As per last post, omscaler is working on a batch of ten fifty-ton, thirty-four-foot, twin bay, open top hoppers. The draft gear is complete. What is going on now is the fine tuning of the coupler hooks. The Very Small Railroad actually uses a simple swing latch hook for the coupler. Simple. Seems to work. However, at this point omscaler is trying to make the couplers in a more accurate size. Small couplers require small adjustments. If the couplers are made too large, they don’t work well. If the couplers are made too small, they don’t work well. Seems like a Goldilocks situation. If the reader compares the real life coupler to The Omega Scale coupler, several differences will become apparent. The OSR coupler has no moving parts. The Janney coupler has the main part, the knuckle and a knuckle pin. Omscaler at this time does not know how to replicate the real coupler in 1/384 scale. Maybe one day? That is why a simple swing latch is used. We continue to work on the current project. Getting it done, omscaler
