PC: Re: Re: HO passenger modeling & Bob Ried

["Stephen Foster" <wabash57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The IHC adapter works well on the IHC/Rivarossi cars, but not on con cor for
those I make up a pad of kadee shims to .085 thickness and file the edges a
bit rounded off.  this is for center mount IHC metal trucks.  I dont know of
any off center trucks other than the ones that come with the cars.

stephen
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill K. <pontiac -AT- dreamscape.com>



>IHC makes a cheap, simple adapter to allow the use of centered-mount trucks
>on these cars.  It is a plastic glue-on part that centers the hole and
>overlaps the mount pad for the original truck.  Central Hobby SUpply has
>some in stock (315) 437-6630 and you can mail order some there to get
>started.
>
>bill k.
>
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>> From: Garrett Rea <glrea -AT- earthlink.net>
>> To: Penn Central <penn-central -AT- smellycat.com>
>> Subject: PC: HO passenger modeling & Bob Ried
>> Date: Saturday, December 19, 1998 7:43 PM
>>
>> Gentlemen:
>>
>> I have a good passenger train coming along, but want to improve the
>> performance of the IHC/ConCorr cars I run.  Our club has an L&N passenger
>> train with Rivarossi cars w/body mounted couplers (kadee) that gives no
>> trouble.  I used the "talgo" McHenry and the train will split at
>junctions
>> in modules.  Should I go body mount couplers (30-36" radius curves) and
>is
>> there a better truck for IHC that is not so "squat" but with the IHC
>offset
>> mounting?  I am using body mount kadees and Roundhouse trucks on the E &
>B
>> valley car that I am building now, and plan to do so on the next one
>> (combine) so this may be the way to go.
>
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