Coach roof removal
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Welcome to the forum Sir!
Most roofs on LGB stock just clip on, but I'm not quite sure about the RhB coaches.
I doubt that they are screwed on though, so try to grip the roof and gently twist on one side, keeping the other side in place....
Most roofs on LGB stock just clip on, but I'm not quite sure about the RhB coaches.
I doubt that they are screwed on though, so try to grip the roof and gently twist on one side, keeping the other side in place....
Thanks Gizzy, I'll try that. The instruction leaflet suggests pushing a screwdriver through the open door and up inside the roof where there's a small circular opening in the internal plastic moulding (as suggested in an earlier post) , but I haven't had any luck with that. I don't want to apply too much force!
You'll be fine. LGB is pretty much bombproof. Dan has also suggested a good technique....
There are six locating clips within the roof three each side, inboard of the doors and the ctr of the coach.
What I do is the open the doors and push out the side and pop the roof one at one end then use a thin piece of wood (Lolly stick) to ease along the side to the other end,
then pop the other side in the same way.
It's not the way the instruction show, they show doing both sides at one end at the same time,too faffy for me, and I have never got it to work, so my method works for me.
What I do is the open the doors and push out the side and pop the roof one at one end then use a thin piece of wood (Lolly stick) to ease along the side to the other end,
then pop the other side in the same way.
It's not the way the instruction show, they show doing both sides at one end at the same time,too faffy for me, and I have never got it to work, so my method works for me.
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Instead of wood or lollipop sticks I use plastic glue spreaders from a general hobby shop. Being soft plastic they are flexible so do not damage the plastic of the model and there is no chance of them snapping.There again I suppose that if you snap anything then the technique is possibly wrong.