B&LE F7s PS3 Fixed Pilots Kadees

Dave..way cool..! too much honey do today never saw it coming !! next try will be weds..john..ps3 sounds like the real deal...you da man

Great idea eliminating the tether , sound good too !!!

Dave... Mario designed some Kadee mounting pads for the Lionel F units. Maybe they will work for the MTH engines, I dont know.  If not, Im sure they could be modified or he could make ones to fit the MTH Fs.

 Dave, I run 2 MTH DL109's together. My couplers aren't body mounted. It's been a while but I believed I removed the 3 rail coupler mount from the truck. I'm not sure if the 2 axle truck is the same as far as having the 2 tapped mounting holes I used. I picked up some aluminum stock to secure the coupler to the truck. Might have got it at Home Depot. Looks like I just trimmed out the length.

  It closed up the gap so that the diaphragms touch. I just checked now. The coupler height with this arrangement is perfect I run a single A unit. In your case. An A and a B. The fact that it's not fixed isn't all that noticeable and they track perfectly together.

 

Looks awesome man and it's cool you can now lose the tethers. I'm sure it will be much easier to install the rear Kadees when you figure out how. Any plans to weather them?

Dave. Thanks for the tip.
Dave

Very nice. Did you find the other B unit or paint one?

This was a whole lot easier

 

 

I know yours ain't Lionel but could be done the same way. if you want to body mount.

Thom,  The extra B is custom painted.

 

Doug,  Where might I get some of  those?

 

Norm, I'm having a hard time weathering these for some reason.

Dave,  I used your setup. The repainted b unit had newer trucks and the coupler mounts just unbolted. The older trucks spent some time in the milling machine.  I think the end results look great. Thank you for your help!

Dave

Dave.... CentralFan1976 (Mario)... right here on the forum prints them on a 3D printer

Me...

Very nice job.

Great job, Dave.

Nice work Dave and Great layout!