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Atlas Cupola Caboose Window Set?
« on: June 09, 2013, 09:40:23 AM »
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I remember someone telling me awhile back that someone made a window set for these Atlas cabeese.....Is this true?  If so, who did it?  And can you still get them.  I have and do use Microscale Kristal Klear so that is not the question.
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Re: Atlas Cupola Caboose Window Set?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2013, 03:41:17 PM »
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Which Atlas caboose are you needing windows for?
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Re: Atlas Cupola Caboose Window Set?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2013, 05:40:38 PM »
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Cabeese have flat (not compound curved) windows. First thing that comes to mind is to cut some 0.005" or 0.010" clear styrene and glue it inside, behind the window openings.  That should be quick an easy.
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Re: Atlas Cupola Caboose Window Set?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2013, 08:48:32 PM »
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This is the one I am referring to:

http://www.atlastrainman.com/NFreight/tmncupcab.htm

I have found kits for some of the Micro-Trains caboose lines but never Atlas.  I wonder if this is what was actually being referred to and not Atlas....
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Re: Atlas Cupola Caboose Window Set?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2013, 09:00:46 PM »
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IIRC, Micro Trains themselves made a retrofit "glass" pieces for their own cabeese.  Personally I don't recall anybody making a "glass" kit for the Atlas "classic" caboose. I still think that glued in pieces of clear styrene will be a quick fix, and much cheaper than any kit (if one was even available).

EDIT: fixed a typo
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Re: Atlas Cupola Caboose Window Set?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2013, 09:21:25 PM »
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I am thinking you are right on both accounts!! :)
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