irons. The existing cupola won’t be used as I want a more squared version like on the other one I did. I’ll just use it for the curve along the roof line. It’ll be made from Lexan and v-groove siding glued to it.
