Sunshine

Sunshine kits are resin kits and require a high degree of modeling experience. This kit will require 10 or more hours for modelers who already have experience with Red Caboose, Intermountain, or Proto 2000 kits and who are comfortable with air brushing and decaling. The pieces must be cleaned, trimmed to fit, glued with CA adhesive, painted and decaled. Trucks and couplers are not included. Accurail and Kadee make Andrews trucks.

SK-4 with Sunshine decals

SK-Z with Microscale decals

The Santa Fe SK-4 and SK-Z are nearly identical cars. That is because they were all made from FE-P/T furniture cars. The major difference is that the 200 Zs produced in 1941-42 had Outside Flexible metal type 2 roofs and wooden running boards while the 200 SK-4s produced in 1949-51 had recycled radial steel roofs from BX-9s and 10s and metal running boards. The Zs had drover doors on both ends, the 4s did not have drovers on the brake gear end.

Sunshine stock car kits include:

• 8.1, Mather 40', single deck (discontinued, the Proto 2000 car)
• 8.2, Mather 40', double deck (discontinued, the Proto 2000 car)
• 54.1-2, MILW 40'
• 54.3-4, MP/IGN/NOT&M
• 54.5, CB&Q 36' SM-18
• 54.6, FW&D 36' SM-18
• 54.7, SLSF 40' 47200 series
• 54.8, T&P 22000 series
• 56.1, ATSF SK-Q
• 56.2, ATSF SK-R, (discontinued, the Intermountain car)
• 56.3 ATSF SK-R with small door
• 56.4, ATSF SK-S
• 56.5, ATSF SK-T, (discontinued, the Intermountain car)
• 56.6, ATSF SK-U, (discontinued, the Intermountain car)
• 65-7/8, SLSF 47700 series
• SK-Z
• SK-4