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Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - Green_Elite_Cab - 02-07-2012
I'm surprised no one has said "Kadee coupler springs"! there is probably a trillion of them around, but Once you loose them you'll never find them. They tend to just dissappear at random.
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - ezdays - 02-08-2012
Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:I'm surprised no one has said "Kadee coupler springs"! there is probably a trillion of them around, but Once you loose them you'll never find them. They tend to just dissappear at random.Yup, definitely agree with that. By now, underneath my workbench should be knee deep in springs and small screws but there's something magical about them when the fall, they disappear, never to be found again.... poof :o
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - modelsof1900 - 02-08-2012
Kadee coupler springs are not the problem. These you can get at each better hobby shop.
Many more problematic are truck springs of brass models; they jump off similarly and you can get replacement parts only very, very seldom!
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - Green_Elite_Cab - 02-08-2012
modelsof1900 Wrote:Kadee coupler springs are not the problem. These you can get at each better hobby shop.
Many more problematic are truck springs of brass models; they jump off similarly and you can get replacement parts only very, very seldom!
So you're telling me that going through several springs with them flying off into oblivion constantly is not frustrating? They may not cost anything, but if you have more than a few couplers to "respring", it can be annoying. I'm sure it gets worse as we age and little things like that in HO are impossilbe to see or hold steady.
The truck springs are a pain to, but I only have a few models with working springs, and those trucks need work in other ways.
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - faraway - 02-08-2012
Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:I'm surprised no one has said "Kadee coupler springs"! there is probably a trillion of them around, but Once you loose them you'll never find them. They tend to just dissappear at random.No chance, they are made in US. They have a constitutional right of free jumping
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - Russ Bellinis - 02-08-2012
faraway Wrote:Good one Reinhard!Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:I'm surprised no one has said "Kadee coupler springs"! there is probably a trillion of them around, but Once you loose them you'll never find them. They tend to just dissappear at random.No chance, they are made in US. They have a constitutional right of free jumping
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - ezdays - 02-08-2012
faraway Wrote:No chance, they are made in US. They have a constitutional right of free jumpingJumping is OK but hiding is very suspicious and tells us that they have something to hide.
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - modelsof1900 - 02-08-2012
Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:So you're telling me that going through several springs with them flying off into oblivion constantly is not frustrating? They may not cost anything, but if you have more than a few couplers to "respring", it can be annoying. I'm sure it gets worse as we age and little things like that in HO are impossilbe to see or hold steady.
Ok, coupler springs jump off and you will not see them again. I use the smallest screw driver (with parallel extent at end!) and pick up a spring between last two wires if the helix, or shorter. Set the long end of spring on tip of knuckle and after set the short end to tip of coupler head. Ok, I use a magnifying glas however so I have not (big) problems. And now my hands and fingers are not longer the finest or freshest when I will go to 68th. However it will work.
@Reinhard, very good verdict!
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - nkp_174 - 02-08-2012
nachoman Wrote:LOL, Michael! You must be a model railroad nostalgist like me. I love those old issues of Model Railroader. Some pages have great ideas, long forgotten. Others have the same old complaints that apply today. It's funny. Purists of the 50s were worried the "shake the box" kits (hence the derogatory name) would kill the hobby. Today, people worry the death of kits in general is killing the hobby.
There are many fine techniques and articles in there. Most recently, I was reading Mel Thornburg articles. Coincidentally, he was the first President of our local O-scale club. Since people used to build locomotives back then, I find that it is easier to find articles on that from back then. I have a pair of OR&L 0-6-0s to build in the near future, as well as a trio of 4-6-0s at some point in the next decade.
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - Brakie - 02-09-2012
There are several things I hate in the hobby.
Heres a short list.
1. Wiring-I use the KISS method some times nothing more then the two wires from the power pack.
2.Mountains-eats to much space
3.Ballasting track
4.KD knuckle springs-I have had several to fall/fly off..I even had new couplers that was missing this spring.
5.Derailments..I have zero tolerance for derailments.
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - jugbutt - 02-10-2012
I hate having to wait focr payday to roll around.
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - BR60103 - 02-10-2012
(has anyone noticed that this thread has more life than the things we like to do?)
(do we really hate model railroading that much?)
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - Green_Elite_Cab - 02-10-2012
Its always been my theory that the negative things just stand out more. when things work ccording to plan, we hum along happily and don't question it. when there is a problem, it involves either loss or much extra work/ critical thinking. bonus points if the extra work doesn't amount to much satisfaction.
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - ezdays - 02-11-2012
BR60103 Wrote:(has anyone noticed that this thread has more life than the things we like to do?)Not really, you may love your job and have a great boss, but there's always something you're not particularly pleased with doing, or something you don't agree with what your boss says or does. That's human nature. If someone were to say that they love every aspect of their job or hobby, I'd wonder about them. And even if they did, there's always something they like to do a bit less than anything else, and that's what this thread is all about. I'm in the middle of a lot of trackwork which is at the top of my "things I hate to do", but at the bottom of my list of things I like to do, so it's still on my "like" list, just not very high up. Perhaps I worded the title a bit harsh, maybe I should have said, "things you like to do the least".....
(do we really hate model railroading that much?)
Re: What are the things you hate to do in model railroading? - santafewillie - 02-11-2012
KD coupler springs may be annoying, but I don't hate them. I hate the fact that I have to wear Optivisors to install them now. Didn't need them 20 years ago! Now the original McHenry couplers...hate-em.
willie