GWR buffer replacements

[Rai]

I recently won a job lot of mostly GWR wagons off eBay in need of light repairs. The most common being needing new buffers but unsure of what I need to order. Been looking at mjt for the replacements. 
 

wagons are as follows:

 

Ratio Iron Mink A

Ratio Toad Brake Van

Ratio GWR 20T ballast wagon

Ratio GWR Loco coal wagon (potentially a Felix Pole wagon?)

 

Any help is much appreciated 

 

Thanks

 

Matt

[Ian G]

http://www.lanarkshiremodels.com/lanarkshiremodelsandsupplieswebsite_014.htm

 

http://www.alangibsonworkshop.com/

 

Ian G

[Compound2632]

https://www.dartcastings.co.uk/mjt/2305.php for the Iron Mink.

 

Aren't the last two on your list Parkside rather than Ratio?

[Rai]

I’m not sure as it just said a job lot of mainly ratio so is possible that some are parkside or other manufacturers 

 

Matt

[Compound2632]

1 minute ago, Rai said:

I’m not sure as it just said a job lot of mainly ratio so is possible that some are parkside or other manufacturers 

 

Yes, those Ebay job lot descriptions are all to often made in hope rather then understanding!

[Fat Controller]

On 22/10/2022 at 12:42, Rai said:

I recently won a job lot of mostly GWR wagons off eBay in need of light repairs. The most common being needing new buffers but unsure of what I need to order. Been looking at mjt for the replacements. 
 

wagons are as follows:

 

Ratio Iron Mink A

Ratio Toad Brake Van

Ratio GWR 20T ballast wagon

Ratio GWR Loco coal wagon (potentially a Felix Pole wagon?)

 

Any help is much appreciated 

 

Thanks

 

Matt

What scale are they, Matt?

[Siberian Snooper]

Ratio, produced the iron mink, until the Ratio range was rebranded Parkside, recently.

 

 

Edited October 24, 2022 by Siberian Snooper

[Fat Controller]

3 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

Ratio, produced the iron mink, until Ratio range was rebranded Parkside, recently.

 

 

It was the Loco Coal wagon and the 20t ballast wagon that threw me; the only example of these I could think of were 0 scale.

[Steamport Southport]

9 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

It was the Loco Coal wagon and the 20t ballast wagon that threw me; the only example of these I could think of were 0 scale.

 

Colin Ashby did versions of both of those. Possibly originally Ian Kirk kits.

 

 

 

Jason

[KeithMacdonald]

Have you tried Peters Spares?

e.g.
https://www.petersspares.com/index.jsp?searchStr=buffer

[Compound2632]

10 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

Have you tried Peters Spares?

e.g.
https://www.petersspares.com/index.jsp?searchStr=buffer

 

Well that's the 51L range, which one might just as conveniently order directly: https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/. There's a considerable variety there, but not Great Western ones, for which MJT / Dart Castings is the place to go, as the OP themself indicated.

[Rai]

On 24/10/2022 at 12:04, Fat Controller said:

What scale are they, Matt?

OO scale

 

Matt

[Fat Controller]

3 hours ago, Rai said:

OO scale

 

Matt

Have a look on here:-

http://www.lanarkshiremodels.com/lanarkshiremodelsandsupplieswebsite_003.htm

[57xx]

On 24/10/2022 at 13:24, Fat Controller said:

It was the Loco Coal wagon and the 20t ballast wagon that threw me; the only example of these I could think of were 0 scale.

 

Cambrian do both 20T ballast wagon and smaller capacity coal wagons (though not Felix Pole). Neither are in the Parkside range.

[MJI]

I use Lanarkshire Model Supplies buffers normally