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I have both a silenced Novatouch, Royal Kludge 55g, and Realforce 55g. The Kludge feels just a little heavier than the Novatouch but is similar, while the Realforce 55g feels heavier and harder to press than the Kludge. The Kludge has a nice weight balance. It also is pretty quiet when typing - no need for a silencing mod.
However, the Kludge's action feels scratchier while typing compared to both the NT and RF, maybe due to the plastic sliders being a rougher plastic on the Kludge? - perhaps some lube can fix this. Not really a fan of its shiny plastic either. Overall I would rate:
Novatouch (silenced) > FC660C > Royal Kludge 55g > Realforce 55g > Novatouch (unmodded)
The process is very time consuming, and opening the Novatouch is a real challenge (harder than taking apart any other Topre keyboard) since the case is built so sturdily. There are some guides available that describe how to open up the keyboard and perform the mod on the keyboard communities (/r/mechanicalkeyboards, GeekHack, etc.).
I really did not like the Realforce 45g - for some reason the keypresses had such little resistance that it lacked tactility and seemed linear. The RF 55g is a little too tough for me, but a lot of people love it. The RF 55g is a good choice if you think Cherry MX brown/blue/red are much too light. The Kludge 55g feels more like 45g in the Novatouch or FC660C, if just slightly heavier.
Overall I feel the 45g in the HHKBs, Novatouch, and FC660C are just right for me. The Novatouch is my favorite because it's TKL, is MX compatible, and feels and sounds great to type on (after doing the silencing mod). If I can figure out how to dampen the Novatouch's spacebar stabilizer then it would perfect.
Also mostly i have heard the Nova is a lighter feel than 45G by more than one person> So that's a no Go. This 55 better be a lot more than a Nova.
And i also weighed 2 rubber membrane keyboards along with it. One being 10 years old and used as much, another being new unused old stock.
All of them were often 5G higher across the board than their rated specs up to 10G and up to 40G on Type Heavens space bar.( It held - all approx using nickles - 85G before collapse). So i wonder if people even really know what 45G feels like or how much of it is just subjective.. I would say Type Heaven felt like MX Browns in force required to activate. They are similar, but not the same force is required.
It also didn't feel much different than my rubber membrane which came in at about 60-65G average by comparison.
That said it may not be much to worry about and i'll go for the 55G just in case. It just seems to me if anything they are probably higher than 45G and 55G respectively rather than less after testing a true Topre along with two vastly different rubber membrane boards all being rubber based and getting basically the same result.