Hornby new to old stock couplings

[laurie45]

Any advice welcome please.
Has anyone had experience of altering the new hornby couplings to take the Old Hornby and Wrenn rolling stock coupling?
I am in the process of buying new Hornby locomotives for my grandson but want to use my existing rolling stock for him.
Due to the large amount of old stock I have do you think it would be simpler to just convert one end of certain stock to act as the compatible coupler unit.

[Flashbang]

Any advice welcome please.
Has anyone had experience of altering the new hornby couplings to take the Old Hornby and Wrenn rolling stock coupling?
I am in the process of buying new Hornby locomotives for my grandson but want to use my existing rolling stock for him.
Due to the large amount of old stock I have do you think it would be simpler to just convert one end of certain stock to act as the compatible coupler unit.
Hi and welcome.
If you plan to run set configurations of stock - wagons or carriages then as you suggest the easiest is only to convert the end vehicle at one end to tension lock. This shouldn't be too hard to under take but will involve either bonding (use 5 minute Epoxy or superglue) the new coupling in place once the old one has been removed or use tiny self tapping screws or even 10 BA bolts and nuts etc.
Do ensure the new coupling is set at the correct height to match the new stocks couplings.

One thing to be cautious of, is modern code 100 track - as used by Hornby and Peco Setrack etc which may cause problems with the wheel flanges of old rolling stock. The problems are.... The wheels flanges can ride up on the rails sleeper fixings as they are too deep for modern track giving cause for derailments or at least a 'bump-bump-bump' type of ride along the track as the wheel flange hits each rail chair or the wheels are too wide to pass freely through point work and causes derailments.

The answer here is ideally to re wheel them, but if the problem is only on points then at times by carefully resetting the wheels position on its axle this can allow the wheels flange to pass through the points guide rails ok. Using a "OO" back to back gauge wont really help in this case as the old wheels have extra thick flanges, so the B2B gauge cant gauge them correctly!

[FreightMaster]

Just to back-up my honourable friend Flashbang the problem with the flanges and inconsistency of the wheels is especially bad when running older wagons/freight/carriages through points/diamond crossovers, as the gauge ratio isn't the same sadly. I would get calipers and do careful measurements were I in your proverbial boat.

Good luck my friend - do post photographs for us once you have completed your task, with your scenery background. We love being nosey!:D