Description
Pre-order — conditional announcement; delivery date to be announced by Rapido once the project is confirmed for production. A 25% deposit is charged when you order; the balance is due when the item arrives and is ready to ship.
The Rapido 1024098 is a single HO scale National Steel Car 89' bi-level open autorack painted brown and unlettered — ready for your own decals. Includes both large and small panel sizes in the polybag so you can match either panel style.
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific took their first 89' autoracks in 1962 — Whitehead & Kales racks on National Steel Car flats from Hamilton, Ontario — and the bi-level version followed in 1964 to carry light trucks and utility vehicles, with further orders through 1970 (202 for CP, 125 for CN). Open-design cars with safety screens, many ran well into the early 2000s carrying modern vehicles, so they suit layouts set anywhere from the mid-1960s to the 2000s. This is the first time the NSC 89' autorack has been offered as a highly detailed ready-to-run plastic model.
- Newly tooled from original National Steel Car blueprints and measurements
- Full underbody detail and air-line piping; separate metal grab irons
- Etched-metal safety mesh screens on appropriate cars
- Semi-scale metal knuckle couplers; free-rolling trucks with profiled metal wheelsets
- Suggested minimum radius 22"