Has anybody used Kadee Couplers on 18 Inch Streamlined Passenger Cars,if so what model did you use and any additional hardware.
Thanks
Mikey
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I use Kadee 805's on MTH 18" cars. Only hardware I use are MicroMark shims, or 0.5" x .06 Evergreen styrene and screws. I do trim several pleats from the diaphragms. The cars are close, but do not touch on O72 curves. They look better on O96. I've also done the same on 21" cars.
Might as well use the new 700 series now. Prototypical look, eliminate the external spring, and work the same.
Laidoffsick, are you getting the 700's to mate with claws? I've not yet converted my engines (still a bit afraid to undertake that task).
No, the 700's do not mate up with the CLAW like the 800's do. Nor do they uncouple easily when mated to a 805 using the uncoupling magnets.
Laidoffsick,
Your layout, properties and trains are beautiful, congratulations and good luck.
Ralph
On my scale-length cars I mount the couplers in swing arms made from square brass tube. The swing arm is swiveled at a point as far back from the car end as possible without interfering with truck swing. Length of the tube from the pivot point is determined such that cardiaphragms just touch on O-72 curves. Proper height is made using styrene pads and shims.
This arrangement is not self-centering. If I ever decide to do switching with my passenger stock I'll need to come up with a coupler centering arrangement similar to the method used by John Armstrong.
