Has anybody put Kadees on a Menards box car? I tried two of them and I am pleased with the results. I know the Menards cars are not supposed to be scale but I think the box cars look better with scale freight cars than traditional stuff like the 6464 cars so I thought I might try putting Kadees on them.
This was my first time swapping out the claw so I wanted to start with some inexpensive cars first but I might do all of my Menards box cars. Here are two with Kadees next to two with claws.
With the Kadee couplers I'm sure the minimum curve is much greater but my layout is O-96 minimum so I do not think that will be an issue. I'm curious what the minimum is now with the Kadees.