In a new issue of Railroad Model Craftsman I picked up I saw an ad for the upcoming Micro-Trains GP9. The model didn't look right, however, and after a brief study of it I noticed that it had an awfully wide opening in the pilot. I also note that in the list of "features" the model has "truck-mounted couplers for reliable operation." I was under the impression that all serious modelers used body-mounted couplers on locomotives these days and in other scales most equipment aimed at the higher end buyers were so equipped. Now I see Micro-Trains, arguably one of the most expensive manufacturers out there, claiming that truck-mounted couplers are the way to go. Is there a difference with Z scale, possibly in the model's mass, that makes truck-mounted couplers on locomotives more reliable, or is this just their ad department trying to spin away a half-baked model?
~BS
~BS