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Hello Micheal.
I was reading about you O-14 layouts. Good stuff. But I do have a question. You mention about using micro trains couplers on your rolling stock. How did you about installing them? On the wagons is it just straight and simple just gluing them right to the wagon? What about the engine.
thanks for any help
steve
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Hi Steve,
Sorry about the delay in replying, I've not been on here for a while. There's a bit on my blog in various posts about the couplers (including making, fitting, magnets), I fit them to 009 as well as O14.
http://michaelsrailways.blogspot.com/search/label/microtrains couplers
In particular this post: http://michaelsrailways.blogspot.com/2011/02/couplings-in-0-14.html
For the KB scale skips I flatten an area on the underside of the end, carefully drill a 1mm hole, and screw the coupler (1015 type) into place from below using the included screw. They self-tap in a 1mm hole. Sometimes I use a small spot of glue to prevent them turning, but that isn't essential.
Although it can be seen from above, it isn't obvious. here's a variety of wagons fitted.
Simple plasticard jigs set the height of the mounting, and the height of the trip pin to clear rails. I set them a little lower than the "N gauge standard", the height is set by the skips.
Locos are more tricky, needing a square hole to recess the draft box into and a means of securing it. If I can't use a screw I secure with a length of wire through the hole, fixed with expoxy. Here's a coupler hole visible under the prototype coupling block on the Lister pre-painting:
I hope that helps!
Michael
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