Modify the trucks and axles with micro bearings to minimize friction? The link is for modifying Bachmann's N scale "lead sled" Amfleet coaches...
Your quote was in response to someone leaving N for HO on account of the difficulty of replacing couplers. Aside from space restrictions, I'm at...
Right scale for the context of "You can try HO scale and the problems it will present." Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk
Wrong link...d'oh! http://www.sergentengineering.com/Atlas_CHopper.htm Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk
Converting the Atlas HO ACF 3560 to Sergent couplers is pretty easy... http://www.sergentengineering.com/ Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk
It can make a difference if the truck is designed differently, e.g. centered kingpin hole vs offset kingpin hole. In this case, MTL's 100T truck...
Re: swapping trucks or the size of the coupler boxes? Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk
Swapping the stock Atlas 100T trucks with new MTL 100T trucks will accomplish nothing. The True Scale Coupler boxes are just too damn big for...
Put the 1015 couplers in a 2004 coupler box. Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk
For Atlas 11K gallon tank https://www.shapeways.com/product/PWH4SE2GD/atlas-11g-tank-coupler-adapter-v2017 Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk
FYI - MDC/Roundhouse tank with 1017 couplers (redesigned version) and BLMA trucks to lower the ride height Note that the couplers themselves are...
For whoever was asking about frame-mounted couplers on tank cars, MTL 1017 couplers (as in the new ones that are sold separately from the trucks)...
FYI - The Trainworx adaptors are for cars that lack any sort of surface whatsoever to attach a coupler box, e.g. Atlas 90T triple hopper,...
These particular cars, along with several other Atlas cars that still come with yuck-mounted, I mean truck-mounted couplers are already at the...
Blessing in disguise. The IMRC artwork is based on LMLX 1587-1699, which were wood-sheathed cars built in 1930 that were rebuilt with steel roofs...
GP38-2 has 34' distance between truck centers, RS11 has 31'. AZL GP7/GP9 chassis would be a better match. Maybe you NP fans could use a U25C...
I could live with the difference for lack of a later phase S4 in Z. I also wouldn't hesitate to say that it's closer to a S4 than my MTL SD40-2...
For the sake of comparison, here's the Kato "mid-production" SD40-2 chassis. http://www.katousa.com/images/925125.jpg Sent from my LM-X410(FG)...
Kato SD40-2 (for early shells and "snoot") version? http://www.katousa.com/images/925120.jpg Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk
Re: SD38(AC) from SD40 If you do manage to find a Mark 4 long hood or are willing to modify the Kato SD40 long hood into a SD38(AC) long hood,...
