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I have never had the slightest problem with them - and I had well over 40 feet of Ratio fencing on my last layout. I just spray them very simply with Railmatch Sleeper Grime (enamel - rattle can from Howes) and then dry-brush over them when dry to add detail colour with various shades of Humbrol.For the record I NEVER use acrylic (and never will). Have used enamel for the last 45+ years and I'm certainly not changing now. To be fair I did try acrylic once (for all of about two hours) when it first appeared - and frankly couldn't get it to stick to ANYTHING. I never used it again.But I do think that the initial heading to this thread was both unfair to Ratio, who have been a main supporter of the hobby for decades - and a little out of order.

i have never had a problem with ratio or airfix/Dapol kits use washing soda this will degrease plastic or metal kits a fibreglass pencil will provide a key if need be humbrol no 1 primer acrylic will be your best beti

i use settrack insulated points kept clean in particular between the switch rails no problems i use a fibreglass pencil followed up with trackmagic

i will stay with analogue on cost and to keep life simple

thank you for various answers so far most useful

tension lock Bachmann small size

What type of couplings?

any ideas on how to manually uncouple without derailing?[/quote tension lock

any ideas on how to manually uncouple without derailing?