John, I've gotten Kadee 508's body mounted on my AM 85' heavyweights and they make it around my 29" radius and through Old Pullman #5 turnouts, although they won't handle a reverse curve through the #5's.
Just to eek out a little extra coupler swing, I also tapered slightly the inside side edges of the coupler boxes. I'm not really sure how much the tapers help, but they didn't hurt. Rich G. --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone else out there has gone the route of body- mounting (Kadee or Sergent Engineering (or other?)) the couplers on their Heavyweight Passenger cars? I'm going to go this route, and I'm curious to know what will probably be the tightest curves and turnouts these cars will negotiate with the body-mounted couplers? I will be using Kadee gearboxes with either Kadee couplers or Sergent Engineering couplers on my cars. > > > John Degnan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
