You can start with either the coupler box or the car bottom.
For the coupler box, starting with the cover with sides, use the
4-40 tap to add threads through the coupler mounting box.
Assemble the coupler mounting box using the #5 Kadee cou-
pler and the brass screw supplied with the kit.
On the body, I use the #17 X-Acto blade to remove the air hose
lines from the bottom of the cars where the metal plates are to
go. Create a smooth sur-
face for the glue to adhere
to. The hardest part is
the raised line along one
edge of this area. This is a
cut and fit on the bottom
of the car until the plates
fit into the slots available
(10-12).
Then glue in the metal
plates in layers with the
supplied glue and finally
the coupler boxes. Be sure
to drop the end of the
brass screw into the hole
left in the metal plates
(13-15).
Most of the time the cou-
pler height came out cor-
rect, but every so often
one will be a little too low.
There is no way to raise it
with the kit supplied. Since
these are body-mounted
City of Miami - 6
13: The second part of the
kit has been added
13
14: The Kadee #5 coupler
has been attached to the
body with the brass screw
supplied with the kit.
14
MRH-Jul 2013
