I honestly seached for “weight problems” but didn’t come up with anything close to my problem.
The weights on my SP&S box cars made by accurail are all slightly too big and warped. what can I do to solve this?
[banghead]
Have you contacted Accurail? They should replace them if are not up to snuff. ( How can a weight be warped?)
Try substituting pennies, two sided tape.
Pine Car aka Kub Kar weights are also easy to use and can be broken up to adjust the weight required. These can be bought at your local Scout Shop.
Chuck,
Your penny weight is a good idea but you can buy more weight than the weight of a penny by using those pennies to buy shotgun bb’s from your local gun store. The shot can be fixed in place using white glue.
You can often find free auto wheel balancing weights at a tire dealer because they throw them out whenever they re-balance a tire for a customer. Should be able to get a life-time supply for the asking.
I fixed one car on my growing RS. when The Cat knocked it off the 40" layout onto the floor! I picked it up and now the weight is shaking around!!! the body is glued on and everything! what to do!? its a 40’ accurail boxcar.
this problem differs from the helpful sugges. above but thanks for the advice.
Hi, JC!
If the weight that came loose is flat, you could drill a hole or more holes in the least visible spot(s) of the floor of your boxcar (but in the area underneath the weight) and inject some glue inside. Then shake the car so that the weight falls to the floor and onto the glue.
I know I’m repeating myself, but I can’t help it - if handling lead, please wash your hands thoroughly when you’re done!
Hope this helps.
Good luck!
Oliver
Jc, I assume you are speaking of those flat sheet metal type weight. These are usually produced by one of two methods, “die punching” or “shearing” which is cheaper. Shearing does tend to cause a slight warp and depending on the operator stop settings on the shear, sometimes under or over size pieces result. You can clamp the wieght in a vise and use a flat “mill” file to file them down to size or a grinding wheel set up in a Dremel type tool. To remove the warp, place the weight on a piece of 2x4 and use a hammer to “gently” tap the warp out. Oliver stated the best way to fix the car that kitty >^…^< tried to rekit for you.
It worked, thanks!
I’ve been reading this for years, but here’s a thought…since these weights are lead and with the much tighter environmental laws and restrictions nowadays, I wonder if they can just toss them into the trash anymore. They may need to somewhow be “properly” disposed of. I wonder. Anyone know?
Get rid of the cat?
CB&Q Guy,
Yes there is regulations for disposal of lead. EPA lists lead as a HW (hazordous waste) product. RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) has specific rules for disposing of lead and products with lead.
However, if you ask, most tire shops will let you have some.