HA White Kitty…" You are not to use images of my cats for pornographic purposes" Whiskey Tango Foxtrot…
well for a 10 year old, the hook and loop seams to hold up pretty darn good, regardless of looks.
I just found at another Church four more Circus cars…all with hook and loops…heading out to make sure metal wheels are in place and journals greased.
This will be 40-45 days of continuous evening running, usually with nobody with any model railroad experience in attendance, so we’ll see how it works.
Ahhh, remember the infamous “White Kitty”…he could be proclaimed the Patron Saint of Loop Hook Couplers, if he showed up soon, to be anointed with a beaker of fine holy water.
I wonder where he is these days…his first name was Clay…anyone remember his last name ? I hope he is still enjoying his magic smoke units, and is in good health.
BTW…
For those that enjoy the service of a B’mann 10 wheeler, of any generation.
The loop coupler on the tender, that connects with the locomotive, is easily body mounted, and moved back by about a quarter of an inch or more, by using styrene shims, to get it at the correct height. This makes the distance between the loco and tender look far better, and the locomotive and tender do back-up moves pushing a train, much more dependable.
The Hook coupler on the locomotive can be left as is…
It’s no wonder we never see all the circus stuff over here in Yesterdayland - you guys have it all in your cellars.
Here, we mostly don’t even have cellars to go looking in, in case the Hook-n-Loop fairy hid her stash away from you guys.
tac, owner of many H & L units.
For Hook & loops I find that not only are the springs weak on Bachmann, but the plastic is brittle and these do not last on my RR.
LGB and USA are identical (hooks, springs, pins). Aristos are have s screw taking the pulling torque whereas the LGB/USA/Bachmann have a plastic guide pin and the screw just holds the Hook and loop in place.
And Hartland mounting is different from all the above.
So, I use only LGB/USA H&L’s, or Kadees on my consists.
PS, for uncoupling, use a fly swatter to eliminate bending, or to get a longer reach.
Fugate
I’ve always used H’nL’s (Aristo version) doubled up for stability, and if the opposite corner of neighbouring car (on a ‘test’ r1 curve scenario) don’t catch, they are given cutback to the mold line getting rid of the first mounting screw hole which narrows up the distance btwn two cars at least a quarter inch . . . . . and since I don’t railfan couplers, the h’nLs work fantastic and generally unobserved for our shortline other than the rivet counters of which I have yet to find any that run their trains with the truck mounting screws removed running floating on the ‘peg’ as the prototypes do !!
maybe for a model ‘contest’, will temporarily switch out to maybe a kadee coupler, but otherwise … H’nLs !!!
imho
… use vinyl siding sample pieces ‘borrowed’ from home improvement colour display racks, cutdown for to scale 4x8 sheets scattered at diff. location along r/w for necessary uncoupling. Unless you’re running at 100mph like fred’s steamers or transitionals LOL easy to uncouple runby trains usually when packing-up . . . . .
Well, I set a new record for Version Four Bug Maulers tonight. Less than six hours, and it’s home. Got a spare Version 5 chassis going into it.
Lubed and greased, new (as in no wear on wheels, no pickup marks on drivers) and it got so hot the gearbox pin melted out the sides of the firebox.
Plus one of the rear drivers fell out of that STUPID gear when I took it off the tracks.
Less than six.
Idiots.
Curmudgeon mcneely said:
Well, I set a new record for Version Four Bug Maulers tonight. Less than six hours, and it’s home. Got a spare Version 5 chassis going into it.
Lubed and greased, new (as in no wear on wheels, no pickup marks on drivers) and it got so hot the gearbox pin melted out the sides of the firebox.
Plus one of the rear drivers fell out of that STUPID gear when I took it off the tracks.
Less than six.
Idiots.
I had one that lasted three pulling four cars on level track before the pickup wires melted off the motor.
Curmudgeon mcneely said:
Well, I set a new record for Version Four Bug Maulers tonight. Less than six hours, and it’s home. Got a spare Version 5 chassis going into it.
Lubed and greased, new (as in no wear on wheels, no pickup marks on drivers) and it got so hot the gearbox pin melted out the sides of the firebox.
Plus one of the rear drivers fell out of that STUPID gear when I took it off the tracks.
Less than six.
Idiots.
Dave,
six hours, now we know how they managed to sell a million or so over the years.