I think the COUPLER KING is correct with regard to the quality of plastic springy pieces used to keep knuckles closed. The local HO guys here all say that merely parking a train overnight on a curve causes the plastic to take a set which diminishes it's spring action to near zero. Nobody uses them and they are generally thrown away and replaced with Kadees. Metal springs are better is the general conclusion. On the other hand, the prototype does not even have knuckle springs in the first place. So what exactly is the problem? Cheers....Ed L.
> From: Talmadge C 'TC' Carr > There is one company that makes an H0 coupler with a sliding whisker > for the knuckle spring. > <http://www.mchenrycouplers.com/mch001.htm> (original series only) > There couplers above are heralded by the VAST amount of HO scalers as "TOTAL JUNK" because the little plastic "whisker" on the side of it that is supposed to close the nuckle is very weak, even when brand new, and becomes almost completely ineffective within a month or two. > John Degnan ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
