Big Blue has inspired some purchases

[TMo]

Had a few minutes available - got the Dremel out and shaved off the end of the coupler "tongue" and cut into the front and rear faces of the shell to get the shell to fit over the chassis. Success.... initially in getting it to fit from front to rear. Getting the shell fully seated on the chassis was another story.

Got my mechanic's rule out and the inside edge to inside edge of the Bowser shell was 0.72"... The chassis dimension for seating the shell (or the inside edge to inside edge dimension of the Roundhouse shell) was 0.75". It looks like I'll need to carefully shave 0.03" (0.015" on each side) of chassis material (which includes the portions of the frame that hold the trucks). Again, it's doable and part of the joy of kitbashing.... The other option would be to cut the plastic shell, but I'd be dangerously close to going through portions of the shell.