Dilemma! Which way do I go?
I used DGs on Clive Road Sidings at a 2mm Scale Area Group meeting back in the late 80s and was impressed how well they worked. Standard N gauge couplings at that time were unreliable and inconsistent across the manufacturers. A friend advised me to look at the Kadee system, but I considered this too American in appearance. With nothing else available in N gauge at the time as far as I was aware it seemed the logical way to go.
I have made some DGs up and started to put them on to my stock. The problem I have now is how do I fit these to the Dapol Ferryvans and Telescopic hoods? I am also trying to work out how best to fit the to to Bach/Far Peaks? Any vehicle that uses a close-coupling system might prove to be problematic where DGs are concerned. Virtually anything else is straightforward enough. I've also read recently you have to continually adjust these couplings if you exhibit your stock a lot???
Enter Dapol, who have now introduced their own automatic uncoupling system. I saw Horseley Fields at the Hoddesdon exhibition in the middle of last year and was mildly interested in the Dapol couplings in use; they worked well and none of the trains I saw uncoupled at any time whilst being run. This has left a somewhat lasting impression which has now brought me to the crossroads of decision...which way to go?
DGs are less obtrusive in appearance but will prove to be more problematic to fit. Dapol will be the complete opposite. The only problem I foresee with the Dapol system is the modifications to the older Farish and PECO chassis', let alone the 2mm Scale Association chassis'. I am certainly erring on the side of Dapol the more I look into these systems. I wonder what other modellers think, or what experience they have had with these systems? After all, this might prove to be more beneficial than to just myself?! What do YOU think?
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