I have just acquired a boxed Heljan L&B locomotive 'Lew' which comes with couplings in the box which are not fitted. There is a note saying that the 'drop' parts of the couplings need to be removed in order to fit them through the cow catchers, but to my eye there is no room for them to fit through the cow catchers at all.
Does anyone on the forum have experience of fitting couplings to this model. I am prepared to cut off the cow catchers but would prefer not to unless absolutely necessary.
I am not a fine-scale modeller, and I am quite happy to remove the cow catchers if push comes to shove, but it seems a shame to take the modelling knife to a brand new model.
Any experience or suggestions will be very welcome.
Hi
You need a different coupling to keep the cow-catcher (pilot)
https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/heljans-lb-manning-wardle-prairie
https://tramfabriek.co.uk/heljan-mw.html
https://lyntonstation.blogspot.com/2019/
You might want to consider a pony truck wheel change also . . .
CCB