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Chill dude! I'll try to talk you down. It's better to practice with a cheap model than an expensive one. First, remove the truck, and try to pry up the pin or brad holding the coupler cover on. If you can't, drill it out with a drill bit smaller than a #50, say a #60 or so for a pilot hole. Be sure to get it dead in the center. If that's difficult, try a smaller drill bit. Then drill out the head of the pin only with a drill bit the same size as the head. You should be able to pry off the pin head and maybe the pin too. Once you're that far, read this[url="http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/002/380vxgan.asp"] ARTICLE[/url] on couplers from Model Railroader on fine tuning knuckle couplers. (click on highlited words)
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