Group, Thanks for the responses. I am going to give these things a go. Feedback to follow Ken

Send a pic of the chopper couplers! I love the idea of different couplers apart from AAR couplers. Not to go too far off topic but I have a 4-4-0 that I am planning on using some Link and pin

Dave; I agree on the Kadee coupler looks. At 73% the H0 Sargents are fiddly close for 3/4 size in S. For a type D just file a bit on the knuckle. I use AAR coupler height and Choppers from New

The Sharon was an older 'standard' coupler a bit smaller than a D or E. A so called type C. The only visual difference at our scale tween the D & E is the knuckle height. So; To make a "D out of an

Ken, I have been putting the Sergent coupler in my P-B-L equipment. Since the S Sharon is a shorter shank than the KD#26, I remove the mount hole in the P-B-L casting and drill a new hole to screw

I model in Sn3 and have HO Sergent couplers on some of my rolling stock. I tried them after seeing them on some other Sn3 models. I've been mostly working on my layout, so I haven't converted my old

Sharon and E couplers will interchange. There is also a +.100 shank E head coupler available on the website. Just using E's will definitely change your opinion on Kadee couplers. Nathan Rich On Dec

Group, My name is Ken Neufeld. I model in Sn3. Wondering if anyone out there is using Sergent couplers in this scale/gauge. Would also like to know if there are specs on these couplers. Couldn't

Early cars had the fixed drop box for HO height. Later cars have a removable spacer. Bill Uffelman Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

No problem on my part. BTW, I have some of the the Sergent Engineering assembly jigs that also look like they are made via 3D printing, maybe even by Shapeways, and highly recommend them. they also

Sorry, this was intended for Mike Condor, not the list. Bill Lugg

I use SketchUp, a free 3D program now owned by Google. But I had a hard time until I realized that SU, until CAD, worked better by starting with large shapes and removing "material" to make the item,

I only have a couple of Bachmann cars, early ones, and they had something that looked like a lower coupler box and an upper coupler box. It also looked like the lower box had to be removed to use the

Just out of curiosity, can you point me to a good tutorial or two about designing parts to be printed in 3D by Shapeways? I've got some items I think might be interesting to try, but haven't a clue

Howdy: I don't recall that Bachmann has the adjustable coupler box height; I do know that AMS (Accucraft) has the height to HO standard / adjustable to On3, and San Juan Car Co. excellent kits are set

Thanks for the order! Yes, they added the same height (On30 and HO.) But some prefer the One coupler height for their On30 rolling stock as they feel it looks more prototypical. I will probably be

There's something about that that had always bothered me, I personally think that On3 and On30 should use the same height, since most On30 is lazy On3. All this Colorado outline equipment built on a

So the standard coupler height for HO equipment and On30 equipment is the same? I guess I would have expected On30 equipment to stand a little taller. I ordered one in HO-On30 and HOn3 just the

Pardon the multiple posts, but I'll only post this announcement once. My company, CESCO, has completed and tested designs for a group of coupler gauges for HO stnadard gauge and several narrow

I’ve been removing the flash with an X-Acto knife or scalpel, and fishing any walnut pieces out with a straight dental pick. I haven’t broken anything yet, but I’ve only done about 20 of them