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Re: The newer magnets...
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:44:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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That’s the biggest problem with the new magnets, the buffers are integrated.
It would have been so much more versatile if the cross bar had studs where
the buffers go and then the actual round buffer be a separate part, e.g.,
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American trains (my preferred subject to model) don’t have buffers. This is the
reason I’ll be sticking to the old couplers for the foreseeable future. At least
until Big Ben Bricks, ME Models, or some one else comes out with a suitable
replacement. Either that or I start experimenting with Kadee couplers but I
haven’t grown comfortable to that idea yet.
Cale
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| (...) That's the biggest problem with the new magnets, the buffers are integrated. It would have been so much more versatile if the cross bar had studs where the buffers go and then the actual round buffer be a separate part, e.g., (URL) (13 years ago, 29-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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