(I would have called it a Drag & Brag, but I didn’t actually make any of these.)
Some of you will remember Phil Dippel’s kits, made under the Phil’s Narrow Gauge brand. He produced a lot of rolling stock over the years, until he stepped back around 2015. He now does limited runs which sell out very quickly. His latest is a D&RGW RPO.
https://www.philsnarrowgauge.com/default.html
Back in 2018 Phil pulled out his box of 100 pairs of Aristo Classic passenger car trucks and he made kits of short passenger cars, based on those on the Sierra RR. The original plan was to offer kits of 4 coaches for about $700, and he quickly had a wait-list for the 20 sets of kits. I personally had never seen one.
Then a couple of weeks ago I noticed an auction had a lot of his cars - work caboose, drop bottom gondola, and 6 of the short passenger cars! My pal @naptowneng had been looking for a short caboose for his SPNG train, and there was #202.
The roof lifts off and Phil provided all the details.
Another beauty was a Business Car, B-2, with a full interior.
There were also a couple of regular coaches, #203 and #204. We managed to buy 5 of the set of 6!
Someone put these together, painted them, and did ll the detailing. Here’s an extract from the 46-page kit manual.
A lot more complex than that NENG short coach I built 10 years ago.
Anyway, I thought it might be of interest to you guys.