EFE JIA coupling

[WRH42]

Just a strange one, but it's annoyed me and I'm trying to come up with a solution!

I am having issues with my Accurscale 66 to EFE JIA coupling around 2nd radius (it's tight, I know!)

I'm wondering if I were to fix a NEM pocket with a bar to the chassis underneath the bogey with a small screw, could I make a pivoting coupling that's free of the bogey, without ruining the model?

You can buy these swivelling NEM pockets, but I'd probably have to look to my 3D printer to make a custom length bar.

Obviously I'd have to remove the bogey mounted pocket. Possibly with a dremel! ( !)

At least if it went wrong I could use that wagon at the back of the rake!

Any thoughts?

[Cliff]

See if you can find a cheap second hand wagon to use as a donor for the bogie.
At least this way if it doesn't work you can put the original bogie back on.

[WRH42]

Good news!

So, I decided to use the bogey shaft to hold this bar in place. I designed and printed a bar, and it worked rather well. The original design was rather thin, so although it wasn't very conspicuous it did snap after around 10 mins of operation! It was only 0.75 mm thick!

Having thickened the bar by 25% and adding some extra support it now works beautifully with no sign of wear after over 1hr of running.

I had to cut the front of the bogey NEM pocket off to allow my coupling to fit in front of it. This does mean that it sticks out slightly. Maybe a smaller magnetic coupling would still work and allow for more realism, although it doesn't look any worse than just using tension locks.

Much happier now as I can finally run my Accurscale 66 with JIA's around 2nd radius with no problems.