Good morning. My name is Bob Ellis. I am a model builder, including some ho scale model trains. Until Mr. Sergent retired, I used Sergent couplers. I would like to find a new source for exact scale co

I got my first batch of couplers from Innovative Design the other day. They go together easily and work perfectly. Still learning how to paint them without fouling the mechanism, even ever so slightly

I have been modeling in various scales for 50 years. The last 20 have been primarily in On3, along with collecting and restoring Lionel postwar trains. Like most modelers I have started many layouts,

Sergents and KDs are not supposed to be compatible. I decided to investigate. I recently received some Innovative Models lower shelf E style couplers which are investment cast in brass. They are exqui

JL Innovative Design - Link below https://www.jlinnovative.com/ Has assembly jigs for couplers. I know there are/were some people looking for jigs. The one they have looks like it will do the job. The

Interesting Scott, please help me understand further. The entirety (spring, ball, knuckle, shank, cover plate) of the coupler’s parts are on the jig (dry fitted together) and then you punch where the

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I am assembling Sergent shelf couplers and I am having a fit trying to align the final piece ( the back plate ) when you weld/glue that plate onto the coupler whilst aligning it with the knuckle via i

Mr. George asked about coloring ideas. I wrote about my coloring option/process on the brass couplers offered by Inventive Models. I first used metal etching primer dispensed from a can and then used

Hello guys, As a heads up...12/21/2022@ 9:24 CST, the link that is enclosed went Live!!! The link is for Inventive Models website in which Eric has been teasing about a website. If any of you are on F

Some time ago I tried replacing the ball with a cylindrical magnet. IIRC it was 1mm dia x 1mm long. Didn't go well because the magnet was not constrained enough and tumbled in the cavity. Having a mag

Good morning, As a heads up, overnight Eric has a link available for Ebay to purchase the couplers. There is an issue with the payment links through the website and Eric has moved them to Ebay for pur

On this forum I have proposed several solutions for self centering but I am always striving to improve. I admire the Kadee "whisker coupler" technique and wondered if it could be adapted. I grabbed my

Hello: My name is Don Charabin, I live in Canada, and I am an HO scale modeler. I have bought many unassembled kits of Sergeant engineering couplers and any tips or advice that people have with regard

I'm looking to put F couplers from inventive models on a SD70ACe. Which one would be the correct length?

Have 2 full bulk packages available at cost? Make me an offer Geo....

I know these are supposed to be "gone", but it's really hard to believe that someone wouldn't take advantage of an existing mold and do another run of these--perhaps by direct purchase in multiples of

While many narrow gauge railroads used reduced size couplers, the Colorado narrow gauge system used standard gauge sized couplers, which I suppose, since the D&RGW was a class one railroad, they would

Thanks, that was fast! -Andy Carlson Ojai CA On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 12:58:16 PM PDT, Andy Carlson <midcentury@...> wrote: I have an extra package of engineered plastic fixed coupler from S

I have an extra package of engineered plastic fixed coupler from Sergent Co, contains 24 couplers (12 pair). I would not be surprised to find out that they will couple up to a Sergent type E coupler.