different sizes. Holding the different heralds up to the car using
tweezers, I picked the one that looked the best.
I opened up the car, and it was easy enough to pop the red
lens. The problem was that this left a hole in the car. While
the drumhead will cover the hole, there is almost nothing left
to glue it to. I lined the inside of the hole with a small piece
of Scotch tape and sealed the car up. Next, I took some of the
glue from the interior weights and added it to the hole in the
rear of the car. After I had built up enough, I used some spare
card stock to make sure it covered the entire hole evenly.
I found that the car had to remain with the rear end held
straight up while the glue set. My car cradle and a bunch of
hard-backed books made this possible. After curing for several
hours, the plug was large enough to allow using super glue to
attach the drumhead to the rear of the observation car.
Wheel and coupler fixes
And so, I thought that the cars were done. Well, it was dur-
ing the first attempts at doing video on the “completed” train
that I found out that I was wrong. A couple of things turned
out not to work correctly. One was the couplers. Turns out that
the #5/508 truck-mounted
couplers were about 25%
too low. This caused them to
bind against turnouts in the
track, and also to disconnect
from the engine at the least
amount of interfence.
The second problem
was that the wheelsets I
installed did not turn freely
City of Miami - 5
9: I began removing the
air line for the new body
mount coupler kit.
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MRH-Jul 2013
