Hi, Bought a couple Fleabay items. A caboose and a long tank car. The caboose is an MTL and is supposedly new, came with a coupling that was very...
So, on my 6" radius track which I am going to use for a T-TRAK module (not the mainline :)) I am planning on running B-Mann's Durango and...
Took delivery a few weeks ago on a set of eight Bethgon Coalporters, CSX, and a single Athearn Bethgon Coalporter, CSX. I went to couple them...
HI Folks; I have a pair of Kato Locomotives that have a non moving knuckle coupler on them, I was originally told they would work no problem with...
Does anyone have a current email for Eric Cox? panamintmodels@aol.com gets kicked back. I tried to contact him via Shapeways, but I'm not sure if...
Replacement of Rowa Rapido couplers with Kato 11-707 couplers
After reassembly the cover is drilled out. As you can see, it is approx. the same mounting dimension as an MT 1015(right).
An end shot of the completed car-Atlas did a nice job on these cars. The photo makes me wish for finer scale wheels, but rerailing NMRA compliant...
The completed car on the left-note the lowered height and shorter coupling distance.
The recessed area is shaved back with a chisel blade to fit the coupler box, and a # 62 hole drilled and tapped using a 1015 shim as a...
The bolster is milled to the proper height.-I did this one by trial and error. For newer MT boxcars, you should remove 0.5 mm.
Accumate diamantled. Note the dimple in the post. This is drilled out with #56 drill to clear 00-90 mounting screw.
Accumate Coupler removed from Atlas truck with rail nippers
Even an old Blue Label MTL car can be improved by body mounting the couplers and lowering the bolster as seen on the left.
