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Sigh. That is a GREAT job assembling the car. Awesome work! Milestones always need to be celebrated. I myself have a few of them athearn kits laying around in boxes having just finished a fleet wide metal wheels/kaydee coupler retrofit. Now. I dont want to be the one that points out something I noticed in the picture above. But to me it is such a stand out that I would not be any help if I stayed quiet. Here we go... you sitting down? Problem: Entire roof (ends are also the same as the roof peice) are just a ittle too high. Resolution: The roof need to be placed into the carbody proper and the coupler box tabs need to be lower to hold the coupler boxes properly. Solution: Take the roof, notice the middle tabs have air gaps that fits the molded holes in the very top center of the car body above the doors..... The sides of the car needs to be spread apart just a little bit. Then you can "snap" the tabs into the holes and fit the roof more "snugly" into the entire vehicle. If done correctly the tabs that are at each of your couplers will go down into the proper position to "hold" the coupler boxes. Try it. But carefully. Have a knive handy to erase the "burrs" that probably will develop in the roof tabs. Dont force it, be very gentle. Good Luck!
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