11-17-2010, 10:05 AM
I did use Kadee #5 couplers but when the new #58 scale couplers came along I bought a package of two pairs to try out. I liked their looks and after using them for a month or so I decided to outfit all my locomotives and rolling stock with the #58. I find they look much better than the oversized #5 and work just as well. Also at the time I was making the switch from modeling modern day diesels to modeling the CNR in 1958 and my new rolling stock and locomotive fleet was low so the switch over was easy.
The only downfall from switching to the #58 is I now have two bulk packs of #5s and at least another 30 pair of loose #5 couplers in my coupler bin. This does no count all the other couplers I have removed from the new rolling stock that arrives from time to time. I must have another 50 pair of plastic kadee style couplers as well.
Wayne Reid
The only downfall from switching to the #58 is I now have two bulk packs of #5s and at least another 30 pair of loose #5 couplers in my coupler bin. This does no count all the other couplers I have removed from the new rolling stock that arrives from time to time. I must have another 50 pair of plastic kadee style couplers as well.
Wayne Reid