Hi guys,
I was wondering if this was going to be one of those threads where everybody thinks 'smart ar$e' and it ends up left at one post...
Here are a couple of pics showing the 'trick' element - how to make the hook fit the coupler:
You'll no doubt have noticed that the hook is a bit deformed - it looks short. Well that's to allow the correct geometry for the Kadee to continue to work and also so that it ends up the correct length. The S-scale couplers I've used here (#802: #803 the 0n30 coupler seems to be identical) are a little under scale, but better than the vastly over-scale Kadee 0-gauge coupler. Using the under-scale head should give good operation and allow the vehicles to be coupled at the correct distance apart; thanks to Slater's, with buffers retracted of course!
If anyone wants the dimensional detail I'm happy to oblige but it might take a day or two to translate from Dale-ese in my log book to something fit for consumption. Spilling tea on the relevant page really didn't help matters either...
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