QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Details West truck screws
Q.
I have a couple of HO Details West kits I’m putting together
and the screws supplied to mount the trucks to the frame are
too short. The screws are fatter than the 2-56 screws in Accurail
and Athearn kits. What do people do with these kits?
– Steve
A.
Inexpensive cars with snap-in trucks have the same problem.
Later Details West kits have a raised collar on the underframe
that looks pretty Athearn-like and takes a #2 self-tapping screw.
But there are plenty of the early cars around to be fixed.
Joe Fugate says: “Drill out the hole to the size of available sty-
rene rod, put a couple drops of MEK in the hole, poke a length
of styrene rod or tubing in the hole and let it set up overnight.
Then, trim the rod flush with the bolster on the frame and drill
Questions, Answers & Tips -
MRH-Jul 2014
