Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
- Sylvian Tennant
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Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
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
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
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Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Yes, it is better to have bogies instead of 4 wheels on those Brandbright coaches if your line have narrow curves.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.
My PHRy-line is 32mm with 2 foot curves, and all trains moves better around the line with bogies on the longer waggons.
Kjell Anderdal
Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
Yes, that was my experience too - I ended up putting my 4 wheel brake composite on Big Big train bogies...KjellAn wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:25 amYes, it is better to have bogies instead of 4 wheels on those Brandbright coaches if your line have narrow curves.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.
My PHRy-line is 32mm with 2 foot curves, and all trains moves better around the line with bogies on the longer waggons.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
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.
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Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
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...
They've got a nice short wheelbase, but the blurb suggests they're for "small to medium" rolling stock, whatever that means...
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Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
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.
https://www.swiftsixteen.co.uk/product- ... ling-bogie
Thanks for the suggestion. My recent experience of swift sixteen wheelsets have been fantastic.
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Re: Brandbright coaches on R1 curves.
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.
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