Hello folks and a Happy New Year! I am on a resolution mission...
Does anyone know why MT couplers in N Scale come with the copper/brass colored trip pins? I guess it is something to do with the magnetic operation, but I always end up painting them black. Just waaaay to un-prototypical for me, and that is saying something as I am not even close to a rivet counter (not that that's a bad thing, I'm just not)
Anyway, please help me fulfill my resolution to answer this question!!!
Happy new year.
Yes, I've always wondered the same thing about MT couplers. It seems obvious that the metal trip pin is needed for magnetic uncoupling - but I have no idea why MT keeps them unpainted. I know Accumates are painted black (those that don't fall out).
A black sharpie pen fixes it pretty easily.
Depending on how you purchase your couplers, many of their parts come now with blackened "glad hands".
These would mostly be the kit couplers, which are the most economical way to buy them. If you prefer to buy the built up ones, you could take some of the time you save and dab a splash of paint on the bright metal ones...
Lee
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