Hi Dave. I was able to locate and purchase a NWSL riveter. The brass is relatively thin and and center punch would distort it. I ended up removing the indexing table as the brass has fine dimples at the rivet location and just using the Sensipress with the pointed tip rather than one of the sized punches.
The colors are Tru Color, airbrushed mostly, the black is just rattle can flat. Parts were painted after sub assembly but before final assembly. No sealer used. I pretty much followed the instructions and its mentioned when you should paint the various items.
The coupler is screwed into the brass frame with the supplied Kadee tapping screw.
Trucks are San Juan T section Bettendorfs. One set was purchased from Mullet River at the time I bought the kit 6 or 7 years ago. I think San Juan is the only one offering scale trucks of this type though I am not sure they have much standard guage any more. If you are doing a different prototype then you likely have more choices for trucks.
Glue used was yellow wood glue, CA, plus canopy glue on the window glass. I used the clear plastic he provides but would use real glass on future builds.
Seat cushions are just some packing material I found in the recycle box.
Here are some pics taken during the build.
Pete
