A brief follow up on my endevours with the BK method.
I have been coupling / uncoupling and running around easily although I still need to tweak some of the rolling stock as they come apart over the magnets when being pulled across them. It
FEELS to me as if they need some weight added somehow.
I do have some lead sheet that maybe be able to be used with my thinking leading me towards opening the vans etc and adding some lead stuck on some blu-tack (to avoid any damage to them) and maybe adding some lead to the under side of wagon loads I have made.
The problem is I don't know how to open the vans.
Can anyone shed any light on this? They are all Bachamnn.
I have used PECO Setrack on my layout apart from one length of flexitrack so most of my curves are rigid in radius and I would say that on curved track (set track pieces, not flextrack on easier curves) they don't work so well as on straight track as sometimes one of the coupling hooks misses the other loop and can sometimes cause derailment.
Some of the staples needed a second slight bend halfway along the horizontal, although this may have been my non accurate fitting as it was quite a fiddly job so some stapler heights where they are glued to the dropper part are not quite the same.
Also, when installing I have superglue with a nozzle that I add just 1 or 2 drops to the coupler/staple on either side then lay the wagon etc on it's side diagonally at about a 35/40 degree angle so the coupler stays down and any excess glue will run down rather than up, leaving them to dry.
Thanks
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