Hey guys, This has been already discussed , covered and partially solved elsewhere. Yes it's THAT forum but it's the only one with the necessary info. Look for Daniel Leavitts posts - that's where the info is mainly. You could also PM him at TB. Atlas Model Railroad Co. - Bachmann Amfleet review!
Since they run as a set, I only changed the couplers on the ends of the set , the rapidos actually couple the cars closer than you can get with the MTs and stay together well so all the "inside" couplers were not changed. Here's a how-to with two different options the first is to body mount the coupler onto the diaphragm retainer box, the lower retainer clip will have to be trimmed to clear screw, and drill hole for screw as far back as you are comfortable with. you may have to add a shim plate above the coupler box depending on ride height.
The second method is to attach the MT box to the factory coupler arm. the coupler end is cut off leaving the vertical section of the arm. drill hole for coupler scrw up thru vertical section of arm arm can be filed down to correct coupler height after hole is in.
now for the pickups; the pickups are in the center of the truck pull the pickups out of the truck and bend into a slight "V" shape to relieve binding on axles arrow points to bind point, not where to bend, the V is over the entire length of the pickup
Hey guys had some Pactra RC Car Racing Finish. The RC 294 Window Tint works great for tinting the windows. U spray the inside of the window plastics. And U still can see the inside the car. I did this on some Gen. 1 cars. Will also work on anything that needs to be tinted like locomotives Ect. They came out Sweeet.
