To uphold the scale fidelty of this project, the kit was held to 2R standards, but is easily adapted to 3R and 3RS.

There will be additional instructions with photos for 3R and 3RS cars which is easy to implement.

With only 100 kits made, with 60 2R and 40 3R kits being made.

Complete kit breakdown of all parts:
-1 Piece Body
-1 Piece Underframe (sits into body)
-SRR Block Decals. (There was not enough support for custom NS decals. See below.)
-Weaver DIECAST 33" Rollerbearing Trucks (3R or insulated 2R)
-Kadee 805 METAL or Weaver Diecast 3R couplers
-STEEL Bar Weight (fits inside the car)
-Urethane detail parts castings sheet
-Tichy, Grandt Line, etc. detail parts as followings:
          o 1 Grandt turnbuckle tree (clevis)
          o 1 Grandt Airhose tree
          o 1 Grant AB Brakes tree
          o 1 Grandt Long Clevis tree
          o 1 Grandt Brake Wheel Housing tree
          o 1 Grandt Brakewheel Tree
          o 1 DA cut lever eyebolt
          o 1 22 gauge wire
          o 3 Tichy .020 copper wire
          o 1 Tichy .0125 copper wire
          o 32 Tichy copper grab irons
          o 1 Tichy Stirrup tree
          o 1 styrene tube(small) for antennas
          o 1 styrene tube(large) for MU Conduit
          o 1 styrene strip for walkway supports
          o 1 chain
          o 2 4-40 screws
          o 4 2-56 screws
          o 2 Washers (3R, 3RS only)
-Full Step-by-Step COLOR Instructions (Pictures of each step) including 22 Additional Prototype Photos of the car in service.
-This is a limited production and only 100 kits will be made.

What you will need to provide is paint, glue, tools, and basic modeling skills. This car was extremely simple to build and paint.
I will also build these cars in any of 3R, 3RS, or 2R for $175 each plus shipping. There is an extra fee for NS painted cars as the decals cost $12 from microscale.

Norfolk Southern Paint Scheme INFO:

Norfolk Southern Microscale Decals needed to paint car in NS Scheme (in addition to included decals):
          o 48-6 NS 1984 Paint Scheme - All GE & EMD Hood Units (for the NS logo)
          o 48-139 NS 50' Coil Steel Car (for the SOU reporting marks, car #, and various other details)

I can get these decals for about $6/each. See the NS car sample below to see the decals in use.

3R, 3RS, and 2R PILOT MODELS:

Here are some pilot model pictures of different paint schemes, and truck/coupler types. The 2R Southern Railway car won 2nd place at O Scale National 2009 in Towson, MD. See Issue #46 of O Scale Trains Magazine for contest winner photos!



-Finished 3R Southern Railway Radio Car:

-Finished 3R Southern Railway Radio Car:

-Finished 3RS Norfolk Southern Radio Car:

-Finished 2R Southern Railway Radio Car:

-Finished 2R Southern Railway Radio Car:

-Finished SOU 2R kit for a client:

-Finished NS 2R kit for a client:

Future Kits:

Depending on how well the radio car kit does as well as future economic conditions, I am looking at releasing more SOU prototype cars. Please speak up if interested. Here are the three main kits I'm looking and already have some interest in.

-Southern "Silversides" Gondolas

-Southern Bay Window Caboose

-Southern Low-Side Gondola

-Southern(NS) Pullman-Standard Waffle Side Boxcar

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NS Sd60 and radio car; courtesy of Sean Rhinehart

Links to more information and pictures of the prototype!

Jim King and Smoky Mountain Model Works!

EXCELLENT Prototype Photos

More Prototype pictures of SOU and NS radio control cars

Site Last Updated: May 20, 2010