The board of director was about to end when engineer john got up : " I hate to bring this up gents but according to the rules, we ought to have a caboose… if a railroad inspector…" The board knew he was right and had been putting off the purchase of a caboose till it became a necessity. with colder night and rain though, brakeman Charles was going to need a place to shelter himself. " We’ll call the big yard in town tomorrow and see if they have anything to sell… I’m sure Mr. Gaudreault won’t mind with a bit of lumber and some nails here and there…" and thus the caboose search was on.
Well like the board of director, my search for a caboose sent me searching. I bought a lot of caboose off ebay and set to work. I didnt want a modern steel caboose i wanted a nice wood sheated caboose to protect the end of the train. this is what the caboose looked like before i set to work
first step was to dissambled everything and take a look see
The caboose had the dimension i liked, nice detailling on the ends but the roofwalk was an horribly oversized and the grab iron was just not good looking. first step was to get rid of all that. I planned to use a tar paper finish on the roof so i got rid of the walkways and file things till they were reasonably smooth ( no need to go crazy smooth , it’ll be covered later). With a sharp blade i cut off the grab irons and any other offending details, i sanded everything smooth and set it aside
next up i set to work on the steps… 
they were pretty sad looking, all molded in one chunck. using my trusty razor saw i cut off the stairs but left th