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wcfn100

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True Scale Coupler Boxes, what's next?
« on: January 17, 2021, 12:54:36 PM »
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With Christmas behind us, and hopefully my kids going back to school next week, I'm hoping to follow up with another TSC box.  The body mount box seems to be good so for although I did receive a message about some coupler sag I need to investigate.  The Atlas ore car conversion has probably found it's max audience by now so it's time to move on.

What stands out to me would be a standard locomotive conversion, but I wanted to ask if there was something else that is needed.

Any ideas?

Jason
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Re: True Scale Coupler Boxes, what's next?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2021, 12:58:07 PM »
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Quote from: wcfn100 on January 17, 2021, 12:54:36 PM
...The Atlas ore car conversion has probably found it's max audience by now ...

I hope it wasn't an audience of one, Jason.   ;)
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Re: True Scale Coupler Boxes, what's next?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2021, 01:18:42 PM »
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Quote from: C855B on January 17, 2021, 12:58:07 PM
I hope it wasn't an audience of one, Jason.   ;)

No.  Three I think.  :D

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Re: True Scale Coupler Boxes, what's next?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2021, 11:35:36 PM »
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Quote from: wcfn100 on January 17, 2021, 12:54:36 PM
With Christmas behind us, and hopefully my kids going back to school next week, I'm hoping to follow up with another TSC box.  The body mount box seems to be good so for although I did receive a message about some coupler sag I need to investigate.  The Atlas ore car conversion has probably found it's max audience by now so it's time to move on.

What stands out to me would be a standard locomotive conversion, but I wanted to ask if there was something else that is needed.

Any ideas?

Jason

There's a little extra vertical play in the body mounts, but overall they work fine.  Too bad MTL can't be talked into modifying their longshank to take care of the needed modifications.  I'm lazy and only weld and snip a few at a time. 
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Re: True Scale Coupler Boxes, what's next?
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2021, 11:51:50 PM »
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What’s the link to the ore car conversion boxes? I’m trying to talk a friend into converting his Missabe fleet.
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Re: True Scale Coupler Boxes, what's next?
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2021, 05:22:49 PM »
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I've tried a bit to design an adaptor to mount a short TSC in an existing 1015 style box. For all the freight cars that are coming with integrated coupler boxes, this is a "quick" solution to convert them. This is what I've got so far, and it does work, but it could use some refinement which I haven't gotten to.


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