85' Trailer Flatcar
#1. Clean the rust of of the metal weight and wash the plastic parts with soap and water. Allow to air dry.#2. Spray paint metal weight, underframe, body bolster and draw bars flat black.
#3. Straighten metal weight as best as possible.
#4. Attach metal weight o flatcar with adhesive. I used thin double sided tape.
#5. Attach under frame to metal weight with adhesive. Again I used thin double sided tape.
#6. Add Kadee #27 couplers to the draw bars.
#7. File down hooks on draw bars where they meet the trucks. The draw bars are designed to swivel and make contact with the trucks when installed straight out of the box. Not doing this eliminates the free play the trucks need to swivel freely on their own.
#8. Attach body bolsters. After building five cars I noticed that quite a few body bolsters needed some filing to fit over the molded on body bolsters.
#9. Optional I added 33" Intermountain metal wheels to the trucks. This gives the cars a bit more weight.
#10. Attach trucks with 2-56 x 1/4" screws (provided in kit). Again after five cars I noted that on a few I had to use screws from my parts inventory for better truck control.
#11 Test with Kadee height gauge. Adjust as necessary.
#12. Road Test.
86' Auto Parts Boxcar
#1. Clean the rust of of the metal weight and wash the plastic parts with soap and water. Allow to air dry.#2. Spray paint metal weight, underframe, body bolster and draw bars flat black.
#3. Straighten metal weight as best as possible.
#4. Attach metal weight to floor with adhesive and the two short screws provided in the kit.
#5. Add Kadee #27 couplers to the draw bars.
#6. File down hooks on draw bars where
they meet the trucks. The draw bars are designed to swivel and make
contact with the trucks when installed straight out of the box. Not
doing this eliminates the free play the trucks need to swivel freely on
their own.
#7. Optional I added 33" Intermountain metal wheels to the trucks. This gives the cars a bit more weight.
#8.
Attach trucks with 2-56 x 1/4" screws (provided in kit). Again after
five cars I noted that on a few I had to use screws from my parts
inventory for better truck control.
#9 Test with Kadee height gauge. Adjust as necessary.
#10. Road Test.
Here are some of the finished cars
So far the cars are running reliably on 22" radius curves, which are the sharpest on my layout. The above consist also negotiated the #4 turnouts in my staging yard with no problem.
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