SomethingTrainLover Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Building a Furness K2, and after some hurdles, finally have the axles, wheels and drive system mostly done. But- I don't have suitable coupling rods. I was able to finally track down a number for the coupled wheelbase, and made sure to check it against my chassis, so I know I'm looking for coupling rods of approx 8'6" or 34mm in scale. Anyone know of any engines or coup rods that are close or match? And yes, I do know about Alan Gibson universal coupling rods buuut I can't find any one who has them in stock, let alone that ships to the US. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethashenden Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 The Midland railway had a lot of 0-6-0 locomotives with 8'+8'6" wheelbases, so you can use half of those rods probably. Bill Bedford designed some that are now available from Eileen's Emporium. There is also a Universal set in the same range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassey Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 8'3" x 8'6" was a standard GWR set. I've got tons of spares. Available from the usual suspects as above also Comet via 51L/Wizard models. I also think Lanarkshire Models do a Universal set Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2021 EM Gauge Society, if you can find a member to help you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 14 hours ago, SomethingTrainLover said: Building a Furness K2, and after some hurdles, finally have the axles, wheels and drive system mostly done. But- I don't have suitable coupling rods. I was able to finally track down a number for the coupled wheelbase, and made sure to check it against my chassis, so I know I'm looking for coupling rods of approx 8'6" or 34mm in scale. Anyone know of any engines or coup rods that are close or match? And yes, I do know about Alan Gibson universal coupling rods buuut I can't find any one who has them in stock, let alone that ships to the US. Have you asked if AGW ships to the US? AGW do a large range of coupling rods, you can just mix and match different sets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_man Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Check with Nigel at British Model Trains in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. He did have some Gibson 8'-6" coupling rods available and he does ship to the US. https://britishmodeltrains.ca/products/g4m76-8ft-6in-coupling-rods?_pos=28&_sid=40a245fee&_ss=r He has many other very useful and difficult to find in North America items. Steve Canada 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingTrainLover Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 07/12/2021 at 08:11, Retro_man said: Check with Nigel at British Model Trains in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. He did have some Gibson 8'-6" coupling rods available and he does ship to the US. https://britishmodeltrains.ca/products/g4m76-8ft-6in-coupling-rods?_pos=28&_sid=40a245fee&_ss=r He has many other very useful and difficult to find in North America items. Steve Canada Much thanks, wouldn't have thought that between the UK and Canada that the latter would have the exact part I needed lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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