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Changing Snap-In Rapido Couplers to Knuckle Couplers
Graeme operates N scale and his question to readers is:
“Hi guys i recently bought a few Fleischmann carriages with snap in Rapido couplers, I would like to change them to snap in knuckle couplers. I found some but don’t really want to pay $100 for 5 couplers that includes post from England to Australia, I think that’s a bit over the top. Any ideas?”
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Hi, Graeme. I’m afraid I have no idea how you can get knuckle couplers cheaply, but when you have some, you don’t necessarily have to have one at each end of every vehicle – you can economise by having just one at each end of a fixed rake of, say, 3 or 5 vehicles and keeping the Rapido couplers in the intermediate positions within each rake. The length of each rake will depend on your operational needs and financial resources.
Hi Sheldon thanks for your advice, the thing is money is not a problem, I just can’t get my head around shelling out $20 for a cents worth of plastic.
1. Why are they so expensive? 2. If you are going to couple and uncouple a lot, they are worth it. If it is only for cosmetics, then one at each end of train should look good.