As a postscript to the Castings series, beyond the cars I have assembled already, a group of kits were put together from the runs of parts.

All told 17 kits were bagged up in three versions, the reproduction Nason boxcar and the Graceline quad hopper with either an open body or an original wood block body. The bagged kits include the parts for complete bodies, with soft metal castings for some smaller parts in addition to the resin castings which are the main body parts.

I suspect there really is no great demand out there, but in any case if you are interested in a kit or two, contact me privately.

The second photo shows the entire production run in one box. At this point I have used up all of my mold release and casting resin, and I’m done with making resin castings for a while.

This was in any case a very interesting project. I was able to explore new skills, make some interesting parts, and also, I’m able to scratch off my bucket list the topic of “OO gauge manufacturer!” The last car of the project I plan to build is one more Nason boxcar, the project that kicked this off really, as I had a complete model and a partial model for this car. The final car will be the one that is a combination of original and reproduction parts.

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