glue it in place, then cut a pair of filler strips from .040″ styrene to width to slide in where the old coupler boxes were. Glue everything in place and let it dry overnight.
The Moloco Evans draft gear and Universal freight car appliance kits work great for this model. These fine- ly-tooled parts bring new meaning to the term “detail” and assemble with ease. Don’t add the brake line or brake hose at this point, though. Attach those later. I found that a small drop of cement would hold the draft gear pieces securely and keep them from spinning while I drilled a ¹/₁₆″-diame- ter hole in each and into the newly created floor pieces. Screw the boxes to the underframe, then screw the cov- er to the box with a Kadee No. 158 in-
The underframe took more work than any other part of the car. The author trimmed off the ends of the floor and replaced them with a piece of styrene to provide a mount- ing for new cushion underframe draft gear. Additionally, a complete brake rigging was modeled using the Moloco detail set and wire for piping and brake rods. The current Walthers X72 has a correct underbody.
side. Install the trucks on the frame and check the coupler height, making any necessary adjustments. If you want to detail the under-
frame, Moloco manufactures a brake detail set for this model, as well. Make a reservoir mounting plate from a piece of .020″×.125″ styrene, which will match the height of the other rib. Drill out the two holes for the air lines on the reservoir with a No. 78 bit and glue it to the frame. The same bit is used to drill holes in the triple valve and brake cylinder. I used .015″ phos- phor bronze wire for the piping and .010″ wire for the brake rods. My goal wasn’t to duplicate the exact brake rigging but more to have the detail visible from the side of the car.
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