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Sol Former Member
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Before Started life as R6474 from the railroad range stripped to bare chassis  added bogie bolsters, centre sill & base for Kadee couplings  Painted, Kadees fitted #148 in #252 boxes, renumbered the van, bogies painted & dullcoated the lot. Weathering to be done later.  |
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Petermac Admin 
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The underframe certainly looks cleaner Sol.  I'd guess, if you're going to "do things" to these Railroad range items, they're probably quite good. Cheaper than the current stuff and a few years ago, were considered "top of the range". ____________________ 'Petermac |
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Sol Former Member
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Gives me wagons, etc that are different to other layouts. My next one will be another VDA 4 wheeler but with Bachmann bogies. |
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Stubby47 Welsh exile 
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How do know how big( as in deep) to make the supports for the Kaydees before you've added the bogies ? Stu ____________________ Stubby47's Model Buildings - http://www.styubby47.co.uk All photos I post are ©Stu Hilton, but are free for use by anyone. The Chacewater to Newquay Railway: Shepherds Halt, Shepherds Station, The Treamble Branch |
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Sol Former Member
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Stu, I do the bogie bolster depth so the chassis lines up with the rest of the stock then adjust the Kadee ( no "y" in Kadee  ) support base to suit.In most cases, lining the chassis up with bogie installed , against a Kadee coupler height gauge #206 , gives a good indication.  The end of the lid as above is the height required to mount the coupler box. Occasionally, using their fibre washers #208 or 209 on bogies screws or gear box shims #211 is used to get correct height. |
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Sol Former Member
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To expand the above post, the Kadee gauge is located onto the track & the wagon offered up to it - the lid lip indicates how high or low , the coupler box top is to be. On a previous Hornby VDA van. I had to remove some chassis at the buffer beam to get the box high enough. |
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Stubby47 Welsh exile
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Ah, thanks for that, that's the order I thought you do it. I was asking as the picture sequence seemed to show you'd strip the chassis then added the bogie mounts and Kadee ( no Y) mounts at the same time at the correct height ( which I thought was quite impressive). Stu ____________________ Stubby47's Model Buildings - http://www.styubby47.co.uk All photos I post are ©Stu Hilton, but are free for use by anyone. The Chacewater to Newquay Railway: Shepherds Halt, Shepherds Station, The Treamble Branch |
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pnwood DON'T SHOUT my hearing is fine 
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The alterations change it completely. If it wasn't for the livery it would be difficult to know its origins Are you going to weather it Sol? ____________________ Nick AKA Woody ------- Much Murkle GWR a layout in the making Much Murkle website |
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Sol Former Member
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Yes, Nick , with the rest of my stock in the fullnes of time. | |||||||||
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