Model Railroading > Warning,don't let this happen to you.

Also,this might be old information to some.
I just descovered it yesterday,by accident.
Several years ago when Walthers started
doing their LW passenger cars I bought
several.I was amazed at the engineering that
went into the models.
They used what I call a skelton frame and added
"pop off" roof,sides and ends.Great.Easy to work
with for kit-bash work.
Sometime later they came out with the Mainline
Models.They made some I liked and they were
close to my needs,so I bought some for later
work.
As mentioned the time to add interior details came.
I tried every known way to remove the roof.I did the
so called "twist and bend" to no avail.Not to be
out done,I said the roof must come off.
WELL,to my surprise it did,after I nearly damaged the
car.
MORAL.Because these cars were not built like the first
ones (IE no skelton) EVERY part is glued together! No
way to get them apart without damage.
Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.

The Walthers instruction sheet that came with my Walthers Mainline cars said to use the twist method.
Even included a link to a video showing how to do it.

Here is how I open my WalthersMainline passenger cars.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23293002@N05/albums/72157691296475210

Darin Umlauft
A WC, SOO and GBW fan in Slinger, WI

That method shown is the way I used on
Proto cars.have done it for years.As I
mentioned,it did not work on my car.
The other replies indicated the same
way.My car had the roof GLUED on!

UJ