Roundhouse 50 foot hi-cube boxcar

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Roundhouse makes a good 50 foot hi-cube boxcar. These boxcars come with a higher roof to accomodate larger cargo inside. All hi-cube boxcars come with a white stripe on the top of the ends. This white end is not on the Roundhouse kit and will need to be added. Also, the ends wrap around a little on the sides. I failed to do this on my car, as I did not know enough about Chessie when I painted this one.

I paid around $8 for mine. I don't know how accurate it is for the Chessie cars, as I cannot find a picture of a 50 foot hi-cube now. I did this kit long before I was concerned with accuracy. For now, it just looks good. I would recommend this kit, just as a stand in for now. When I know more about these cars I will update this kit review.

Below is my one and only Roundhouse 50 foot hi-cube. I just assembled it, painted the ends white, and weathered it. The consolidated stencil should be black with white writing. It is currently blue with white writing. A small inaccuracy that you can easily correct with a correct decal over the one you see below. I also added the end numbers on the white stripe, like all hi-cubes.