Dear Darrell,
I know we supplied our builder with the NMRA S scale standards for
body bolster and coupler heights and have asked them to use those. Our
code 110 trucks with the provided spacer works out to be the correct height.
Don
PS We have copies of the NMRA standards as well as for the NASG code
110 wheels that we have given to other S scale mfgs.
Darrell Smith wrote:
>I'm finally getting around to putting some cars together, and I came
>up with an incompatibility issue. I got some Ace arch-bar trucks,
>that have the truck bolster at the NMRA standard height. Good. I try
>to put them on the car bolster of a Huff-N-Puff 36' boxcar, and the
>car seems to be too low, definitely requiring an additional washer or
>more between the truck and car bolsters, as the car bolster hits the
>sideframes of the truck without such. I can do so, but it's a
>trial-and-error process to get the car at the right height, and then
>maybe have to shim the couplers too.
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>I'm not complaining, and I realize that to a certain extent this
>process is the nature of the beast. My question is, given that the
>standards do exist, are manufacturers making anything to the
>standards, or are they all going by their own personal standard? The
>vast majority of my future (1885 vintage)freight fleet will be
>scratch-built, and I'd like what I build to at least be close to
>product standards, whether that matches NMRA or not.
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>Any thoughts or info?
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>Darrell
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