HO Scale KCC 100t Solid Bottom Ore Car Double Kit

$85.00 $95.00

Bonsall Scale Carshops is pleased to announce a new HO scale 3D printed kit offering for Kennecott Copper Company 100 ton solid bottom ore cars. This offer is for TWO (2) cars worth of kits.

Prototype History - These cars were purchased from Pressed Steel Car Company in 1929 (UCCX 500-599) and in several batches from 1937 to 1943 (UCCX 600-1324) for use in Utah, transferring low grade copper ore from the Bingham Canyon mine to the hydrometallurgical processing mill in Magna, UT. They lasted in service through the transition to electric traction in 1947, with replacements arriving in the 1960s.

These HO scale kits are designed from period folio drawings and photographs, and include the appropriate vertical brake staffs used until replacement in the 1960s, and the 100t Vulcan clasp brake truckframes.

This is also the first release in a newer, more forgiving resin formulation (grey), which has improved durability and reduced brittle fractures significantly.

Grab Irons:

Bonsall Scale Carshops is pleased to announce a new HO scale 3D printed kit offering for Kennecott Copper Company 100 ton solid bottom ore cars. This offer is for TWO (2) cars worth of kits.

Prototype History - These cars were purchased from Pressed Steel Car Company in 1929 (UCCX 500-599) and in several batches from 1937 to 1943 (UCCX 600-1324) for use in Utah, transferring low grade copper ore from the Bingham Canyon mine to the hydrometallurgical processing mill in Magna, UT. They lasted in service through the transition to electric traction in 1947, with replacements arriving in the 1960s.

These HO scale kits are designed from period folio drawings and photographs, and include the appropriate vertical brake staffs used until replacement in the 1960s, and the 100t Vulcan clasp brake truckframes.

This is also the first release in a newer, more forgiving resin formulation (grey), which has improved durability and reduced brittle fractures significantly.

Included for each car:

(1) 3D printed resin carbody (wire grab drill points or solid grabs option)

(2) 3D printed resin 100t Vulcan clasp truckframes (1.005”-1.010” axle length design)

(4) 33” metal wheelsets sized for the included trucks (NMRA by default, semi-scale tread upon request)

(1) 2.375” x 3/16” square lead rod

(1) Tichy vertical brake (#3003) + 0.015 wire

(4) Tichy double stirrup steps (#3045)

(2) coupler covers (styrene)

(4) #2-56 x 3/16” black oxide screws

(1) decal sheet (pit use) – 96 available car numbers in the pit use format (default), 18 car numbers in optional as-built decal sheets

(1) instruction sheet

Modeler will need: Couplers, paint, & wire for brake rods. Wire Grab versions have grab iron drill points sized for Tichy 18” grab irons (#3021 & #3015). Coupler pockets are sized for Kadee whisker couplers.

As stated before, this listing is for TWO (2) of these kits.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!