Has anyone seen the type of coupler system that Walthers uses in their HO scale passenger cars and long wheel-base freight cars? Seems like something like this could solve many of our coupler problems if we could find some way to develop this same type application for our S cars.
John Degnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From Railroading To Religion... John's World on the Web : http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/welcome.htm ============================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Poniatowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:07 PM Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] NASG Pullman couplers > > > Dave et al., > > I use the Talgo mounted couplers on the Pullman cars simply because > they allow me to use the cars on tight curves. To solve the problem > of them being too high, I remove the end wheel sets and bend the > Delrin mounts on the trucks (very carefully) along with the coupler > shank. The plastic is pretty tough and can take a bit of rough > handling. Body mounting the couplers looks better, but sometimes the > Talgo mounts work better, especially when going through tight cross > overs. I make sure that the coupler height matches the NASG coupler > height gauge. I also file small "relief" semi circles on the > coupler shank to allow more coupler swing. > > As far as the minimum radius on body mounted units, I will defer to > someone who has more experience in body mounting couplers! > > Jerry Poniatowski > > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
