I'm not. The DCC friendly SD45/C30-7/U30C, GEVO, SD70ACe, and retooled C44-9W use straight shank couplers. These locos come from the factory...
923500 are not the correct short shank couplers for the DCC friendly SD45. The correct ones are 923503
I don't care what it costs. I want to dump my IM SD40-2T / SD45-2T / SD45-2 locomotives and replace them with something better. Didn't even...
This is a rather silly question. You can't model anything real without buying several brands of models since not every company makes every model...
MTL failed to make FTs in CNW and CBQ. Two large railroads that would have sold better. I think the MTL FT is superior to that of a IM FT. The...
Nearly all N scale locos that use a 1015 coupler use the shim on top of the coupler box.
Basically wrong
That only applies to the first generation 1015 couplers. You flipped the coupler box halves to change the height and no shim was used.
The first run of C30-7s from the 1990s uses a 1015 coupler with the shim on top of the 1015 coupler box. The most recent run uses a 2004 coupler...
I’ve found most manufactured metal wheels and trucks to be garbage. The only ones I am satisfied with are Kato and BLMA.
What is the thread pitch of the Atlas Accumate screws? I think it is M1.2 x something I need to order some longer screws for a custom project.
Its just a reflection of the current state of the industry. About 1/3 of the equipment I buy needs some type of repair before it is placed on the...
We are now into decade #2 of intermountain locos and we still see the same problems.
I bought four packs of these hoping to solve some body mounting problems. Now I have even more problems. I bought both long and short shank...
They look out of scale when sitting next to an Atlas/Kato model.
The problem is when I look at the latest generation of HO models, I see the correct road specific headlight arrangements, horns, winterization...
I have purchased five of these passenger cars recently. I cannot get the magnet activated interior lights to work. Yes, I have removed the...
The pilot on the PCM E8/9 is from an E7. The curb appeal of the Kato is better; because the PCM looks out of scale when placed next to a Kato or...
Kato just needs to make E6s and E7s and release more E8/9s and PAs to but the fork in PCM. PCM models are junk.
I've really never been impressed with anything they have made. Every one of their models has unsightly seems or glue interfaces where not exists...
