With "Truck Book No. 4" the layout of the cover has changed to red across the top and bottom. To me this signaled a change. The booklet looks more polished than prior truck booklets. More on this later.
The model of the North Shore Line (NSL) car 775 was made from the newly redesigned Walthers North Shore kit. The ends are epoxy castings. Walthers had 1st introduced kits for the later NSL coaches, the combination, diner, and observation. The original punched tinplate sides for these kits were not the best. However, with the newly designed NSL kit the coach model when properly painted and finished could rival any brass imported model. Also, this kit when built with the old, original NSL diner and observation sides could result in a beautiful model.
I made a CA&E Cincinnati coach using the redesigned NSL kit plus old, original Walthers sides for the CA&E coach. Some modifications to the kit were required.
Part 2 of this booklet will be next.
Happy New Year, 2020 to all!
Cheers,
Ed
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