Pieter, Please let me know what you find on the coupling distances with the #5s.
I checked out your website. The only question there is that it was difficult to tell which models were S and which models were HO. If they were all S scale, then I'd definitely be interested in using the couplers that you've used on those models. Great work!! Rhett --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Rhett, Bud; > > I need to check Bud's point about about the distance between cars with the #5s, as I have a number of cars so equipped. One advantage of the #5 and 802/SHS coupler combination is that you can test both to see what you prefer without reworking afterwards; the #5s and 802s will mate and run reasonably together. I'm not sure about automatic uncoupling, as I don't use that feature. Both will also mate with the AM "Snap-lock" dummy couplers if those are still around - I use all three types as the need arises. The dummy couplers go on blocks of cars that don't need to be switched. > > Pieter Roos > > Pieter E. Roos > > Railroad Home Page at > > www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html > > --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Bud Rindfleisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Bud Rindfleisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re:S scale couplers > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 8:40 AM > > Rhett, > Welcome to S scale, you not only have chosen the ideal modeling > scale but have now found what is probably the greatest bunch of people > in the hobby. > A note just to bring one small detail to your attention if you > decide to use the HO scale Kadee #5's on your PRS cars (or any others) > being that they are a tad too small for S, the coupled distance between > two cars is also less than scale which is typically 3' between the ends > of cars. I don't have two cars equipped with the #5's so I can't > measure > that distance but it is somewhat less than 3'. Not trying to discourage > your choice just pointing out a detail that might or might not be > important to you. > Bud Rindfleisch > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ 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: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[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/
