I was breaking out a couple more Aristo 2-bay hoppers to do my usual mods when I sat
them on my display board and coupled them up, these were right out of the box... What I
immediately noticed was the ridiculous spacing between the cars with the stock Aristo
couplers... It intrigued me enough to measure the distance and figure out what it was in
scale ft... Turns out its about 6 1/2 ft !!! In the real world U could drive a car between those
hoppers!!! I then took the 2 that I have already done the mods to, 33" metal wheels, Kadee
820s, and lowered a little bit, put them on the board and measured again, 2 3/4 scale ft !!!
The average person could walk between them, an it looks far more like what U'd see down
at the old 1/1 rail yard... Sure makes a good case for body mount Kadees don't it... Heres a
couple of pics that demonstrate the point...
Paul R...
them on my display board and coupled them up, these were right out of the box... What I
immediately noticed was the ridiculous spacing between the cars with the stock Aristo
couplers... It intrigued me enough to measure the distance and figure out what it was in
scale ft... Turns out its about 6 1/2 ft !!! In the real world U could drive a car between those
hoppers!!! I then took the 2 that I have already done the mods to, 33" metal wheels, Kadee
820s, and lowered a little bit, put them on the board and measured again, 2 3/4 scale ft !!!
The average person could walk between them, an it looks far more like what U'd see down
at the old 1/1 rail yard... Sure makes a good case for body mount Kadees don't it... Heres a
couple of pics that demonstrate the point...
Paul R...