My first P2K kit

[nkp_174]

Well, I decided to build it last night. The candle trick worked wonderfully and I used a #72 drill bit to ream out the holes (wish I'd reamed them all out in advance). Only one grab iron broke...and it seemed to have been defective. The flash was bad on them (You'd never see flash like that on a Grandt Line kit...but then again, the tooling on the P2K kit was probably done by some semi-skilled worker while Grandt's were done by the dean of styrene!)

It took me on the order of 2-2.5 hours to assemble...but I also made dinner during that time. I figured that in the interest of time, it would be wise to remove all the parts from the spure at the start...which I did. I suspect that this saved plenty of time. A nice looking car...quite comparable to my branchline boxcar. I probably won't assemble any more right now (if I can get them), as the time is best spent on On3 stuff for now. The first 1.5-1.75hrs were enjoyable, but not so much after that. I've left the roof loose for weathering.

Thanks for the tips!

Michael