Jouef Thalys

[Crocodile414]

Hi, 

 

Does anybody know if the Jouef Thalys is compatible with the mehano version? 

 

I have the standard 4 car pack from Mehano but have been unable to complete the set with the intermediate trailers. 

 

Many thanks, Nick 

[JDW]

I don't think it is, I seem to remember seeing somewhere an article or video clip about converting one to run with the other (might have been TGVs but it amounts to the same thing) but can't remember where. Sorry, not very helpful!

[Crocodile414]

2 hours ago, JDW said:

I don't think it is, I seem to remember seeing somewhere an article or video clip about converting one to run with the other (might have been TGVs but it amounts to the same thing) but can't remember where. Sorry, not very helpful!

Thanks for the reply, I'll try emailing Hornby/Jouef directly and see if they know!

 

Cheers, Nick

[JDW]

2 hours ago, Crocodile414 said:

Thanks for the reply, I'll try emailing Hornby/Jouef directly and see if they know!

 

Cheers, Nick

 

Knew it had to be somewhere...

http://forum.e-train.fr/viewtopic.php?t=20419

The pictures tell the story, before/after/what needs doing.

[Crocodile414]

On 08/12/2019 at 22:04, JDW said:

 

Knew it had to be somewhere...

http://forum.e-train.fr/viewtopic.php?t=20419

The pictures tell the story, before/after/what needs doing.

Thanks, I shall have a look 

[jivebunny]

The link above relates to the old Jouef model from the 1990s, the bogie setup of which was pretty much copied by Mehano (the trailers can be made to fit with a bit of work, I've done it myself with a Jouef AVE and a Mehano AVE bar trailer (never produced by Jouef).

 

The newer Hornby/Jouef models use the old Lima tooling which has a completely different and far more complex bogie, you'd probably struggle to adapt a Mehano trailer to the mechanism, although the other way round may be a possibility.

 

JB