How to weight HO scale rolling stock, install metal wheels and set coupler heights
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In this quick little video, I show you how I weight rolling stock (according to the NMRA standards) how I check coupler heights and install metal wheel sets.
Sometimes when you buy used rolling stock, it's hard to tell if you have metal or plastic wheels, so at the end of the video, I show you a quick little test I use that will answer your question 100% of the time, and removes all guess work.
What a brilliant clip thank you ever so much....
Thanks. Enjoyed all the tips.
When you have over 100 pieces of rolling stock to change from talgo trucks to body mounted Kadee couplers and change plastic wheels to Walthers Proto 2000 metal wheel sets, it gets kinda expensive. Now I've got to go back and weigh each piece and add weights to bring them to NMRA weight standards. I know I've spent nearly $400.00 doing all this. Cheers from eastern TN
i have marks on my foam cradle in inches. then look at the chart tapped to my work area. to know the weight and i use a USPS certified postal scale. no battery's to fail.
i use mostly lead. 3/8 zink nuts, but one car i am using lots of old metal axle's with plastic wheel sets from the junk box. just looking to save the dump from holding on to them till the end of time. gluing a stack of them inside the box car (non moving doors).
not sure how to do my articulated auto cars? as a bit on the very long side.
as to using zink. it is less than 1/2 the weight as lead. is just as toxic. (nay sayers try eating zink). but free if you pick it up off the road. find any lead save it. or sell to a reloaded.
as to the weight of the pricey (at least here in cal) self sticky wheel weights. allow for the weight of the sticky pad.
You didn't show how to set the coupler height, only that is was already correct. What if it wasn't?
You know what. You are 100% correct! I thought of that after I made the video, and I think you are the first person that pointed that out. My plan was to show how I adjust the height, but then forgot to show it on a different car. I have about 75 cars in my collection, and most of them are already done. If you look close when I lock the coupler to the height gauge, you can see that there is a substantial size washer between the truck and the body of the car itself. Most of the rolling stock I have use the small fiber washers from Kadee. The two I use are the red #208 and the gray #209. They are different sizes, but they work fantastic for fine tuning the height of the car to get it just right! I apologize for not getting that in the video. Maybe I will make another one to cover that. Thank you for watching!
I don't understand why you start at 1 oz. If your boxcar is .25 oz. each 1/2 inch, your first increment should be .25 oz not 1.25 if you are lining it with the first line on the left, right?
You start every car at 1 oz as a base weight, then add 1/2 oz per inch (or 1/4 oz per half inch).
One ounce per inch. Simpler. You don't have to comply exactly with NMRA standards, the cars just shouldn't derail!
Je vois que tu n'as pas publier d'autres vidéos de train depuis un an... comment va ton layout ? J'ai bien aimé tes deux dernières vidéos ! Je me suis abonné au cas où tu en ferais d'autres !
I see you haven't posted any other train videos for a year... how's your layout? I really liked your last two videos! I subscribed in case you do more!
Keep the good work !
What kind of wheels are those ?
I kept saying "steel" out of habit, but they are actually "metal" wheels made by Kadee. I also have metal wheels made by intermountain and Atlas as well. I believe those in the video are the Kadee 33" smooth back freight metal wheels.
@@dannymacnevin3939 The Kadee wheels are sintered aluminum and very good.
Your homemade chart including a ruler, is a very good idea.
Nah. Just use one ounce per inch of car. Easier.