Product Title: Menards O Scale 275-9250 Calamity Caboose Building Fire Tuck
Manufacturer: Menards
Scale: O Scale
Condition: Item Condition: C-10, Box Condition P-10
Operational Status: This item is brand-new and is assumed to be fully operational according to the manufacturer's specifications.
TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-10: Mint—Brand New: all original; unused and unblemished.
TCA Box Grading Standards: P-10: Mint—Brand New: Complete and all original as manufactured and unused.
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Manufacturer Information:
A Cripple Creek Calamity: The Calamity Caboose Works
Somebody goofed up over at the Calamity Caboose Works. One of Cripple Creek’s most famous factories is in ruins. Alas, somebody put safety last!
Just as a bay-window caboose was ready to be delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad, something spontaneously combusted and laid the assembly building low! What you see are the sad ruins of one of America’s few caboose makers!
The basics: The Calamity Works is a fully assembled and detailed scene with a 10-by 8-inch footprint and rises 4-11/16th inches high. The model has a fire damaged building, barrels, pallets, and a caboose. The fire truck has alternating emergency lights, two firefighters and Jack the German shepherd.
The building also features a water-based vapor unit to add smoke to the scene. The smoke unit has a button to start the unit and it automatically shuts off after 15 minutes.
The fire truck and the wreckage are illuminated and the scene has glowing embers. Accessory lighting requires power through a Menards® 4.5-volt power supply. You can use the 279-4061/4361, 4060/4362, or 4050. You can connect them through a single plug over the tabletop or from beneath the shop from a drop-down pigtail plug.
Why you need this: Clearly passersby videoed the fire with their phones, and nobody called the Cripple Creek Fire Department until it was too late. The stone structure was wrecked by fire. The walls have collapsed, and the timbers supporting the roof are burned and rest where they fell. The caboose production line is just a memory.
Firefighters are standing by with their pumper truck, hose at the ready in case the fire flares up. Is there any danger if that? You bet! The wreckage’s glowing embers and the smoke wafting skyward warn of danger ahead!
Smoke unit startup instructions
Step 1: Bend the cotton swab roughly 45 degrees.
Step 2: Gently wipe the underside of the smoke unit to remove any debris.
Step 3: Fill reservoir with distilled water using the included dropper.
Step 4: Plug a 4.5-volt power supply (sold separately) into the back outlet or use the pigtail connection under the building.
Step 5: Press button to active smoke. Smoke will run for 15 minutes, then shut off automatically. Pushing the button a second time will also shut the smoke off.
For more detailed instructions and images, click "Operation Instructions" below.
Features
- Red LED lights and smoke to simulate smoldering embers
- Prelit 1956 fire truck with exciting wig wag (alternating) lights
- Includes two firefighters, barrels, pallets, tree, and Jack the German Shepherd.
- Add water by removing the plug on the roof of caboose. Fill the water tank using the pipette (included).
- CAUTION: DO NOT use locomotive smoke fluid. Smoke fluid will RUIN the electronics. Use distilled water only.
- Operating without water will not cause harm. All lights will work but no smoke will come out.
- Press button to activate smoke. Smoke unit will run for 15 minutes and shut off automatically.
- Limited edition
- Requires 4.5-volt power source (sold separately, Menards® SKU #279-4061, 4062, 4050)
- Approximate Power Draw: 800 mA
- Dimensions: 10"W x 8"D x 4-11/16"H