Tangent Scale Models
PS-2CD 4000 Kit Assembly Instructions
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24.
Attach the underframe brake adjuster:
Degate and cleanup the brake adjuster part found
in the small brake parts part sprue. This part is easy to break, so please be careful! It
mounts between the bays on the B end of the car, with the thicker plastic part toward the B
end. It is equally easy to break once mounted on the car, so watch how you hold the car!
25.
Create the other end of the Underframe brake adjuster:
Using the supplied part of
.020” brass, fit between the 2 bays at the A end of the car. See photo from above step #24.
26.
Attach the Brake Step and Brakewheel:
Carefully degate and cleanup the brakewheel.
Glue it into the brakewheel housing on the B end of the car. Inspect the etched metal brake
step from the parts bag. Orientate the rounded opening on this part to the back right. Using
needle-nose pliers, bend the back edge UP and the front edge DOWN (see photo in Step 19).
Glue this piece to the 3 horizontal supports below the brakewheel using CA.
27.
Attach the outlet gates:
Carefully degate and cleanup the three outlet gates. Glue these to
the bottom of the hopper bays, using the circular pins referenced in instruction number 1 for
guidance. If your prototype requires them, drill #66 (.033”) holes on the side of the bays
above the outlet gates (horizontally centered under the shaker brackets) and insert the
pneumatic outlets (see photo below). The six pneumatic outlets are located on the
“Underframe Details & Brake Wheel” sprue. See photo in step 24.
