Brickworld Chicago is now in full swing. After a setback in travel, BMR (just Cale this time) is at the event and enjoying the fun. Unfortunately I (Glenn) can’t be there due to prior obligations, so I’m tasked with writing the article this time.

International Car Company Extended Vision Caboose is Available Now

At long last, after months of work with our largest instruction book yet, our International Car Company Extended Vision Caboose Premium Instructions Kit is now available.

The idea for this kit was taken from our NMRA 2018 exclusive kit, which was a Missouri Pacific version of the same car. The plan was to release a more generic version of the car, so I decided we would include instructions for one of each style of caboose – centered cupola, semi-offset cupola, and offset cupola. Each car would have it’s own interior faithful to the prototype. Cale, however, convinced me that three cars would be limiting for the consumer, so we decided to expand the plan once more and onclude instructions for six unique cars.

The book is laid out much differently than our previous models. The approach we took is a modular design, reflected in the instructions. Instead of building a caboose from start to finish, the builder first builds the many sub-models appropriate to the caboose in question, and then builds the framework of the caboose and adds in the sub-models. Part lists are included separately at the back of the spiral bound, 164 page book.