Body Mount Adapter 30 Pack for IM 4750 Hopper by Keystone Customs

[Lemosteam]

Originally requested by @cbroughton67 several years ago, and recently refined and tested by another customer, Keystone Customs now offers a body mount coupler adapter solution the the MT 1015.

The 30 pack of adapters can be ordered through the website here.

Th kit includes 30 adapters and two bolster hole drill fixtures for mounting the adapters.

Installation instructions can be viewed here.

[MetroRedLine]

Originally requested bu @cbroughton67 several years ago, and recently refined and tested by another customer, Keystone Customs now offers a body mount coupler adapter solution the the MT 1015.

The 30 pack of adapters can be ordered through the website here.

Th kit includes 30 adapters and two bolster hole drill fixtures for mounting the adapters.

Installation instructions can be viewed here.

I don't have any of those cars, but that's quite an ingenious design right there. I'd love to see that adapted to other similar rolling stock that lacks a securing surface for a body-mount coupler.

BTW, where did you get that flat-headed 00-90 screw from?

[Lemosteam]

@MetroRedLine , thanks, Chris gets the credit for the concept.

If you browse thru the instructions, there are better screw solutions, posted by someone here recently. Smaller Phillips style heads.

The customer’s screw I believe is a Walters 00-90. That head is larger than the countersink on the coupler, which is why I am so interested in the 1.2mm screw.

Unfortunately, I am a transition modeler, but if anyone wants to send similar models to me to design to, I could make as many designs as needed. There are considerations like axle clearance and proper coupler height, but the genetics of the adapter are there to copy and modify.

[James Costello]

Sweet - thanks!