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Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:09 am
by Sylvian Tennant
Hello.
A quick question, I've got sone brandbright 4 wheeled panel coaches to build soonish and my line only has lgb r1 curves.
Has anyone had any experience with them on this type of track?
I'm just wondering if i need to procure bogies instead of building them as bought
Thank you
Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:25 am
by KjellAn
Sylvian Tennant wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:09 amI'm just wondering if i need to procure bogies instead of building them as bought.
Yes, it is better to have bogies instead of 4 wheels on those Brandbright coaches if your line have narrow curves.
My PHRy-line is 32mm with 2 foot curves, and all trains moves better around the line with bogies on the longer waggons.
Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:00 pm
by Andrew
KjellAn wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:25 am
Sylvian Tennant wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:09 amI'm just wondering if i need to procure bogies instead of building them as bought.
Yes, it is better to have bogies instead of 4 wheels on those Brandbright coaches if your line have narrow curves.
My PHRy-line is 32mm with 2 foot curves, and all trains moves better around the line with bogies on the longer waggons.
Yes, that was my experience too - I ended up putting my 4 wheel brake composite on Big Big train bogies...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:03 am
by Sylvian Tennant
Thanks for the feedback. I had seen others do this to them but was unsure have invasive the bogie fittings would be. Looks like it'll be hunting around for the appropriate bogies.
Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:37 am
by Andrew
I've always thought these were rather attractive:
https://www.swiftsixteen.co.uk/product- ... -bogie-set
They've got a nice short wheelbase, but the blurb suggests they're for "small to medium" rolling stock, whatever that means...
Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:58 pm
by Sylvian Tennant
I'm quite taken by these tbh - thryre a bit longer but look quite purposeful.
https://www.swiftsixteen.co.uk/product- ... ling-bogie
Thanks for the suggestion. My recent experience of swift sixteen wheelsets have been fantastic.
Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:47 pm
by Lonsdaler
This sounds like a good solution - I have IP engineering coaches which are of a similar dimension to the Brandbright 4 wheelers, and on my (nominally) 36 inch radius curves I have had to reduce the distance between axles to about 5 3/4 inches to get them to go round the curves. I think I may attempt an conversion to bogies instead.