Rana Temporia Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 At the last Bolton swapmeet I got a selection of British Trix wagons for not very much money but needed to convert them to Tri-and couplings. Trix thoughtfully provided appropriate mounts for them in the chassis mouldings and my previous means of fixing them was with superglue and track pins. When I tried that last week it didn’t work very well, modern track pins must be a bit thin! I checked the hole in the mounts and it was the right size for an M1.4 tap so I’ve tapped them all and ordered some M1.4 screws for a pittance off ebay which took less than 2 weeks to arrive from China, presumably not on a slow boat. The couplings are completely solid and I am very happy with this way of fixing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Thanks for sharing.M1.4, wow that's small for home tapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Small but easy thanks to pre-existing holes in the mounts and the fact that the chassis is plastic. Amazing, since I bought a set of mini metric taps and dies for one specific job I have found all sorts of uses for them. I haven’t used my BA set that much for a long time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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