Having experimented with the HO version in Sn2, I love the ease of uncoupling using their magnetic wand. But Sergent's have one serious drawback that prevents me from committing to using them. While it's easy to misalign the couplers to drop them inside a building, it's impossible to realign them once in the building to pick the car up without dragging the it out manually first. I also have a hidden staging track that requires blind coupling. A centering spring would solve the problem. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine
>________________________________ >From: ctxmf74 <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2011 12:29 PM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: LATEST WORD from Sergent Engineering > > > > > >--- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@...> wrote: >> As you can see, Frank needs a little reassurance that all is not >dead in >> the S scale world! I can only do so much on my own, so I'm >asking for >> everyone to chip in and help me bring Frank up to date on >what IS going on >> and how many other active manufacturers are still >out there. > >Probably the best way for him to get reassured would be to talk with Don of >SHS, Ron of Des plaines, and with American models and Heimberger and get the >future prospects info direct from those who really know. >My opinion is that Sergent couplers would be proportionally more popular in S >or O scales than they would in HO scale as the larger size should make them >easier to line up when coupling, the heavier cars are easier to couple without >them scooting down the track on contact, and the larger the coupler the more >the scale appearance matters....Dave Branum > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
