Not every Tomix or Micro Ace train accepts the fancy-pants body-mount TN couplers. Sometimes you have to make do with compromises. Which is what Tomix’s truck-mount TN couplers are: A compromise. They work, but they’re not nearly as cool, and don’t look [...]]]> http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2010/02/02/installing-truck-mount-tn-couplers/feed/ 3 http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/12/17/installing-body-mount-tn-couplers/ http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/12/17/installing-body-mount-tn-couplers/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:31:48 +0000 D.E. Goodman-Wilson http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/?p=1046 Rapido couplers couple loosely; the gap between carraiges is about 6mm.

Most of your trains look like this: Big, bulky Rapido couplers and nearly a scale meter of space between the cars. Your passengers have to get a running start to leap to the next carriage! What to do? The obvious answer is [...]]]> http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/12/17/installing-body-mount-tn-couplers/feed/ 10 http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/12/14/tomix-tn-couplers/ http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/12/14/tomix-tn-couplers/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:53:31 +0000 D.E. Goodman-Wilson http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/?p=1015 Rapido coupler. Looks awful, but it is one of the most reliable couplers ever designed.

The Rapido coupler is the standard for N-scale trains, and has been for some 30 years. Rapidos are easy to couple together (even if they take some fiddling to uncouple), and they hold together reliably over a wide [...]]]> http://akihabara.artificial-science.org/2009/12/14/tomix-tn-couplers/feed/ 1