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GRAMPS FRAMELESS TANK

tank side

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This kit is mostly plywood, about 5 square feet of it. The core is a wafer assembly that the modeler builds up from plans. The skin is 1/32" birch plywood. The plywood gets several coats of a sanding sealer to seal all the pores in the wood and give the skin a glossy metallic like finish. Tank ends are injected ABS plastic. Instructions for this kit are 31 pages with over 20 pages of figures showing the 44 steps.

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This picture and the next 4 are older stock pictures of the second cut prototype. These trucks are not the trucks the kit ships with.

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The kit includes Accucraft couplers and Aristocraft 89101 freight trucks equipped with Sierra Valley 26" steel wheel sets.

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Part # PNG-005

Kit, including trucks and choice of Kadee 901 or Accucraft 1:20.3 couplers....................................SOLD OUT

Kit, including trucks and couplers with factory truck modification and ball bearings...........................SOLD OUT