trwrouteIf switching is your thing, body mounting is the way to go.
Not with truck mounted MT couplers they work quit well on ISL switching.I have several years experince with N Scale switching including with those old Rapido couplers.
N Scale MT truck mounts isn't like HO X2F truck mounts..
Larry
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CTConrail Do you mean the truck mounts were causing you issues?
The truck mounts was not causing any issues.. I was caught up in the body mount coupler is better phase of the hobby.
In N scale, it all depends on if you prefer switching or just watching the trains run.
If switching is your thing, body mounting is the way to go. If you prefer just watching the train run, you could use either. But, i would do the easiest thing and use truck mounted couplers.
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
I think Larry meant to say "decided it wasn't worth the hassle".
It may be that the physics of N-scale may not make it a major issue whether or not you have truck mounted or body mounted couplers.
Probably the best thing would be to operate your rolling stock and see for yourself if pushing long cuts of cars into yard tracks through turnouts results in the trucks being pushed out of alignment and derailing cars.
If operations are ok and no issues when pushing, then no actions need to be taken. Sometimes trail and error is the most instructive.
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BRAKIE When I was in N Scale as late as 2012 I started to body mount all my couplers and half way throught the project I decided it was worth the hassell since the truck mouts wasn't causing any issues on my 1'x 8' ISL.
When I was in N Scale as late as 2012 I started to body mount all my couplers and half way throught the project I decided it was worth the hassell since the truck mouts wasn't causing any issues on my 1'x 8' ISL.
Do you mean the truck mounts were causing you issues?
SeeYou190 Back in my N scale days I body mounted all of my couplers. . Micro-Trains offered a pre assembled coupler, and their floor castings were pre-drilled for a 00-90 screw, so the conversion was very easy. Everything ran better. . Note: This was more than 20 years ago. Maybe track has improved to the point that this mofification is not longer any benefit. . -Kevin .
Back in my N scale days I body mounted all of my couplers.
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Micro-Trains offered a pre assembled coupler, and their floor castings were pre-drilled for a 00-90 screw, so the conversion was very easy. Everything ran better.
Note: This was more than 20 years ago. Maybe track has improved to the point that this mofification is not longer any benefit.
-Kevin
Unfortunately these couplers aren't pre-assembled, all the parts come on sprues so I have to do it which isn't a big deal but with this lot, among a ton of other things I also got the Micro-Trains assembly jig and height adjustment tool so putting them in shouldn't be an issue. I just want to make sure I won't run into problems if only some of my cars have body mounted couplers.
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I would think body mount is always preferable because there should be less chance of lateral forces on the couplers and trucks causing a derailment when pushing a cut of cars.
Never heard of the all one way or all the other thing ever, but I've been out of N for many years.
So I bought a big lot of parts on eBay. With it I got a big variety of MTL trucks and also body mount couplers. I have heard you should go all one way or the other and mixing cars with body mounted couplers with cars that have truck mounted may give me problems. How true is this and is anyone mixing without issues? I have a lot of cars that still have Rapidos that I want to convert and would like to put the body mounts to use if I can. If not I could always sell them and buy trucks.
Another question I have is what is the minimum radius body mounted couplers will operate without derailment or decoupling? I have a couple spots that have 12" radius on my track plan although its mostly 17.5". Any input or experience would be great. Thanks!