Identify subassemblies, couplers, and trucks
Thereare threemainassemblies for thisbuild: underbody, car
bodyand roof. Since I havealreadybuiltmanyof these cars,
therewasnoneed toassemblea car or subassemblybefore
startingon thebatch. I decided touse the trucks andwheels
suppliedwith thekits, asP2K trucks andwheelsets aregreat.
For couplers, I usedKadee#58s (my standard). Thereare78
individual parts ineachkit (total for four kits is 312parts).
Sort and unpack:
I beganby sorting theparts into threegroups and then into
smaller subsets (26). All thegroupedpartswent intoboxes.
This step took sixminutes to complete.
Cut out and assemble:
Phase one assembly – underbodies
Thispart of the constructionwas straightforward. Theunder-
bodyparts (28) included: Thebody, brake rigging, underbody
frame, and the coupler boxes. Thebrake linepartson the
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