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Thisis what I have picked up from the Atlas Forum but have not any reason to try them. 1)Remove couplers 2)Look under the frame 3)Locate the shell attaching tabs that snap over the frame lugs. 4)With a tiny jewerler's screwdriver, very carefully pry each one away from it's mated position and insert a flat toothpick between the tab and frame so they don't re-latch. 5)Very carefully wiggle the shell up and off the frame 6)BIG NOTE!!!!You MUST remove the entire walkway/step assembly at the same time you remove the shell. They MUST rise together or you'll break your handrails. The above is from experienced modelers however ATLAS recommends, is to slide your fingers between the shell and the handrails, getting down as close to the walkway as possible. Then squeeze the sides of the shell just above the the mounting tabs and wiggle the shell back and forth sideways while pulling gently upward and forward . It's not the easiest thing to do, and the shell doesn't always release the first time, but with continued working it will. Once the back end has released,repeat in the center over the gas tanks, then do the front end. BE CAREFUL & PATIENT, so as not to break the tabs, or to distort or break the handrail mounting point.
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