iomalley
Barely-employed Brakeman
where can you get those caboose kits?
http://www.athabascashops.com/
kit 1101 HO - CN - Point St. Charles Caboose Kit
It's a brass kit with everything on sheets like photoetched (well it is photoetched )
You can solder or use Acc, I used Acc without problems. I've gotten pretty good at it, having built 3. I can have the superstructure together in an hour or so...it's not hard provided you have a vise, duckbill pliers and 2 blocks of wood 1/2"x1/2"x5" to use as a brake to bend the longer edges.