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Hi Kevin,Screwing a KD underneath is simple, most wagons will require a styrene block as it will be too high. You can always use an underset KD, which sits lower than the normal one (which is centerset). The Dapol NEM 362s are meant for Dapol wagons, other old stock will probably require adjustment. Use a KD height gauge to make sure.
I thought you wanted to keep tension lock couplers? I'm not sure what you mean by the metal plate either. If you are attaching a KD coupler box to metal (or for that matter plastic) you should use threaded screws and a drill and die set. At a minimum drill and use self tappers. Styrene blocks and glue are easler, although some of the old plastics are tough to glue to.
Get some from Dapol and have a go on an old wagon. It's not hard.
Nigel
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Hi Kevin,
snip… you should use threaded screws and a drill and die set. . snip ,,,,
Nigel
https://kadee.com/htmbord/page246.htm plus screws
https://kadee.com/htmbord/page256.htm
https://kadee.com/htmbord/page1706.htm
Ron
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as I wrote in http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=8591&forum_id=156
Now for those without a pony truck, anchor the coupler box under the buffer beam area - each loco has to be looked at as an individual item. What works for one loco may or may not work for another type.
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So then quite a decision to make there. As much as i would like to have those ,in my case perhaps i should just continue with Spratt and Wickle.
Shame but i have to be sensible about what is just a hobby.. Perhaps if i bought Kaydees a few at time it would not be so bad . There is also the Brian Lambert method , but i dont think one could shunt with those?
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I have in an experiment and will eventually will be fitting them to the all coach bodies at the end of each fixed rake.
Note I have / will have (I'm still building) 6ft radius curves. I have noted on this and other forums that those with a tight radius have had to fit them to the bogies.
This thread has some info
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=2220&forum_id=11&highlight=dingham+couplings
Unfortunately Bhotopucket has done away with all the pictures.
This thread has info too
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/99313-dingham-couplings-user-experience-00-gauge/
and this one which has info on several different types of coupling..
https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=126&t=2934
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The shed itself is long ago built, but I've been working my way from one end to the other fitting the shelves, cupboards and layout staging. I'm now on the last ten foot length at the 16ft wide end. One experimental base board has been completed "in white" ie landscaped. I have the materials in, to build the next half dozen boards. The aim is to get the basic boards completed in white as a circle. Then pull each board at a time to decorate scenically..
The Station / line was MSWJR then GWR, the Line had connections to LMS at the north end, GWR in the Middle and Southern in the south. The line would have been better off in the hands of SR or LMS or joint between them
As for high speed, I think the "express" managed the length of the line 62 miles in around 2 hours!!
The choice of Dingham couplings was for me after reviewing threads on couplings, then viewing many different couplings at shows, and then getting the opportunity to try using them on a layout at a show. Spratt and Winkles were in second place on my list and would have been appropriate since the MSWJR met end on to the Spratt and Winkle line…
I spent a day assisting on an end to end layout at a show using 3 link couplings…. I'm definitely not doing that on my layout, I was going cross-eyed at the end of the day, and from the viewers point of observation the hand of God coming over the top to uncouple was worse than a Hornby tension coupling…
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Hi Q
Shed? Sounds more like a small house!!!
I have a thread on Large layouts on here - perhaps I can ask you to share your experiences of same, particularly as you may have out-larged a lot of us
Many thanks
Barry
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I have my own thread which hasn't been updated for some time, however there is the odd bit of information and picture on there..
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14227&forum_id=21&highlight=ludgershall.
hopefully when the Weather means SWMBO doesn't have me working outside, I'll get back to working on the inside of the shed..
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Is this a metal or plastic chassis? If plastic most solvent glue may not work. CA probably will, but key all surfaces. If metal it's probably a MAZAC alloy, special solder, flux and safety precautions. Two methods I use:
1. 2-part epoxy (small hole). Cover one side with masking tape, fill slightly profound, file flat. Remove masking tape. Key the epoxy, glue and and screw.
2. Large hole. Cover with a plastic or brass plate, fill with 2-part epoxy, glue and screw. Use a KD height tool to determine whether you will need an underset coupler and what thickness of plastic or brass to use. Key, glue and screw.
With a van it's sometimes better to put the repair plate on top if it means a centerset coupler is used. Use long screws or machine bolts.
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Epoxy will take a thread or a self tapper fine.
EMA might work, depends on what plastic Hornby used. It's solvent welding, not gluing.
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