Pieter, I haven't had any problem with them being in the way or easily damaged and most of my rolling stock has them, with the exception of the standard gauge cars. I can't say the same thing though for air hoses, which I've knocked off or broken plastic ones many times. Lately I've only been using the rubber ones and they hold up fine when abused. As older rolling stock has them damaged, I'm replacing them with the rubber ones. When I first started building cars years ago with air hoses, I thought the Kadee coupler "gladhand" looked ugly so I started cutting them off. Most of my narrow gauge rolling stock with Kadees doesn't have them.
Dave Heine Easton, PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pieter Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 11:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Latest S Scale Journal Article Hi David; I'd say no. Very few HO cars have them, even among the high end products. I suspect they are seen as easily damaged, often in the way of operating couplers and simply not noticed or requiered by most buyers. That said, my recent cars all have them, and I recommend Earl Tuson's etched Carmer levers for those cars that need them (including USRA boxcars as well as many PRR). Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:35 PM, "David Heine" <[email protected]> wrote: One thing I've noticed. Most of my Sn3 kits come with cut levers or at least the wire to make them and I've put them on most of my narrow gauge cars, although it is nice when they're prebent. Now that we have some RTR plastic freight cars in Sn3 from P-B-L, they also have them. But as Ed states in the article, the standard gauge cars generally don't have them other than brass. Is this another holdover from the AF legacy and a compromise to accommodate AF-compatible couplers? Dave Heine Easton, PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of westfield_depot Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Latest S Scale Journal Article The S Scale SIG is pleased to announce the latest release of our online journal, an informative article on modeling cut bars by Ed Kirstatter, at http://sscale.org/651/volume-1-no-8-modeling-cut-bars/. Enjoy. Chris Borgmeyer ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ 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/
