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Changing Peco arch bar trucks to HOn30One of the things about Colorado narrow gauge freight cars is that nearly all of them had coiled sprung, arch-bar trucks. Since I was stuck with Peco's rather weird leaf sprung offerings, something had to be done to bring them more in line with Colorado freight car trucks. I've dumped HOn30 and thought I'd keep this article for those of you who model the scale outside North America, it may be of help. ![]() An unfinished flat car, but the trucks look a lot better. In the above image you will notice the trucks have coil instead of leaf springs. To do this is a slightly long winded affair. The method is not cheap, so if you're reading this and are thinking dozens of cars, then you're best trying another less expensive waylike making a mould and doing loads at once. I used Ratio Arch Bar trucks (now Parkside Dundas diamond frame bogies) and removed only the springs, the rest got trashed. Doing the stuffThere is a sequence to achieving it all and, once done, you have trucks which are more in line with Colorado narrow gauge.
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The trucks now look more in line with North American narrow gauge, they are a bit longer, but work. Feb 06, 2021 More posts from: Model railroading Upscaling the whole thing Changing Peco arch bar trucks to HOn30 That's the end of HOn30 The Ballad of Sam McGresty | ||