Accurail Railbox Boxcar
Accurail
Railbox Boxcar...
Accurail makes a great Railbox boxcar. I have three
of them and bought them as a set for around $10-12. It was a clearance
sale, so I suppose they go for around $15-20 normally.
The kit is actually quite accurate, I would say 90% or
so. Why you may ask am I reviewing a non-Chessie car. Well
Railbox boxcars are actually Chessie cars, if you paint them right.
Below is a pic of a real Chessie Railbox boxcar. The C&O bought
some of these cars and just painted over the RBOX letters and put C&O
on them. Both the C&O and B&O bought Railgon gondolas and
gave them the same treatment.
There really isn't much to do to these cars to make them
accurate. I don't recommend doing any work on the body. All
you need to do to make it accurate is paint over the RBOX letters and add
C&O ones. Check out my C&O Railbox article on the tips page
for more info.
Below is a pic of my Accurail Railbox boxcars.
