How To Build a Model or Structure Build a simple caboose from a flatcar (drawings)

Build a simple caboose from a flatcar (drawings)

By Bob Barton | October 21, 2011

| Last updated on July 6, 2023

Download these plans to build a simple caboose

Build a simple caboose from a flatcar (drawings) — Photo by Bob Barton

Download the PDF of this project here.

These plans were made to accompany Bob Barton’s article “Build a simple, eight-wheel caboose,” from the December 2011 issue.

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