I recently acquired a Life-Like P2K 50' Automobile Box Car kit for a bargain. It seems to be quite old, as the side of the box said it was the first freight car model to be produced by P2K, which means it was made back in '96 or '97. The kit contains some 30 different parts which are still on their plastic sprues and it was never assembled.

There's only one thing that's missing: the instructions on how to assemble the model. The only kits I've assembled before are some Athearn blue boxes and I don't own any other kits made by P2K. I'm wondering if anyone has a copy of the assembly instructions or can help me out because I don't know where to start. I'm going to try contacting Walthers to see if they have a copy of the instructions, but I don't know if they still make these kits or not.

Here are the pictures of the box and its contents:

If I want to bring the diverging leg on the #5 turnout back so that it would be parallel with the straight leg, what degree of curve do I have to use? What about the #6 turnout? Also, which straight lengths do I have to use to match the lengths of the two tracks? (i.e. they end at the same point.)

I plan to build a HO layout soon with E-Z track and I need some information on what to purchase to get me started. Also, if anyone has dimensions of #5 and #6 (DCC) turnouts, that would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi,

Who sells replacement knuckle springs on couplers? I lost one of them yesterday.