I finally got the drop in board for the Kato NW2 I got over the christmas break and was ready to give it a shot.
However, for the life of me I can’t figure out how to get the shell off. I don’t want to just yank and hope I get it right, and a bit of bending and prying has only resulted in a panicked moment of when I popped the front truck off. Fortunately it appears it’s supposed to come off like that.
Any suggestions?
Yank the top off.
David B
Yep, it should slide right off. Don’t take the fuel tank off, or you may end up with more pieces that you anticipated! Just spread the bottom of the shell a tiny bit, and slide!
Trekkie,
The previous posts are correct, but they neglected to ask one question…
Did you remove the couplers and coupler pockets first? [:)]
Are we talking N scale or HO?
Nscale
No haven’t removed anything yet at this point.
Just slide it off then. Nothing to remove first.
All you got to do is Yank it off. Itll come off (the first one is always the toughest to do).
David B
I just popped one open to make sure. I spread the shell a little with my thumbnails, on either side of one truck, and lifted the frame out with my forefingers, jsut a bit. Then went to the other end, and repeated that. At that point, it just slides off.
OK, I’ll give it a shot again when I get home. the F7A & B unit came apart much easier when I did them, and the first time I pulled it felt like the cab was seperating from the rest of the shell and didn’t want to snap it off.