Next up for 3RS'ing is an MTH Premier Lehigh Valley "Northeast-style" caboose to match my recently-completed Baldwin VO-1000 switcher. I started this project yesterday, and as you can see in the photos below, have made some good progress already.
The car has been completely disassembled, the underside has been painted (Rust-Oleum Camo Brown), the "claw" couplers have been removed from the truck assemblies and the Kadees have been installed.
This is a fairly recent MTH offering, so it came with Kadee mounting "studs" molded into the underside of the car body and end platform/step assemblies. All I had to do is add the appropriate number of spacers (I use the ones from MicroMark) to achieve the correct coupler height. Next up is installation of some brake line hoses, and then weathering of course!
