4 pieces, brass investment casting, darkly burnished.
Close coupling for ETA 150, DB BR 515 from Hobbytrain (illustration shows untreated close coupling heads)
Assembly instructions:
PREPARATION:
Dismantle the bogie (s) of the vehicle (s). Remove any remains of old couplings or the entire coupling carefully by tilting it with your needle-nose pliers from the coupling shaft.
SHORTEN: Use needle-nose pliers to compress the "V" throat of the coupling shaft as desired (symmetrically!) And you will thus shorten the KPL. ASSEMBLY Carefully insert the new KPL into the shaft; start with one side of the flange plate first; aslant.
DANGER! If the application is too violent and the pressure is too great, the web of the shaft can be damaged! To the north, the ETA can be coupled again through the country's "batteries" or, if these are unexpectedly empty ...
