Quick Coupler Comparison

[peteski]

Cool!  Thanks, @peteski - I’ve enjoyed this resource in the past; thanks for sharing!

To find it, select “How to” from the home page and then scroll down to the “locomotives” section.  Your coupler article is the fifth one down… has “MUST SEE” next to the article.  (It’s titled “N scale coupler evaluation”)

Thanks again!!
Jim

Ah, now I see it. Thanks! I would have never thought of looking under the Locomotives section! I did look in How To, but probably scrolled right by it.

[turbowhiz]

No Sergents?    
 
ed

Hrrmmm Sergents....

Being scale, they will be under the length of the ALL of the N scale boxing gloves!

A standard MTL N scale coupler works out to scale HO from head base to knuckle face based on some quick measurements. Crazy.

I'd never looked at the Sergent CAD before, but I finally loaded it up for interest this evening. I overlaid my design (rescaled to HO) on top of the Sergent, and they are effectively identical, which hopefully implies we both got it right.

I've been wondering what the appetite is for a HO scale uncompromised appearance coupler that operates like a model coupler. Sergents are super cool and all, but it really feels like they're a bit too "real" for most in terms of their operating characteristics. I don't like that you need to hold the magnet ball to make a cut personally.

I've got some examples coming, so I'll update the comparison with a Sergent (IMW technically) along with a classic Rapido, just cause.....

Any other requests?