coupler body monted

[Anonymous]

I 'm a beginner, I want to instal kadee coupler on 40' boxcar I learn,few week ago, it's the better mounting for a free rolling freigth car but I don't know the better vay for this. I have buy #820 kadee coulper for try but on the aristocraft there isn't any base for fixing. I'm lost.

sorry if my english is not very well

See you later

Nicolas.

[DSchmitt]

I am not familar with conversions of large scale.  My experience is primairly with N scale and converting O gauge 3-rail to O scale 2-rail with body mounted couplers.

However: The Kadee "Large Scale Conversion List" at  http://www.kadee.com/  lists the 831 coupler for Aristo Craft G gauge and the 1831 for Aristo Craft #1 gauge "rolling stock".   Kadee also has a page with conversion instructions.  No instructions for Arist Craft "rolling stock" but something there might help.

 

[kstrong]

La poche de 820 coupleurs est la poche générique de coupleur qui devrait monter à presque n'importe quels matériels de transport. Ce que vous voulez faire est de construire une garniture hors du bois ou du styrène sur lesquels vous monterez la poche de coupleur. La ligne centrale du coupleur devrait être 27mm du rail.

La garniture que vous construisez devrait être vissée sur la voiture. Ne faire aucune colle d'utilisation, car les liens de colle casseront le temps fini.

Je n'ai pas une voiture d'Aristocraft devant moi, ainsi je ne peux pas te dire comment profondément la garniture devrait être.

(Merci, Google, pour le traduction.)

Translated:

The 820 coupler pocket is the generic coupler pocket that should mount to almost any rolling stock. What you want to do is to build a pad out of wood or styrene onto which you will mount the coupler pocket. The centerline of the coupler should be 27mm from the rail.

The pad that you build should be screwed onto the car. Do no use glue, as the glue bonds will break over time.

I don't have an Aristocraft car in front of me, so I can't tell you how thick the pad would need to be.

(Thank you, Google, for the translation.)

Later,

K