NORWEST KITS & CASTINGS

KIT #117:

Canadian Car & Foundry Co. 1920's 10000-gallon Tank Car CN 990800-series, Imperial Oil 3150 - 3374, and others (HO Scale)

 


(note: only ONE tank car per kit)

 
This kit consists of a casting set and instructions for the assembly of an HO scale model of a Canadian National Railways tank car in the 990800 series, and Imperial Oil Co. tank car in the 3150 series, and of similar cars also built by Canadian Car and Foundry Co. for other customers.  The kits is based on 1926 drawings from the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. and on field measurements and photographs of CN 990887, which has been preserved at the Kneehill Historical Society Museum at Three Hills, AB.  Cars of similar design were also manufactured for Frontenac Oil Refineries Ltd, later McColl-Frontenac Oil Co. (FOLX and MFLX reporting marks), for Champlain Oil Products Co. (COBX), and for Commercial Alcohols Limited of Montreal (CMAX), among other customers.  The main differences form the cars represented by this kit were in a slightly different design of underframe, and in the bottom section of the tank being in 3 sections rather than one.
KIT #117L

The "Lite" Kits are comprised of resin castings and instructions only. The modeler supplies his own trucks and other detail parts (i.e. brass wire, decals, styrene, brake set etc).

Price:  $30.00 CDN - plus shipping

KIT #117P
The Premium Kits are "complete" resin kits. They come with comprehensive instructions and data, decals, trucks, brake gear parts, and all other materials required to complete the model except couplers. The only other components required for the models are glue, couplers, paint and decal-setting solution.

Price:  $48.00 CDN - plus shipping

To order:
NORWEST KITS & CASTINGS
1585 East Pender St.,
Vancouver BC
Canada V5L 1V9

phone: (604) 254-0101
fax: (604) 254-1108
email: norwest@promodelbuilders.com