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 Posted: 7 Mar 2022 07:49 am
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A detailed description of the model

and its internal changes

can be found here




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 Posted: 7 Mar 2022 12:24 pm
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Helmut, Thanks !!

This answers all my questions.

:Salute: :Salute:

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 Posted: 8 Mar 2022 03:17 pm
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Just discovered the trucks with Rapido couplers I've been saving for my HOn30 cars,
extend way past the car underframes, and will separate the cars when coupled.

The Microtrain truck with a medium extended coupler (on the left car)
looks like the better choice. 

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As it turns out,
after forty years of putting Microtrains trucks on my N scale cars,
I have a good supply of suitable HOn30 trucks.

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Spacing seems to be about right with these trucks.

I'm waiting for some small screws to arrive,
so I can mount them.

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 Posted: 9 Mar 2022 05:05 pm
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My tiny screws arrived today,
but I can't find my tiny drill bits.

I'll have to wait until new ones arrive.

:bang:

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With my new drill bits to pre-drill screw holes, and a few simple tools,
I finally got my first pair of trucks mounted.

With no depth perception and wobbly hands,
it was quite an adventure.

:us::us:

Regards, Dave L.


Update.

The couplers seem to be catching on the end sills.
I'll have to add Microtrains washers and do this all over again.





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There is no issue with the trucks rubbing
on the new hopper cars from this supplier.

One small problem
is that there are no pilot holes on the truck bolsters,
so one must drill them for the mounting screws.

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Here is the link to this dealer's store.

Regards, Dave L.

https://www.ebay.com/str/jtstrainsandstuff?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2563


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I solved the interference issue
by trimming away the lip on the end of the underframe
instead of adding the washer.

Here is my roaster of HOn30 cars.

I have two more pulpwood flats coming
and now need to think about a locomotive to pull these.

Regards, Dave L.  





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It turns out that even with the trucks attached these cars
are so light that they have a hard time staying on the rails.

I had to glue weights, quarter inch nuts, in them.

The hoppers will have to have loads
to cover the glue and nuts.

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Two small bulkhead flats are ready to go.

I'm trying to think how I can weight them.
Some sort of metal load will have to do it.

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David Laughery wrote:  
I'm trying to think how I can weight them.
Some sort of metal load will have to do it.


How about a thin layer of lead sheet
between the body parts ?

The kind that roofers used
until it was outlawed ?




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Gerold

It is a good idea,
but sheet lead is pretty hard to find around here.

Some kind of metal crates or barrels might work,
but raise the C.o.G. too high on the car.

I'll be on the lookout for something.

Thanks, Dave L.


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Last night a friend and I
dug out some of the HO buildings I've collected over many years
and tried to place them on a proposed plan we had drawn out full size.

We had room on the plan
for only a fifth of the buildings stored in three cartons.

:bang:

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I was thinking of converting this Japanese steamer,
into a credible HOn30 engine, to pull all the new little cars.

I have the kit to convert the Bachmann 0-6-0,
and was curious to see if it could be adapted to this engine.

It is not apparent how the boiler is removed,
and the tender is too short.

I'm thinking I can't use this engine for a conversion,
and will have to buy a Bachmann to use with the kit.

Regards, Dave L.   





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Dave

What about that wooden tank car ?

Did you have to add weight ?

I've been thinking about picking up a few of those cars.




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 Posted: 19 Mar 2022 11:35 am
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Michael,

The car seems to have enough weight to track pretty well.

Actually, all the cars, when coupled up
and run on my N-scale layout, ran without derailing.

That includes the little bulkhead cars without additional weight.
I had put weights in the hoppers and boxcars.

Go figure...

Regards, Dave L.

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I ran the lightweight bulkhead cars near the front of the train,
with the heavier cars behind, and there was no problem...





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I used a MDC N-scale 2-8-0 to pull the train.

I have the Shapeways kit to convert it to HOn30,
and with cars to pull, it is time to think about doing that.

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