The Bobber Cabeese Lobby Group

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I’m sure there is a lot of Mr types out thethat would love to have a fleet of 4 wheel Boober Cabeese.

As I am in need of some nicely detailed, economical Bobber Cabeese I thought I’d start a movement to steer the manufacturers in the right direction. Bachmann has a nice little one but requires a lot of work to detail it. I know there are manufacturese that make kits but these are expensive and not readily available (Ordered a Juneco kit a year ago and am stillllll waiting). Walthers is comoing out with some new types.

So if anyone is intersted let me know and I’ll send the thread to manufacturers.

Who knows this may start a trend of “We want this, not what you think we want”

Regards

Fergie

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Sure, RTR would be nice too. I’d go for a kit if that was available as well. In N scale though all we have are those old Bachmann ones, and they’re only a good starting point.

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Need another choice: ( ) I prefer human-size cabeese, not Hobbit-size ones

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I wouldn’t’ mind seeing some Bobber Cabeese in N scale, made by someone like Atlas, Athearn, or MicroMark.[:D]

Fergie, those are the coolest, most awesome bobbers I have seen! I love the paint job!

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Fergie - I like bobbers too and have several on the layout. However, to a degree they are largely period and locallity specific. You saw many of them in the East (particularly on the NE coal roads) from the late 19th century up to WWII. In the West, many logging roads used bobbers but they really didn’t closely resemble those cars from the East.

I’m not sure that there are really enough hobbyists interested in the appropriate regions and eras that a high quality bobber could sell as a large run at an economical price. But a limited run, moderately priced example might do quite well.

CNJ831

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Yes, kits in S scale. Ma&Pa would be a good prototype.
Enjoy
Paul

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I have one made by Ye Olde Huff and Puff,looks cute.

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Hmmmmmmm , Bobbers, This a Narrow Guage Bobber in Ouray , Co.

9

Neese cabeese. I would love a collection, but it will have to wait until the scenery is done and the engine collection is progressing. By then there may be better kits, my choice.

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Bachmann already makes Bobber Cabeese in HO scale – I have at least 3 of them decorated for various logging railroads that I use with my Bachmann Spectrum Shays.

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Umm what is the official definition of a bobber? I would not have called that one because it has two normal 4 wheel trucks.

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I vote for people sized cabeese, we already have enough Hobbit “Stuff”!!
Will

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[#ditto] Every Bobber caboose I have seen, that was called such, has two axles.
Enjoy
Paul

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I really don’t need any, but a new caboose KIT on the market is always a good thing!

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I’ve got one of the Bachmann ones that has to be reworked for use on the fee-lanced belt/industrial type railroad I’ll be running in my city area.

Sure would appreciate a quality one I would only need to paint/letter that looked good and was useable out of the box!

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Rapido used to make a bobber in N scale that, IMO, looks better than the Bachmann bobber. (I’m not fond of the Bachmann bobber’s three windows.)

The Rapido bobber might show up at swap meets or the used equipment bin at a LHS.

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A lot of four-wheel “bobbers” were later converted to two-truck configuration, but the small size is a constant. I converted an old Mantua “bobber” to two-truck to match a prototype I wanted to model.

Aren’t there enough bobbers out there already? I guess I don’t see the need. Between the old Mantua ones and the ones you can still buy at the LHS, the market seems to be covered.

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The November 2001 issue of RMC had an excellent article on detailing a bobber. Although I don’t model such cabeese, the methods described in the article would be applicable to many other projects.