Kansas City Kits Tank Car 2-dome

Kansas City Kits

Tank Car 2-dome

Craftsman Kit

unpainted

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The tank car kits, offered in one-, two-, and three-dome versions, consisted of a wooden tank (basically a large wooden dowel), wooden domes (shaped wooden dowels), and stripwood from which to construct the frame. No trucks or couplers were supplied. They were equivalent to the Strombecker wooden HO-scale kits of the late 1940s. The model in the photo, built by Kent Singer, has been heavily made over. Kent built the chassis pretty much per kit instructions, but added a lot of detail, such as rivet strips, steps, ends, safety placards, and brake gear. He also embossed thin styrene wrappers for the tank and domes, added tank bands, grab irons, handrails, ladders, dome top castings, and more. National Type B trucks are brass River Raisin imports. Decals are Champ/Enhorning. 6,000-, 8,000, and 10,000-gallon version available.