[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (ebaykal @ 12 Nov 2008, 20:21) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I was given a present from one of my fellow modelrailroader who has recently visited the Cologne modelrail fair.

Its an exact replica of a prototypical coupler that we usually see on most rolling stock.

Thanks for the info Baykal - MarTrix used to make these some time ago & personally I think they look pretty neat.

Admitted, in pic # 3 you can see the height descrepency but they look better in pic #4.

So, if people don't like the height decrepency that's most of the easily available NEM mounting couplers out then.

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (custodian @ 12 Nov 2008, 23:09) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sorry to be negative but just don't really see the point of this "halfway house"

"Halfway House ?" - unless you have unlimited space & resourses then a model railway comprises of many, many compromises/halfway houses. No, the point IMHO is that they still look better than many other "RTR" couplers on the market.

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (jim s-w @ 13 Nov 2008, 14:32) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>They also look like a real pain to couple up,

Actually they are quite easy to couple up & uncouple - I have used them & the only reason that I don't use them on SL is that in the event of a derailment under the OHLE its not that easy to remove the offending wagon quickly (to get the "show" moving again).